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ach in half an hour; but at all the above places you will 

 find tables where you can bolt various kinds of food still 

 more rapidly, and pay in proportion to the quantity con- 

 sumed. 



Another route much traveled in summer, is from Syra- 

 cuse by canal packet to Oswego, and steamer on Lake 

 Ontario to Lewistown, at the mouth of the Niagara river, 

 then by railroad by way of the Falls to Buffalo. Not- 

 withstanding the greater rapidity of travel on the rail- 

 road, and that there are three daily trains between 

 Albany and Buffalo, there is still a vast amount of travel 

 upon the canal. There is also a railroad connection up 

 the east side of the North River from the termination of 

 the Boston road opposite Albany, through Troy and 

 across the river on a bridge, to join the Utica road at 

 Schenectady. 



The fare from Buffalo to Chicago upon steamboats 

 through the upper Lakes, is $12, including board and 

 lodging — such as it is. Upon this route I am now mov- 

 ing at a very slow rate through Lake Erie, upon the 

 Steamer Missouri — the best recommendation of which, 

 that I can give, is to reeommend passengers, while the 

 Lake is as rough as it has been to day, not to look into the 

 kitchen — not to believe that the same sheets have been 

 in unwashed use more than three previous trips — and 

 finally by a great stretch of imagination to suppose it 

 a very neat boat, otherwise their stomachs may indicate 

 the present condition of the grain market, where as at 

 present on board, food is rising. 



As I indicated before, the fare from New- York to 

 Philadelphia is either $3 or $4, according to which route 

 you take ; upon each, trains run twice a day. The early 

 morning train arriving about noon. — From Philadelphia 

 to Baltimore the fair is $3, and time 8 hours, either by 

 Railroad, by way of Wilmington, or by Steamer to New- 

 castle, then by railroad across the Delaware, and steamer 

 again on Chesapeak Bay to the Monumental City. Here 

 you can stop for a night's sleep, and in the morning take 



