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curious to observe the heterogenous coHection of 

 iiaiTses of places derived from the aborigines, the 

 ancient Greeks, Romans, Jews, &:c. on the route 

 of the cana). You begin with Utica, and proceed 

 to Whitesborough, Oriskany, Rome, Oneida, Ve- 

 rona, CanibV)ta, Macedonia, Jordan, Syracuse, 

 Bucksville, he. to Montezuma. Some of these 

 are villages which li-jye sprung up with the canal, 

 and others will follow vjth such rapidity that I 

 have no doubt that bv^th bai.\s will, in the course 

 of a few years, exhibit owe unini^rnipted range of 

 compact population. Ahxady have spacious ba- 

 sins for the accommodation of boats u>en esta- 

 blished. At Syracuse there is a dock, wareUuscs 

 weighing machines, cranes, and all the other b^- 

 pendages of a great establishment. At several 

 places [ saw boats on the stocks ready fvjr launch- 

 ing. Sometimes the great western turnjiike ap- 

 proaches within view of the canal, but gene^-aliy 

 it is a few miles to the south. On this road thej<? 

 are numerous villages and settlements, fine houses, 

 churches, academies, and other public edifices, 

 which instead of being affected by the establish- 

 ment of new ones on the canal, will derive addi- 

 lional aliment and support. In proportion to thf* 

 Increase of population, will be the increase of con- 

 sumption. This will augment the demands foi 

 subsistence and clothing — for the necessaric;^ 



