concerning all of these interesting deposits in another por- 
tion of our treatise. 
In describing the various systems of rocks, we will 
suppose that we begin our trip in the northeastern part of 
the county, near Oneida Lake, and by traveling in a south- 
western direction we will complete it at the southern boun- 
dary, near Skaneateles Lake. Distances, however, will be 
computed from Syracuse. 
Our starting point, at the outlet of Oneida Lake, is 
about twenty-six feet lower than Syracuse, and is, there- 
fore, 369 feet above tide water. In our trip we will cross 
the outcrop at nearly right angles. Wewill first pass over 
the great level, and after passing a line parallel with the 
city, we will gradually begin to ascend the hills, while the 
latter part of our journey will be one constant ascending 
and descending of hills. The highest elevation which we 
will find is Fasius Mountain, 2,015 feet above tide water. 
The scenery of the entire route over which we will 
pass is extremely picturesque. From the sides of the vari- 
ous hills crystal streams of the purest water trickle down, 
making the valleys virtually ‘‘blossom as the rose.” Over 
the sides of the slopes and down the ravines, dash rapids 
and cascades of remarkable beauty and size; one of them 
even competing with the noted Niagara in height of fall. 
Climbing to the tops of the hills, we will be bountifully 
repaid for our toil by the beautiful panorama which every- 
where meets the eye. It is asserted that from the top of 
one of the elevations in Pompey seven different counties 
can be seen. 
Our lakes, also, are a source of pardonable pride, and 
this thesis would be incomplete without a few words con- 
cerning some of them. Skaneateles Lake, soon to become 
the water supply of Syracuse, is a beautiful body of water 
eighteen miles in length. It has no visible inlet of any 
size, and its water supply is supposed to be kept up by 
numerous springs. 
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