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expense of about three thousand dollars each. They are lo~ 
wated at the head of rapids, enabling the navigator to com- 
tion of the rapids will be required. A canal of a mile anda - 
larter, commencing at Mauch Chunk, has recently been ex- 
cavated: the locks are of the new construction above men- 
tioned. 
The Lehigh from Mauch Chunk to the water gap, 11 
miles, winds between rocky mountains, with a brisk current, 
tpresents no falls. ‘The road usually runs near the stream, 
and sometimes at a considerable elevation above, on the steep 
mountain’s side. In its passage through the Kittetany, or 
Blue Ridge, the river has a pretty tranquil and but slightly 
inclined course. On the adjacent elevation, yellow pine, 
hemlock and spruce, are interspersed with trees of annual. 
verdure. From the water gap to the Delaware, the river 
pursues its course in a deep ravine, with rarely alluvial bor- 
ders of much extent, and is seldom seen from the road. The 
soil in this district of country, generally rests on limestone 
sinks, indicating caves, and fissures in the rocks are often ob- 
Served, and will render canalling in places difficult. From 
the confluence of the Lehigh with the Delaware to tide water, 
the descent is 150 feet. The rapids of the = dry 
Seasons, present great i 
canal will probably be found indispensable to secure a per- 
manent ascending and descending navigation of this stream. 
ats are rarely lost in the descent. : i 
oal is conveyed to market from Mauch Chunk, landing 
in flat bottomed shallow boats, 12 feet wide by 16 in length, 
connected by hinges, and denominated boats in sections. Six 
