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Here, in fine, stood a noted regiment ; there, moved their 

 great captain ; here, the fleets fired their broadsides ; and 

 there, the whole force rushed on to battle : — 



"Hie Dolopum manus, hie magnus tendebat Achilles, 

 Classibus hie locus, hie acies certare solebat." 



At tea-time we took our tea together, and the next 

 morning this worthy American walked up with me to the 

 inn in Albany, shook me by the hand, and then went his 

 way. I bade him farewell, and again farewell, and hoped that 

 fortune might bring us together again once more. Possibly 

 she may yet do so ; and should it be in England, I will 

 take him to my house, as an old friend and acquaintance, 

 and offer him my choicest cheer. 



It is at Albany that the great canal opens into the 

 Hudson, and joins the waters of this river to those of 

 Lake Erie. The Hudson, at the city of Albany, is distant 

 from Lake Erie about three hundred and sixty miles. The 

 level of the lake is five hundred and sixty-four feet higher 

 than the Hudson, and there are eiglity-one locks on the 

 canal. It is to the genius and perseverance of De Witt 

 Clinton that the United States owe the almost incalculable 

 advantages of this inland navigation. " Exegit monumen- 

 tum sere perennius." You may either go along it all the 

 way to Buffalo, on Lake Erie, or by the stage ; or some- 

 times on one and then in the other, just as you think fit. 

 Grand, indeed, is the scenery by either route, and capital 

 the accommodations. Cold and phlegmatic must he be 

 who is not warmed into admiration by the surrounding 

 scenery, and charmed with the affability of the travellers he 

 meets on the way. 



Tliis is now the season of roving, and joy and merriment 

 for the gentry of this happy country. Thousands are on 

 the move from different parts of the Union for the springs 



