240 Ten Days in Ohio. 



ed in the common earth, without any attempt at tumuli ; and occupy 

 so large a space, that only a dense population, and a long period of 

 lime, could have furnished such numbers. 



On the borders of the Ohio Canal, which passes a short distance 

 west of the town, are built several very large and substantial brick 

 ware houses. The base of one side stands in the water, so that boats 

 deliver and receive their cargoes, with very little trouble. 



Scioto River — Aqueduct. 



The canal crosses the Scioto river, a little below the center of the 

 town, by means of an aqueduct, supported by two abutments and 

 four piers ; built in the most substantial manner, of a very fine grain- 

 ed and beautiful sandstone, mentioned in the diary of yesterday. It 

 was a Herculean task, to haul these stones, eight miles in wagons and 

 carts, over a muddy road. The masonry is based on oaken piles, 

 driven eighteen or twenty feet into the bed of the river. The piers 

 are forty feet in height, and every stone being cut to a certain thick- 

 ness, (about fifteen inches), a^nd laid in strong cement, make a beauti- 

 ful appearance. They are also forty feet in depth, and ten feet in 

 thickness, rounded on the upper, or side presented to the current, 

 and finished in such a way as to resemble vast pillars, crowned with 

 their capitals. The aqueduct is a wooden trunk, four hundred and 

 forty eight feet in length. The reaches of the trunk between the piers, 

 are supported by wooden arches, of eighty feet span. A lock with a 

 fall of nine feet, built of the same beautiful material, is connected 

 with the abutment on the west side of the aqueduct. The canal is 

 now open from Chilicothe to Lake Erie, and boats pass daily. The 

 Scioto river is here, one hundred and fifty yards wide, and is a hand- 

 some rapid stream. 



Soil and Agriculture. 



The bottom lands are low and subject to occasional floodings, but 

 are of a very rich soil. Pickaway county is nearly square in out- 

 line, being twenty-two by twenty-one miles in extent, and contains 

 sixteen thousand inhabitants. The Scioto river passes through it 

 from N. to S. dividing it into two nearly equal portions. The lands 

 on the east side are of a very excellent quality and produce all the 

 different kinds of grain in the most luxuriant abundance. The coun- 

 ty, contains four varieties of soils, wood lands, barrens, plains and 

 prairies. On suitable soils, from forty to forty-five bushels of wheat 



