14: WESTERN CANAL. 



Erie. Before the final completion of this great 

 work, a person may therefore take a barge at 

 New-York, and pass by water into Lake Erie, hy 

 an uninterrupted navigation. 



LETTER IIL 



Geneva, Gth June, 1820.. 

 :\Iy Dear Sir, 



As I write without " reference to note or com- 

 ment," it is probable that I may commit some 

 trifling errors, and slide into repetition. I aspire 

 to no higher honor than that of an old chronicle, 

 ])y giving you a dull, but true account, of this 

 wonderful canal and wonderful country. I have 

 travelled from one end of Europe to tlie other, 

 and have seen much of the western world, but I 

 have never before witnessed such scenes and ope- 

 rations, as have been iTcently presented to my 

 vision. 



When I went on the canal, there v/ere no fixed 

 days for the starting of the barges with passen- 

 gers : It appears from the advertisement which I 

 now subjoin, that they are regulated. I believe, 

 iliat clieapcr and more commodious travelling 

 cannot lie found. For eight dollars you can go 



