76 ATTENTION TO FEMALES. 



these weeds, in one or two instances, were choking the crops. 

 The wheat crops throughout the valley of the Mohawk were 

 good ; the Indian corn had suffered severely from frost and 

 the overflowing of the river, which had, a few weeks before, 

 attained a most unusual height, and imparted a disagreeable 

 appearance to much of the land, which was little elevated 

 above the river. 



Utica is situated on the Erie canal, and is a handsome, 

 thriving place, containing about 10,000 inhabitants, and be 

 came a city in 1832. We again, after a few hours rest, pro 

 ceeded on our journey, and reached Auburn, where we stopped 

 for the night. 



At Manlius we dined with a large party of travellers, who 

 arrived by different stages, and afforded several marked in 

 stances of cooing, which the newly-married people of this 

 country seem to indulge in. During this day s travelling, 

 and on other occasions, the behaviour of such people appeared, 

 to our British notions, verging on indelicacy, and completely 

 at variance with the general opinion of English writers, who 

 suppose that the females of the United States are treated 

 with neglect. Judging from what, of this nature, came un 

 der my notice in different parts of the country, I was led to 

 think the American husbands attentive in the highest degree, 

 and some of the ladies absolutely spoiled by too much atten 

 tion. In almost every hotel chairs at the head of public 

 tables are reserved for ladies, and they invariably occupy the 

 principal seats in stage-coaches. 



This day (21st June) the weather was warm, the thermo 

 meter in the stage, which is open on each side to the free 

 admission of air, indicating 82 degrees at five P.M. Fortu 

 nately, myself and two friends were the only passengers after 

 dinner, and we enjoyed a rapid drive through a fine country; 

 there being no regularity with regard to time, the speed of 

 the stages is often in the inverse ratio of the number of pas 

 sengers. The prospect from the village of Onondaga-hill, 

 which has two churches, is beautiful and extensive, em 

 bracing Onondaga lake and the villages of Syracuse and Sa- 

 lina. Beyond Onondaga-hill is Marcellus, which reminded 

 me of the villages of New England, and is the prettiest place 



