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swampy we came to another fork, then stopedbeing quite at a loss; after going alongon foot both roads a considerable distance foundM Wilsons, but it was out of the way togo to his house and a very bad road; thought thotbest to go 1m further on to James Idingsto breakfast it being near the road, M andhis wife coming over there, I thought it strange to see such good looking friends settled in thewilderness, and no remote from meetingand surprising to see M Idings in sucha little cabbin, however we spent an thetime hour or two very agreeably, excepting thebad accounts of the roads M Wilson tellingwe might with difficulty get the waggon10 or 15m further and one of his Sonsmight go with us to the next house whiwhich was 80m, 11 o clock we set off, cousinand I going before giving warning ofthe bad places, M Wilson Jr and Ben-jamin holding the hindpart of thewaggon, the banks so steep and sidlingthat one would think it impossible toget along without oversetting; cossing as crossing we crossed an the pine another another large branch of the pineC, &; after travelling a piece got stoped by the trees that were across the