NOTES. 93 



Note 28 — Page 41. 

 Columbia's harbor shelters them at last. 



The town of Columbia, on the northeast bank of the 

 "Susquehanna, at Wright's terry, ten miles from Lancas- 

 ter, is the great depot for those immense stores of wheat, 

 flour, lumber, &c, brought down the river for an extent 

 of more than three hundred miles. The bridge which it 

 is in contemplation to erect over the Susquehanna near 

 this town, will be an additional source of prosperity t*> 

 this thriving and populous place. 



Note 29— Page 15. 



In two wide routes their waters seek the main ; 

 Part through St. Lawrence meets the sea again, 

 Part to the south pursues its wandering way, 

 And rolls to Chesapeake's capacious Bay. 



In a matter of fact poem, such as this, I need hardly 

 observe, that the above is literally true. The proprietor 

 of part of this meadow, assured me, that with his spade 

 he could, at pleasure, send the waters either into the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence, or the Chesapeake Bay. A 

 species of salmon, common to the river Susquehanna and 

 to Lake Ontario, has been frequently known to pass from 

 from one to the other by this communication. 



Note 30 — Page 46. 

 HoTe to the god. Hunger. 



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