My journey thither with Mr.
Coleman and Mr.David Ritchie was one of the strangest experiences I ever had.

We left the railway line some hundreds of miles from Pittsburgh and plunged through a sparsely inhabited district to the waters of Duck Creek to see the monster well.

We bought it before leaving.
It was upon our return that adventures began.

The weather had been fine and the roads quite passable during our journey thither, but rain had set in during our stay.

We started back in our wagon, but before going far fell into difficulties.