Wednesday Sep. 17th. [illegible] to C. Radford. Left Engrington at 8:36 for Cleftm Forge. After crossing the river east of Engrington one passes through a series of fine Helderbygian cuts up to the the distance is about 8 miles from Engrington. furnace [illegible] called Low Moor. & time in the return take it in. Less than 2 mile E. of Cleftm Forge the Richmond branch of the C.&O. follows the James river cut through the mountain at Iron Gate. This is the place referred to on Sep. 12th. The White Massanutten makes a and here with the steepest dip to the east. It looks very much like the gap through Hills Dale, near Cumberland, Md. There should be some L.H. near Iron Gate some back of the valley the Hamilton outcrops. It is seen again at the next station about 2 mile north. Back of Blue Bridge the Onslay iron is mined. The place is on the mountain side. From here we go S-E down the trough of the Hamilton and the James river, By an leaving the mountain ridges toward the west. Where the R.R. crosses the James river for the third time, from Cleftm Forge is again seen the L.H.