10 WESTEFiN CANAL. 



zuma In a small boat to Cayuga bridge, whore I 

 entered a fine new steam boat called the Enter- 

 prise, of 120 tons, and 24 horse power, and arri- 

 ved in a few hours tlirough a charming coimtry 

 to this delightful village. The scenery of these 

 lakes is alternately picturesqne, beautiful, and 

 sublime. Before the revolution of a ceiitur}^ this 

 country will become consecrated to classic inspi- 

 ration — " live in description, and grew green in 

 song." 



Bat I shall waive digressions fvom my mairi 

 object, which was to aiTord you a distinct view of 

 the Great Canal. The whole extent of this stu- 

 pendous work will be from Lake Erie to Hud- 

 son's river, a distance on an air line of perhaps 

 280 miles — In the route of the canal, of about 

 3C3. This work has been distributed into three 



great sections wectern, middle, end eastern. 



The middle extends from Utica to rdontezun-a 

 on the Seneca river. It was supposed that the 

 extent of this section is 94 miles, bat in arranging 

 the mile-boards it is found that it will be 96 ; and 

 this miscnlculatiGn arose from summing up the 

 distances of the subordinate sections for execution, 

 without taking into the calculaiion the nunicroas 

 bridges, the aqueducts, locks, he. There is a Ici- 

 teral canal, from the main canal to the Salina 

 Sail Work^, of one mile and (brty-thrce chain?, 



