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Travelling from the Falls to Auburn, we 

 passed through the beautiful village of Canan- 

 daigua, at the head of the Lake of the same 

 name ; then through the town of Geneva, 

 near Seneca Lake, and afterwards crossed the 

 Cayuga Lake, by a wooden bridge of about a 

 mile in length. The scenery surrounding these 

 Lakes is extremely striking and picturesque ; 

 and the various towns and villages which we 

 afterwards met with in our route, bearing 

 classic and European names, wore a remarkably 

 neat and flourishing appearance. Near to 

 Rochester, are the Genessee Falls of about one 

 hundred feet. They are visited by travellers 

 as of some celebrity, and standing on the brink 

 of the vast precipice, the prismatic colours of 

 a rainbow are seen as at Niagara Falls during 

 the shining of the sun, on the clouds of spray 

 that ascend from below. In travelling through 

 the western parts of the United States, and 

 also in Upper Canada, it is not uncommon to 

 see the castor oil plant which is indigenous 

 in Southern Africa. When ripe, the seeds 

 are cleared from the husks, and well bruised in 

 a mortar, then boiled in water, till the oil rises 

 on the surface, which being skimmed off is 

 boiled over again, until the water be thoroughly 

 expelled by evaporation. The Moravian Mis- 



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