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
{vii} CHAP. VI
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
{viii} CHAP. X
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
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