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CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Journey from Detroit to New York Western Lakes which form 

 the River St Lawrence Cleveland Erie Canal Cold Wea 

 ther Canal Packets Sabbath School Children at Rochester 

 Black Children Slavery in the United States Agricultural 

 Notices Washington Hotel Transition from Rudeness to Re 

 finement Travelling Cheap Land State Election Inhabi 

 tants Consulted in Political Matters Arrival at Liverpool. 



AFTER spending five clays in Upper Canada, it became 

 necessary to wend my way to New York. The weather 

 for weeks past had been tempestuous. The trips of the 

 steam-boats on the lakes had been interrupted, and the ferry 

 boat at Detroit had, on more than one occasion, ceased to 

 ply from the violence of the wind. Had there been a stage 

 through Upper Canada, from Sandwich to Niagara, I would 

 have preferred travelling to New York by land, but dreading 

 the state of the roads, and length of journey in passing round 

 the west end of Lake Erie, I decided in going from Detroit 

 to Buffalo by steam. Vessels were still leaving Detroit for 

 the Western Lakes, notwithstanding the advanced period of 

 the season, and I saw the Michigan steamer sail for Green 

 Bay, with troops on board. 



Lake Superior is the most westerly and largest of the 

 lakes which divide Upper Canada from the United States, 

 and the accumulated waters of which form the river St 

 Lawrence. Its length is about 360 miles, and its average 

 breadth 109 miles. The outlet of the lake is the river St 

 Marie, through which the waters flow, and are not navigable 

 for sailing vessels from the strength of current. 



Lake Michigan is stated to be 300 miles long, and 50 

 wide, branching off from the east end of Lake Superior, and 

 their united waters pass into Lake Huron. On the west side 



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