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veled author suppose that the untutored Yankees dwelt in wigwams outside the cities, and 

 lived by hunting, instead of growing farm crops, garden fruits, and vegetables? " And 

 my third observation was, that though the drouth of Kova Scotia and New-Brunswick 

 had extended into Maine, its effects became less perceptible as I advanced westward into 

 the other New-England states, till, in Connecticut, the fields looked as beautifully green 

 as I had seen them last at the mouth of the Mersey." It must have been a " permanent 

 impression" truly, that in a range of four hundred miles, from the fog-ridden banks of 

 Nova Scotia, and through a declining latitude of five degrees, he should have discovered 

 that New-Haven weather had been quite as irreverent in its imitation of a " drouth" in 

 the provinces, as its people are regardless of some of the practices of their provincial 

 "kindred." 



Spending four days in New-Haven, which gives him material for some eight pages of 

 comment on what he saw in and around the city, and Connecticut in general, he started 

 on the 10th for Syracuse in company with Professor Norton. On his way uptheHousa- 

 tonic valley to Albany, whirling along in a rapid railroad train, he remarks on the " drift" 

 and geological formation of the country, which he obtained, of course, from his intelli- 

 gent informant and traveling companion. At Albany a stay of one night is made, and in 

 the next half day's ride up the Mohawk, his geological observations continue, coupled with 

 a dash of agricultural remark, and a running commentary now and then, neither new 

 nor profound, on soils, climate, and crojis. By way of variety, also, are interspersed the 

 stereotyped remarks of foreigners upon the odd names of our towns and villages, and 

 some equally original reflections upon our manner of elections, fondness of titled names, 

 and popped corn, in particular. Rather annoyed at the accession of Mr. Clay, to the 

 traveling train at Utica, our author proceeds in his commentaries through Rome, not " the 

 Niobe of nations," but little Rome, on the Mohawk, then full of enthusiastic curiosity for 

 a sight at the great statesman; then to Verona, where no "two gentlemen" bid him 

 " good morrow;" thence to Syracuse, where he arrives " at half-past three, distance 178 

 miles from Albany." 



As Syracuse — to which place he had been invited by the State ^Agricultural Society, to 

 deliver the usual address made before the multitude assembled to attend its annual jubi- 

 lee — is to be a point in his travels and observations, a full chapter of thirty-three pages is 

 devoted to the discussion of sundry matters and things appertaining thereto, and the 

 country by which it is surrounded. As it was the theatre of his own personal display, too, 

 for the time, we shall follow him somewhat closely for the two and a-half days — we like to 

 be precise in some things — that he remained. With a like originality of remarks as be- 

 fore, he finds that Syracuse is "a new city of IGOOO inhabitants, large hotels, numerous 

 churches, and skeleton streets, which, if its prosperity continue, will soon be built up," 

 — " so late as six years ngo, the wilderness still surrounded the residence of the mryor 

 — to whose hospitality I was indebted during my stay at Syracuse — where his garden now 

 extends, and plum and peach trees ami vines are in full and luxurian' bearing." 



Our author's notes are accurate, no doubt; but we would give a tr'.fle to learn the won- 

 derful method of transformirg a wilderness " into the sites of noble mansions and dwel- 

 lings, with highly ornamental gardens, towering shade trej.«, and paved streets, which 

 extend far beyond the fine premises of Mr. Leavexworth, within the brief period of six 

 years, and meekly inquire whether, if the word, twenty, were prefixed to the " six," 

 it would not be nearer the n ark? Such is our own roc )l'ection. 



Professor Johnston goes with his attentive friend, Mr. Norton, into the show yard 

 Things here are, very naturally, compared with the show of the English Royal Agricul 



