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200 yards to the vveflern fork, 50 miles higher, and the navigation fre- quently interrupted by rapids, which however with a fwell of two or three feet become very paffable for boats. It then admits light boats, except in dry feafons, 65 miles further to the head of Tygart's valley, prefenting only fome fmall rapids and falls of one or two feet perpendicular, and leflening in its width to 20 yards. The Wejlern fork is navi- gable in the winter 10 or 15 miles to- wards the northern of the Little Kanha- way, and will admit a good waggon road to it. The Yahoganey is the princi- pal branch of this river. It pafles through the Laurel mountain, about 30 miles from its mouth; is fo far from 300 to 150 yards wdde, and the navigation much obftrufted in dry weather by rapids and flioals. In its paffage through the moun- tain it makes very great falls, admitting no navigation for 10 miles to the Turkey Foot. Thence to the Great Croifing, about 20 miles, it is again navigable, ex- cept in dry feafons, and at this place is E 200 yards wide. The fources of this river are divided from thofe of the Patowmac by the