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subsisting between them, and they might take the consequences, which would fall very heavily upon them. Since this period, he has not been dis-turbed by the Indians; but is going quietly for- ward with the improvement of his lands, which are rising rapidly in value. My companion, who had come with me from near Skenectady, having some business with John Denny, the Indian, respecting a mill seat which he wished to purchase, I left him, and pursued my way on the Genesee road. In the evening I reached Moss's tavern, in company with an agree- able person, whom I met with soon after leaving John Denny's house. In travelling along this day, saw some wild deer cross the road. They ap- peared more light and a native than those in the parks of England; and, in bounding along, seemed almost as light as air, being at that time pursued by a hunter's dog. Here they are hunted for food, and not for sport, as in England. 11th Month, 24th. I travelled along the Genesee turn-pike, and passed many fine tracts of land, covered with beech, the sugar maple, &;c. &;c. Much of the land in these parts, I believe, could scarcely be sold tor 10s. per acre, to be paid for in cash; and yet, in the neighbourhood of many principal towns in Great Britain, would be thought cheap at 100l. per acre. From the many