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a short stop reached Cleaveland about 10 oclock the scenery about this place is interesting as you enter the town ___ on an eminence about 30 ft we looked down and saw Cuyahoga and the canal which runs to Portsmouth the light how the lake appeared where a cloud overshaded it the waters of the lake was of a deep blue where the sun shone upon it a light green. Cleaveland is a very pretty town it is a port for the steamboat on the lake we did not make much stop this side of village we descended a hill crossed the canal and the Cuyahoga by means of a floating bridge from this place we saw not much else but log houses through this state the houses as good farmers are build of brick which they make themselves the log house are lain rudely built all the shingles nails they use is long poles across the house against each tier of shingles. 5 miles from Cleaveland we left the main road and took one that leads to the bridge which crosses Rocky River after proceeding a half a mile on this road we found the mud so deep and the road so extremely bad that we thought we should never get through however after a good deal of difficulty and driving the teams over large trees which was felled across the road we got through the worst of it - and proceeded with better courage there were no houses along here it was through the woods after riding about two miles in this place we found ourselves suddenly on a ridge but a few rods on each side of us a gulf yawned as much as a hundred and twenty feet deep we proceeded a few rods further and we