The 16th followed the bank of the Houlston river and slept at the house of ... Amis Esquire, three Miles from Hawkin Court house.[55] _26 Miles._ Sunday the 17th the Rain compelled me to remain in a a small Cabin near the North fork of Houlston. _25 Miles_. The 18th my horse was so tired owing to the rapidity of the journey and the bad roads across the Wilderness that I was obliged to stop after a Journey of only eleven Miles. _11 Miles._ The 19th started at daybreak. At the foot of the house where I lodged, the Kentuckey road divides,[56] the right one leads to Burke court house in North Carolina passing by the Mouth of Wataga river; the other leads to Abington court house, the first town of Virginia. As my horse was still tired, I made only _20 miles_. The 20th I made _15 Miles_; arrived at Abington.[57] The 21st I slept 22 Miles from Abington near Seven Miles Ford, the middle Branch of the Houlston. The 22nd of November 1793 crossed Seven Miles ford. The Holston river consists of three principal Branches, namely: North fork, Seven Miles fork and South fork of Holston river. In the space of six miles after crossing that little river, observed on the northern Hills bordering several small rivers the _Pinus abies canadensis_, _Thuya occidentalis_, _Rhododendron maximum_ and also _Magnolia acuminata_ in places where the soil is very rich: _Fagus chinquapin_; clayey soil, ferruginous Quartz rocks, Slates rare and lime Stones sometimes interveined with white Quartz; grey Squirrel (forgot to mention that, in passing Abington, saw a Tortoise 8 inches in diameter petrified in a black calcareous substance like the Rocks abounding in the territory). Our day’s journey was _23 miles_. The 23rd of November slept in the house of a German. During the night my horses strayed away. Between Abington and With Court house[58] among the Mountains _Abies canadensis_ and _Thuya occidentalis_. Sunday the 24th, passed by With Court house and at about 18 Miles in the steep Mountains observed _Pinus Strobus_, _Pinus foliis ternis_ (pitch pine), _Pinus foliis geminis_ ..., _Pinus abies canadensis_, _Rhododendron maximum_, _Kalmia latifolia_, _Gaultheria procumbens_, _Epigea repens_: In more arid places, _Fagus chinquapin_, _Fagus castanea americana_, _Fagus sylvatica americana_, _Andromeda arborea_, _Hypericum Kalmianum_. Among the damp rocks or those watered by the streams; Rocks of silex and also of agate slightly transparent. From Seven Miles ford to With Court house 36 Miles. The 25th crossed the ferry called Peper’s ferry[59] on the New River and afterward crossed from the West to the East side of the Alleganies; slept on a branch of James river called Catawba which flows eastward while the New River flows West of the Mountains. The 26th continued on my way to Botetort Court house _30 miles_. The 27th passed by Botetort Court house[60] and by the south Branch of the James River 12 miles from Botetort.