MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 45 



(a Holy family) is a robust figure of St. Peter with the keys 

 lastly called in at the Episcopal church where every- 

 thing appeared to be in perfect order and a most respectable 

 congregation — left Detroit in the evening and passed down 

 the river St. Clair the banks of which are adorned with cot- 

 tages and orchards to Lake Erie. 



"20th — before rising from our confined berths have landed 

 at the Pici at the .port of Cleveland in Ohio — a bustling place 

 of trade — and a great deal of the mock magnificent in their 

 recently erected houses and hotels — met a heavy swell in the 

 lake this evening which made the upper cabins of the Great 

 Western roll dreadfully. 



"21st — at 2 o'clock this morning came to the termination 

 of our lake voyage by arriving at the flourishing port of Buf- 

 faloe — so increased as scarcely to be recognized as the Buffaloe 

 of 15 years ago — and evidences of a more extensive commerce 

 than have yet observed at any place since leaving St. Louis 

 — the American Hotel a magnificent building and others of 

 much magnificence and splendour Buffaloe is indebted to 

 the enterprise of a forger on a scale of grandeur on a par 

 with his buildings — he is now in the penitentiary and the 

 name of Rathburn will long remain a terror to evildoers. — 

 came by stage to Battavia and thence by Rail Road to 

 Rochester where I arrived in a thunderstorm and at last have 

 the pleasure of joining my dear old parents — an obligation 

 that I have had in my mind so many years — am very thankful 

 to find them in good health and to a good providence that 

 has once more restored them to me — my sisters also in appear- 

 ance much better than from previous ill health had any ex- 

 pectation of finding— am much pleased with their most com- 

 fortable little dwelling which I have facetiously named 

 "Economy Hall" — also with their little circle of friends to 

 whom there appears to be a tried and sincere attachment. 



"22nd and 23rd — spent with my family at Rochester. 



"26th — Started on a pleasure excursion to the falls of 

 Niagara in company with mother, sister S. and Miss Julia 

 Guernsey — arrived same day at Buffaloe — journey pleasant — 

 part by Rail Road and part by Stage. 



"27th — passed at Buffaloe at an elegant hotel called the 

 American House — from the cupola on the roof had an exten- 

 sive view of the Lake and surrounding country— scene eiv 

 livened by the departure of steamer for the upper lakes and 

 arrival of sloops at the pier. Buffaloe has much the appear- 

 ance and bustle of a small seaport — left in the evening for the 

 Falls of Niagara — rode along the shore of Niagara River — the 



