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Show CHAPTER 1V DISTRICT, PROM Ti: 2810 10 Ti: B0TH OF AUGU sto the Delware-Mois Canal-Vio of tho Blas Mosntins-Diluwirs Gap-Ditotsburg-Chsts il Sac b e T~ of e Pk -TongFod-Tanin Cr-Toblors G theWidow Sachs-San-mil o the Tobibss, it he Ber-rap-Sioddarts Ville o he Lehigh-Shad Semomee L ne e s Val-l o flmen G, Tomm-Neopon Vi S Hone or Neskiboning Valley-Pitacsgo Sccery on the Lebigh-Masch Chuk I order to make oursclyes acquainted with the interior of ]'um\\lmmumml the ,uwm ‘mountains, which are the most interesting part of that state, we left Bethlche carl ‘morning, on the 25 of August,in a lg 1, covered carriage, i )uuvlmdlunl Waler, "1.. s well knows all this ntry Dr. Saynisch and Mr. Bodmer accompaniedm Tleft m huntsmen bel ind to look after our affis at home, The country was enveloped in fog, a5 ha been generaly the case for somo time past, tll the sun dispeledit. - We took the road to aston e i k8 v partly e o il bl ol plaot it cloves ,,Dm.w,u..,d buckwheat, which was justin flower. The ground was gently un alt s ot s o o stone formation; wherever the ground was broken up, limestone was scen, and in the \\un(l)wm several limekiln, the prodiuc of which was Y)mg on the felds o e hesps, 0 b spread. ove them for manure. Isolated farm-house ered. alon alor the road. They are slightly buil of wood, many of them very small; but there are a great number of wealthy planters in this State tl gardens of thesehouses were generally phnbd ith European flowers, and on the rondside in the hedges, the Kermes-oak and junipe thrushes. Horses and homed cattle are ver e of oo, o s g ( S g5 Digita image © 2004 Marriot Library,University of tah. Al rghts reserved |