•-U8 VIEW ON THE SUSQUEHANNA. 



since has the red man forsaken its clear and rapid waters, 

 whose surface will never again be broken by the stroke of his 

 paddle or the dash of his sinewy arm. The pale faces have 

 levelled his wigwam, and established themselves on the green 

 banks of his favorite river. They have cut down the giant 

 trees and built villages and cities along its margin. One 

 of these represented in the picture, is a small, straggling 

 place, not far from South Bainbridge, in the State of New 

 York, and most stupidly christened " Nineveh ;" in all 

 probability the most inappropriate name that could have 

 been given to it. Near the foreground is seen a brush dam 

 crossing the river, built for the purpose of catching eels, 

 which are said to be found of a large size and in great abun- 

 dance. Tbese eel-weirs, as they are generally termed, are 

 very frequently met with on the Susquehanna during the first 

 three hundred and fifty miles of its course. They are erected 

 where the water is shoal, and are formed of stakes driven 

 down to a sufficient depth, and then interwoven closely with 

 brush and the smaller branches of trees. 



