family in 1841. I found them highly interesting & also the present work it is a great proof of the truth of the Book of Mormon I read them with the highest degree of interest October 18, 1843 ~ Wednesday 18th We continued to clime the mountains by locks it is more mild than it was yesterday I spent the day reading Stephens works we came to the end of the canal east of the Allegany mountain in the evening the road during the day was vary ...

over into the yauning gulf below in eith[er] case we would have been dashed to atoms my hare rose on my head, but having got all things ready we proceded on to plane No 4. 3/4 of a mile long & assended 265 feet we rose this in 3 min but it looked awful to be thus suspended almost in the air with such a wait lives and freight depending upon an not, a twine, a rope a pin an engine, care of a man either of which should give way ...

while conversing with the mate in the evening on the subject he remarked that we were not sensib- le of one half of the danger that we were in during the procedings of that day but I was sensible of a good deal at least we got into the canal about dark being 36 miles from canall to canal in crossing the mountains we travled all night in the canal which was one constant scene of locks October 20, 1843 ~ Friday 20th The boat I was on ...

^Error see.^ On my journey homeward I made large purchases of paper &c at [blank] An Exciting Part of My Journey. The 19th was one of the most exciting and dangerous day's journey possible in any persons life and the scenes through which we passed was full of the grand and awful Our boat was drawn out of the canal on cars prepared to run ^on^ the railroad to convey us over the Allegany mountain It was a novel scene indeed to see a canal boat taken apart ...

a level until we came to the next incline plain. Plain No 3. was one mile and a quarter long and it rose 320 feet which we ascended in four minutes. Before we reached the top the safety car which was attached to our boat was thrown from the track which ^and^ dragged many rods throwing the rope off the wheels. I made a sign to the engineer who stoped and it was replaced. Here again we were in danger of breaking the rope which would have sent us back down the ...