20 UNION SPRINGS OWASCO LAKE. 



for most hydraulic purposes. At this place valua- 

 ble mills have been erected by William S. Bur- 

 ling-, a very worthy and intelligent man, under 

 Vvhose auspices a pleasant village has been esta- 

 blished. 



OwascoLake lies about 16 miles east of these 

 springs, and is at least 150 feet higher than the 

 Cayuga Lake — and as the intermediate country 

 reposes on lime stone, some suppose that Union 

 Springs are the out burst of a subterranean com- 

 munication. A similar opinion prevails about 

 the origin of the springs at Caledonia in Genesee. 

 The progress of time and inquiry will ascertain 

 the solidity of these speculations. 



This is the finest wheat country in the world. — 

 The white bald wheat with r^d chaff is the princi- 

 pal grain, and ail the materials of a great hydrau- 

 lic establishment, can be brought to and sent 

 from the works by water. Gypsum lines ten 

 miles of the eastern bank of this lake. The Cocks- 

 comb plaster, a singular variety of marl, is to be 

 found in great plenty, and also inexhaustible 

 stores of the latter in its common state. 



The Cayuga Lake abounds with fine fish, and 

 among others, with the white fish, or salmo clupea 

 formis of the celebrated Dr. Mitchill, who is cer- 

 tainly at the head of the American scavans. The 



