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PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BAYNES AND SON, AND OGLE, DUNCAN, & CO. PATERNOSTER ROW;
AND H. S. BAYNES AND CO., EDINBURGH.
1823.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY CHARLES WOOD,
Poppin's Court, Fleet Street,
Journey to Sheffield. White Marble. Rapid descent of the
Streams which fall into the Hudson, and into the Hooesten-
nuc. Egremont. Manor of Livingston. Claverack. Cha-
racter of First Settlers in little Landing Places. Kaatskill.
Canton. Durham. Kaatskill Mountains. Bristol. Blen-
heim. Stamford. Harpersfield. Meredith. White Pine
Tree. Franklin. Sidney. Miserable Inns. Troublesome
Innkeeper. Unadilla. Oxford. Norwich. Jericho. Che-
nango River and Valley. Sherburne. Hamilton. Cazenovia..
LETTER II.
Holland Company. Face of the Country from Sullivan to Ca-
nandaigua. Manlius. Varieties of Names given to Town-
ships. Onondaga. Salt Springs. Marcellus. Early Fall
of Snow. Skeneateles Lake. Skeneateles Lake. Aurelius. Cayuga Bridge.
Account of Lakes in this Region. Junius. Geneva. Seneca
Lake........
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LETTER III.
Charleston.
Easton. Canandagua. Bloomfield. Charleston.
Genesee River. Genesee Flats. Oak Plains.
Hartford.
Their pe-
culiar Appearance, owing to Fires kindled by the Indians.
Their Soil productive. County of Genesee. Buffaloe. View
of the Lake, &c. Beautiful Collection of Clouds..
LETTER IV.
Brief Account of the great Lakes which supply the River Ni-
agara. Lake Superior: its Islands, Rivers, &c. River St.
Marie: its only Outlet. Opinion, that there are subterranean
Outlets, examined. Lake Huron. Lake Michigan. Island
of Michilimackinac. Huron River. Lake St. Clair. Lake
Erie. Evidence, that the Waters of these Lakes are lower
than they formerly were.
LETTER V.
River Niagara. Properly called the St. Lawrence. Islands in
the River. General appearance and Character of this Region.
Cataract of Niagara...
LETTER VI.
A Passage behind the Sheet of Water of the Cataract practicable
at some times, and not at others. Explanation of this Phe-
Retrogression of the Cataract considered....
nomenon.
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LETTER VII.
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84
Severe Storm. General Observations upon the Western Part of
New-York. Excessive Value placed upon Lands covered with
Vegetable Mould. Climate and prevalent Winds of this Re-
gion. Western District of New-York unhealthy. Diseases.
Fever and Ague. Goitres. Pulmonary Affections rare........ 93
LETTER VIII.
General Observations upon the Western Part of New-York, con-
tinued. Want of Stone for Building and Fencing. Defective
Supply and Quality of its Timber. Water impregnated with
Lime. Commerce. Different Outlets for its Commodities..... 110
LETTER IX.
Return slowly along the Mohawk to Albany. Kinderhook.
Hudson. Uncommon Phenomenon observed on Taghkannuc
Mountain ....
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