exhertion merely saved it from runnind
down the plain, which would have dashed it
to attoms I was standing in the cars at the
time I instantly flung my cloak from my
sholdiers shoulders & prepared myself from
leaping out of the cars in case it should start
down the plain in either care [case] it might have
killed me but I knew it was certain death to
go down the plain but through the mercy of
God they were stoped before they began to desend
the whole distance was a constant scene of
danger, & I called upon God in my heart to
preserve my life even while on a level we were
running on the edge of precpices hundreds of feet
deep which if a wheel should break or run
off the track the cars would shurely be
plunged down the precepices which would
make an end of all flesh that was on board
we passed through one tunnel in the mount
ain & when we reached the bottom of the
incline plaines I felt thankful to God & felt
that we were mostly out of danger but they
put the boat together & started it on the rail
with all on board without horse or steem, and
the rail road being a little desending it increased in
speed untill it run at a rapid rate & was still
in danger of upsetting it run of itself 4 miles
untill it came to the canal whare it was to take
water & here again to finishe the day with
danger a train of cars was left in our track
& with all the power that could be exherted
on the breaks we bearly mised of having
a smashe up at last, we finally got rolled
into the water alive with no bones broakin
or lives lost & for one I had a glad heart

exhertion merely saved it from runnind down the plain, which would have dashed it to attoms I was standing in the cars at the time I instantly flung my cloak from my shoulders & prepared myself from leaping out of the cars in case it should start down the plain in either case it might have killed me but I knew it was certain death to go down the plain but through the mercy of God they were stoped before they began to desend the whole distance was a constant scene of danger, & I called upon God in my heart to preserve my life even while on a level we were running on the edge of precpices hundreds of feet deep which if a wheel should break or run off the track the cars would shurely be plunged down the precepices which would make an end of all flesh that was on board we passed through one tunnel in the mount ain & when we reached the bottom of the incline plaines I felt thankful to God & felt that we were mostly out of danger but they put the boat together & started it on the rail with all on board without horse or steem and the rail road being a little desending it increased in speed untill it run at a rapid rate & was still in danger of upsetting it run of itself 4 miles untill it came to the canal whare it was to take water & here again to finishe the day with danger a train of cars was left in our track & with all the power that could be exherted on the breaks we bearly mised of having a smashe up at last, we finally got rolled into the water alive with no bones broakin or lives lost & for one I had a glad heart