At daybreak on 22 September, we found ourselves in the hamlet of Mexico, where we only changed horses or watered them. This region is wild, and we already note that we are approaching the Allegheny Mountains. The inn is rather good; the individual houses mark the beginning of a street. To the left there is a wooded valley, beyond which rises a long, high forest wall that forms the southwestern bank of the Juniata.

On 23 September (Sunday) we remained at Ebensburg to recover from the two fatiguing night journeys.