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 CHAP. V

Departure from West Liberty Town to go among the mountains in search of a shrub supposed to give good oil, a new species of azalea.—Ligonier Valley.—Coal Mines.—Greensburgh.—Arrival at Pittsburgh      149

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Description of Pittsburgh.—Commerce of the Town and adjacent countries with New Orleans.—Construction of large vessels.—Description of the rivers Monongahela and Alleghany.—Towns situated on their banks.—Agriculture.—Maple sugar       156

CHAP. VII

Description of the Ohio.—Navigation of that river.—Mr. S. Craft.—The object of his travels.—Remarks upon the state of Vermont       163

CHAP. VIII

Departure from Pittsburgh for Kentucky.—Journey by land to Wheeling.—State of agriculture on the route.—West Liberty Town in Virginia.—Wheeling       168

CHAP. IX

Departure from Wheeling for Marietta.—Aspect of the banks of the Ohio.—Nature of the forests.—Extraordinary size of several kinds of trees      172

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Marietta.—Ship building.—Departure for Gallipoli.—Falling in with a Kentucky boat.—Point Pleasant.—The Great Kenhaway       177

CHAP. XI

Gallipoli.—State of the French colony Scioto.—Alexandria at the mouth of the Great Scioto.—Arrival at Limestone in Kentucky       182