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l^he Susquehannah* 

 The north-ieast branch of the river Susquehannah, 

 takes its rise from lake Otsego, in a central part of 

 the state of New York, about sixty miles west by 

 north from the city of Albany, and from fifteen to 

 twenty miles south of the Mohawk river, in lat. 42 

 deg. 55 min, north. This lake is about nine miles 

 long, and perhaps not more than a mile wide, si- 

 tuated in a tract of country extremely fertile, and 

 easy of cultivation. Six miles to the west of Otsego, 

 lies Caniaderago lake, which is nearly as large as 

 the other. From this last mentioned lake, a stream, 

 called Oaks* Creek, falls into the Susquehannah, 

 nearly five miles to the south of Otsego. On this 

 ereek, the best cheese in the state of New York is 

 said to be made. These lakes lie so near the Mo- 

 hawk river, and the creeks which flow into it from 

 this direction, that a complete water communication 

 xiould doubtless be made between them. At present 

 the distance is not twenty miles, and is capable of 

 good roads. From lake Otsego, to which batteaux 

 pass up the stream, the Susquehannah is navigable 

 to its mouth in the bay of Chesapeak. It is a noted 

 fact, that during the last war, a detachment of gene- 

 ral Sullivan's troops passed in boats from lake Ot- 

 sego, quite down the river. From lake Otsego the 

 Susquehannah runs in a southerly direction, through 

 Cherry valley, about twenty miles. Thence it takes 

 a general south-west course, with many nieantiers, 

 until it comes within eight or ten miles of the Penn- 

 sylvania line, to which it flows in a winding direction 

 to the south, where it crosses it about twelve miles 



