David has promised to write of their navigation as the Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget has promised to write on their travel by land. He compares their trip to a spiritual journey, sweetness at the start on the 50 miles of turnpike then rough like aridities after Gettysburg. On the Ohio there is tranquility. They travel on an ark 51 feet long and 12 feet wide. He gives a detailed description of the boat and how they use it. There is Bishop Flaget surrounded by three priests, since Father Edward Dominic Fenwick joined them at Pittsburgh. They spend their time guessing how far they have gone and how soon they will reach Louisville. David and Falget get up at 4, the rest a half hour later. On Sunday they say Mass. Breakfast is at 8 and at 9. They say little hours. They have lunch at 10. At midday they say the Regina Coeli. He lists the rest of the program and also describes the tortuous path of the river. Where another river joins them at a small village. He speaks of the birds and of the weather. On Pentecost they were 50 miles from Louisville where they hope to be in about 10 hours, and go thence to Bardstown by land. They do not forget their friends in Baltimore. Undoubtedly Father William Dubourg has arrived. David speaks of the separation from his friends there. The letter continued on June 4. They are now at Louisville and they hear the falls of the Ohio below the city. He described the falls. They have been received by Mr. Tarascon a friend of Father Stephen Theodore Badin. They will make their plans for going to Bardstown tomorrow. He has found two families, including the children of his friend Zekiah who have emigrated to Kentucky. There seems to be a good number of Catholics at Louisville, enough to employ a priest. He sends the regards of his companions, Flaget, Sevigne, Des Rigauds, Moraty, Guy Chabrat, and the rest. :: II-3-n A.L.S. French 6pp. 4to., 11