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wherein a comfortable time of silence waswitnessed to prevail. 27th2nd day This morning washed some clothes 3 oclock PM set out on our journey, hada good road chiefly thro the woods, crossdLoyalsock C. a very large water, got to Williamsport the capital of Lycoming C.7h 12m put up at James Winter (Wm Ellis being there on business) where we werecomfortably accommodated, 28th3rd day Started this morn a little after4 went about 1m 1/2 stoped at a house to buygrain for the horses, hearing that we couldnot get any further on. while the men were employ'd cousin and I stoped in to a little house by the road side where we metwith some who formerly lived in C. CountyBaileys by name, who invited us to eatbreakfast we accepting of their kindness, proceeded on, cross'd Lycoming C.very large pass'd thro a small village, called newberry. then ascended the hill, and went thro a mountainous wilderness country very mountainous 5m to one Brooke, fed the horses, the men took their breakfastof a cup of milk and some rye bread, halfpast 9. set out again, a very rough road,6m to the foot of the Alleghany Mountain,