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latter reported that he had found a tolerable Road, which might avoid the bad Mountain that they would otherwise be obliged to paſs; and accordingly it was determined to March the Army that way, it being only 2 Miles about.

June 3^d: Engineer Gordon^[1] with 100 Pioneers began to break Ground on the new Road, when Lieu^t. Spendelow, 1 Midshipman^[2] & 10 Men were sent to the Place that leads into the Old Road, cleard away and compleated 1 Mile,

June 4^th: 1 Midshipman & 20 Men cleard ¾ of a Mile

5^th: continued working on the Roads

6^th: Compleated the new Road & Return'd to Camp.

7^th: S^r P. Halkets Brigade March'd with

1. The Gordon Journal: "This morning an Engineer and 100 men . ."
2. The only hint given in the Gordon Journal as to the author of the original document is under this date. The Gordon Journal reads, "Mr. Spendlowe and self with 20 of our men went to the place where the new road comes into the old one. . ." "Self" here seems to refer to "Midshipman"; but Mr. Gordon often refers to himself as an engineer and never once inserts his own name, though he was a most important official. Gordon probably accompanied or followed Spendlowe.