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--the Timber chiefly Hemlock, Maple, Birch, Beach &;ca.- After dinner again proceeded on our Way, and about 8 P.M. encamp'd at a place called the Oak Orchard, being about 50 miles from where we lay last night &; 40 from Niagara. 24th. About 8 A.M. embark'd with a fair Wind which encreas'd and blew hard about Noon, we were obliged to Land at a place call'd 18 mileCreek.- The Land from Braddocks Bay to this place very low and swampy. - here we found a fine pleasant Bank 20 or 30 feet high, the soil tolerable good, covered chiefly with Oak Timber - while at this place we saw two Schooners pass by which we supposed were from Kingston, on the St.Lawrence, bound to Niagara - The wind continuing to blow hard we pitch'd our Tents. 25th. About 1 A.M. it being Calm, we again moved forward and about 6 arriv'd at the Fort of Niagara - the shore, the last 18 miles, being very pleasant, a level flat Bank about 20 feet high - the Timber which we take to be Oak appearing very tall and fine. - The distance from Oswego to Niagara as we coasted it, along the south side