S GANAL TRANSPOUTATIOJf, 



calculably advantageous to the cardinal interesl:, 

 of the community. When the great six horse, 

 heavy teams are banished from use, the roads will 

 be improved. The tippling houses, which derive 

 iheir principal support from teamsters, will fall 

 into disuse. The good inns on the road will 

 meet with greater encouragement, because travel- 

 ling will increase with population and business. 

 The existing settlements and villages on the es- 

 iaii!.ished roads will continue to prosper, while an 

 immensfc mass of population will appear on the 

 banks of the cajials. 



I am called off by Dr. Clark, (a very worthy 

 gentleman, who is settled ai this place) to visit the 

 salt works under his direction; but you shall hear 

 from me again very soon. 



Yours, 



HIBERNiCUS 



LETTER II. 



Ithaca^ 1st June, 1820. 

 My Dear Sir, 



I HAVE this moment arrived in this place, by 

 water, from Montezuma. The Great Canal enters 

 the Seneca river by a lock ; and after this you 



