Excerpt from A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, Comprehending the Rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Missisippi, &C: The Climate, Soil and Produce, Whether Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral, the Mountains, Creeks, Roads, Distances, Latitudes, &C., And of Every Part Laid Down in the Annexed Map He'lands' lying on a wefierly line, betweenthe La'urel Mountain and the Allegheny River: and thence northerly up that River for 150 miles, on both fides of tho? Not much broken. With' high'mountains, are not of the fame ex cellent quality with the lands to the'fouthl ward of Fort Pitt.' Theyfconfift chiefly of s'te Oak, and Cbcfizut ridges andin many places of poor Pitcb Pines, interf perfed.' with traeis of good land; and low meadow grounds. The lands comprehended between the River 0610, at Fort Pitt, and the Laurel Mountain, and thence continuing the fame breadth from Fort Pitt to the Great Kan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.