NOTES. 



Note 33— Paore 50. 



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Through this sweet vale, that wooded hills inclose, 

 A clear deep stream in glassy silence flows. 



Catharine's Creek, which forms the head waters of the 

 Seneca Lake, and falls into its southern extremity. From 

 this lake to the landing, a distance of about five miles, the 

 creek is navigable for large loaded boats. The country 

 between this place and Newtown, on the Susquehanna, is 

 generally level ; and the distance in a direct line, proba- 

 bly not more than twenty miles. The practicability of 

 uniting these two waters, by a canal, at a comparatively 

 small expense, and the immense advantages that would 

 result from the completion of such an undertaking, have 



long been evident to all those acquainted with that part 

 of the country. 



Note 34— Page 50. 



Gigantic walnuts, bare and blasted, rise 



And stretch their bleached arms midway to the skies. 



Some of these trees, owing to the richness of the soil, 

 grow to an extraordinary size. I measured one that was 

 nearly thirty feet in circumference. 



Note 35 — Page 50. 



There sits the hawk. The fishing-hawk, or osprey; 



differing considerably from the bird of that name in Eu- 

 rope. 



