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From tlie mouth of the Sinnemahoning, th'e Sus*. 

 quehannah turns, with many windings, to the east, 

 until it reaches the mouth ofMuncy creek, receiving in 

 its course many considerable streams, and then turns 

 southerly till it meets the north«east branch at Sun- 

 bury. The west branch is navigable, about 150 

 miles from its mouth at Sunbury, for boats of ten 

 tons. From the forks at Sunbury, the river proceeds 

 southerly, as far as Middletown, without falls, first 

 receiving the Juniata, and passing Harrisburg, the 

 capital of Dauphin county. By the Juniata the Sus- 

 quehannah is connected with the Ohio at Pittsburg, 

 almost the whole course by water ; the distance is 

 262 miles; thus forming the most important of all 

 the commuications between lake Erie with the wes- 

 tern Country and the Atlantic. It is navigable 120 

 miles from its mouth; Middletown, at the mouth 

 ^of the Swatara, is a place of extensive inland trade. 

 From this place, the Susquehannah winds in a south 

 cast course to its mouth, at Havre deGrace, in the bay 

 of Chesapeak, above which the tide-water flows five 

 or six miles. The Conewago falls, four miles belo\r 

 Middletown, before the completion of the canal, 

 formed a considerable obstruction to the navigation 

 of the river.* 



At Columbia, ten miles from Lancaster, the Sus- 

 quehannah is somewhat more than three-quarters of 

 a mile wide ; and for a considerable distance both 

 above and below the ferry, it abounds with islands 

 and large rocks, over which last the water runs 

 "with prodigious velocity: the roaring noise that it 

 makes is heard a great way off. The banks ri$^ 



