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impressive figure contain'd in the prophet Daniels Vision, when
he saw the Stone cut out of the mountain without hands
which was to destroy the Image &c&c, a work utterly impossible
by human effort, in its most powerful form, presented in viewing
the stupendous works of the great architect, in forming the
perpetual Hills, the rocks, plains and all the wonders we
have seen in our six days Journey. _ We have travaild
near 18 miles to day on this new Turnpike, an excellent
smooth road, on which T Stabler would make six miles an hour
with a lively pair of horses, if he had but 20 or 30 miles
before him but prudence dictates and regulates our march; for if we wish
our Horses to take us home, we must move slowly. _
In this, and almost every thing we perfectly coincide with
our excellent caretaker G Wilson; we thought yesterday
evening we were off the Allegany mountain, but this days
18 miles, has not finis'd it, 36 miles is done and how much more
we do not know, we have cross'd Clear Creak and the west
branch of Susquehanna on bridges the latter was well