over thickly clothed by green lushest trees: At the summit the pines & ash were numerous. The pines were elongated long leaved Species different from the small and yellow pines we have been traveling by on the road. The pass presented the nearest view to natural forest & wild country we have encountered. The bush was very dense at the hillsides in most measurements by a variety of flowers. The method of computing distance hereby is; a league being 10mi or there travel. Time rather than actual distance seems to be the basis of distances as