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gentleman, from St. Lawrence county, that the. 

 iiHiabitants of that region not only supply them- 

 selves with maple sugar for domestic uses, but 

 have a surplus for market. This was reiterated to 

 me at Utica lately, by Judge Ogden of the same 

 county, and by Judge Church of Alleghany, gen- 

 tlemen of great worth. A plantation of maple 

 trees of ten acres, besides being highly ornamen- 

 tal and beneficial for pasture — besides the use of 

 the decayed trees for fuel, and the acquisition of 

 excellent syrup, vinegar, and molasses, and a suf- 

 ficiency of sugar for family purposes, will yield a 

 profit of $200 annually to the proprietor ; and 

 these operations are carried on in the month of 

 March, continue but a short time, and interfere 

 with no other business. The forests of the north 

 and west will supply the other parts of the state 

 with the best of sugar and molasses through the 

 great canals. 



LETTER Vn. 



Geneva, June^ 1820. 

 My Dear Sir, 



Just before you arrive at Syracuse, 61 miles 

 from Utica, you meet with the two first locks on the 

 canal. Here are three which let you down into 



