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and which would so greatly conduce to the far- 

 mer's advantage. 



As far as I had yet travelled, and as I un- 

 derstand throughout the state of New York, 

 no hedges are to be seen. Here enclosure$ 

 are rudely formed with what in the eyes of 

 a native of Britain seems a waste of timber ; 

 log is piled over log to the height of seven or 

 eight feet, and a fence thus formed I am told 

 lasts about ten years. 



From Utica to Syracuse the railway tra- 

 verses forests of gigantic oak, elm, sugar-maple, 

 and other kinds of timber. Great exertions 

 appear to be making to clear the land, the 

 railway having opened up these immense fo- 

 rests to agricultural enterprise. 



At Auburn, a very pretty town, I remain- 

 ed all night, and left it by the stage next 

 morning for Canandaigua, a journey of forty 

 miles. This was the first trial I had had of 

 an American stage-coach, and I sincerely hope 

 it may be the last, until the means of con- 

 ducting them with the infliction of less torture 

 on passengers be devised, as certainly a more 



