^a AGRICtTLTURAL MI!3Et?M 



•^ the gulph of Mexico is so dangerous, and that up the 

 •^ the Mississippi so difficult and tcdic us.that it is ih« ught 



* probable, that European mein^^handize will not return 

 « through that channel. It is n.ost likdv thatFlcur, 

 ' Timber and other heavy articles will be floated on 

 ' rafts, which will themselves be an article for sale, as 



* well as their loadirig, the navigatois returning by 

 ' land or in light batteaux. There will thercf -re be a 



* competition between the Hudson and Potomak ri- 

 ' vers, for tha residue of the commerce of a'l the conn- 

 ' ivy westward of Lake Erie, on the waters of the 

 ' Lakes, of the Ohio and upper parts of the Missisippi." 



* The Potomak ofters itself under the following cir- 

 •^ cumstances. For the trade of the Lakes and the wa- 



* ters westward of Lake Erie ; when it shall have en- 

 ' tered that lake it must coast along its southern shore, 



* on account of the number and excellence of its har 



* bors ; the northcrrj, though shortest, ha\ii g few l^ar- 



* bors and those unsafe. Having reached Cavahoga, 

 '^ to proceed on to New-York, it will have 80 miles and 



* five portages; whereas it is but 425 to Alexaiid; ia, 

 •^ its Emporium on the Potomak, if it turns into the Cay- 

 '. ahoga. and passes thro' that, Big Beaver. Ohio, Ytho- 

 ' gany,(or Monongahelaaiid Cheat) and Potomak; and 



* there are but two portages ; thi; first of \\ hich, bc- 

 ' tween Cayahoga and Beaver, may be removed by 

 ^ uniting the sources of these waters, vAhieh are lakes in 

 ^ the neighbourhood of each other, and in a chamj aign 



* country; the other from the waters of Ohio to I'oto 



* mak, will be from 15 to 40 miles, according to the trou- 

 < ble which shall be taken to approach the two naviga- 

 ' tionsjt For the trade of the Ohio, or that which shall 



falls into the Susquehannah ; the other fi cm I.nke On- 

 tai-io to the east branch of the Delaware, and daw n tlui: 

 to Philadelphia. Both are said to be very practieahle. 



t On the line of the new road fi-oni Cumberland to 

 .Wheeling, the navigable waters of JMcnongulicla and 

 jpotomak are distant about 70 miles 



