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comforts, and luxuries of life. The countrj la- 

 terveiiing between the two great land and water 

 routes will be shortly settled, and the north side 

 of the canal to the Seneca river will be equally so. 

 On the south side of the middle section of the ca- 

 nal, there are two great turnpike roads, running 

 in the same direction, and the Cayuga, Owasco, 

 Skaneateles, Otisco, Cazenovia, and Little Lakes. 

 On the north side, the waters of the Seneca river, 

 Oneida outlet, Oneida lake, and Vvood creek, 

 furnish a navigable communication will] Lake 

 Ontario, or the Mohawk, and a great turnpih"" 

 road is now making : And there are besides, tlic* 

 great lake Ontario, Oneida, Onondaga, a^id Cress 

 lakes. The west and the east will tiius commu- 

 nicate by a great artificial navigr.don, by rivers 

 and lakes, and by three gr^at turnpike roads. 

 The multiplication of thei^ channels of connexion 

 will bind the most distant regions together by in- 

 dissoluble bonds. But the canal is pre-eminent 

 over ail the others in the vasiness of its usefulness, 

 and in the extent of its accommodation. 



After ?eavii1g Rome, you pass into a great 

 swamp, covered with timber, and formed by the 

 recession of tlie waters of a vast lake, which has 

 now dwindled down into Oneida lake. This re- 

 gion extends 16 miles to Oneida creek, when you 

 pass into a cultivated country. The contrast is 



