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some. The Capitol is a handsome structure, on the cupola 

 of which is a statute of justice leaning upon her sword and 

 lifting aloft her nicely balanced scales. The private build- 

 ings are many of them splendid, but some of the streets 

 contain a considerable number of old Dutch buildings 

 which with their conical roofs make a grotesque appearance. 

 The soil in the neighborhood of Albany is uncommonly 

 shallow and unproductive, but its advantageous situation 

 as a place of trade renders it one of the most flourishing 

 cities in our country." 



This same evening the travelers were compelled by the 

 rain to spend the night at Schenectady, which is described 

 as " a city very compact and handsomely built, but, like 

 Albany, contains a number of Dutch edifices." 



The next day they traveled forty-two miles in a westerly 

 direction from this place, and seem to have met with the 

 usual good and bad luck of travelers who need hotels. 

 After failing to suit themselves at one tavern, where 

 the proprietor was yet in bed in the bar room, when they 

 called at eight o'clock for breakfast, they passed on two 

 miles further, and found a tavern where they "were ac- 

 commodated with breakfast, and very agreeably entertained 

 with the spluttering Dutch lingo of the Dutch landlady and 

 her numerous family." 



At Utica, where they arrived October 11th, the first men- 

 tion is made of Indians. 



The Salina salt works are described, and the manner in 

 which the salt was sent from that place, at that time, 

 given: "It is carried in boats to Lake Ontario, and 

 shipped to Niagara, then carted to Fort Schlesser at the 

 head of the Rapids, from whence it is conveyed in boats 

 to Buffalo. Here it is put on vessels and conveyed to the 

 different ports on Lake Erie. Considerable quantities of it 

 are carried from Presque Isle to Pittsburgh, by way of 



