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an each side, for foot passengers, and of ample space in the 
middle for carriages to pass each other. The approach at 
either extremity being a gentle descent, a slight concavity 
is therefore given to the road over it, to preserve its even- 
ness and continuity. It cost 16,000 dollars, and to the hon- 
or of the American name, is the work of the artizans of 
the neighbourhood.* ‘The toll is very unproductive ; but 
the lands in its vicinity have risen considerably in value. 
I need scarcely observe, that from the water, at the dis- 
tance of three hundred yards, it forms a grand and singu- 
lar spectacle. The glcom of the narrowed and sunken river, 
gives a glow and brightness to the objects above, and espe- 
cially to this graceful and Iris-like fabric, which is seen 
white, and high in the air, striding the precipice, and par- 
tially concealed in pines, oak and beeches. Looking on- 
ward, under the arch, the view is speedily terminated by a 
very picturesque cascade seventy feet high: the quantity 
of water is not great, but is most advantageously displayed, 
by dashing on two successive ledges, from which, arching 
beautifully, it loses itself in the wreathing spray, that ever 
plays around the foot of the bare red rock. It is surroun- 
ded in the back ground by finely disposed foliage of various 
kinds. 
On crossing the bridge, (still proceeding to Rechester,) 
we find a straggling assemblage of houses, called Carthage, 
all evidently of the most recent date, and of ordinary ap- 
pearance, except two exquisite specimens of domestic arch- 
itecture. ‘They are superbly furnished, and seem rather to 
be denizens of the most refined cities, than of this wilder- 
ness. ‘The town is principally occupied by husbandmen, 
and contains the common proportion of well frequented 
taverns, but no church. The land is undulating, and full of 
stumps, and blackened decaying trees. 
Passing to the right, on the high banks of the Genesee. 
and through mingled cleared grounds and woods, for three 
hundred yards or more, we meet with another fall of ninety 
feet in height, and apparently more plentifully supplied with 
water 5 which passes in an unbroken, and almost transparent 
curtain, over a gracefully curving line of rocks. It is alse 
embellished with trees and small heights. A mill is erect- 
* It was erected from scaffolding, on the bed of the river, which here 
contains very little water. 
