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TRENTON FALLS. 



fences, to manure the soil, rather than they 

 would abandon the land of their forefathers. 



Fourteen miles from Utica, are Trenton 

 Falls, which, with the surrounding scenery, 

 present to the eye one of the finest natural 

 prospects imaginable. The tout ensemble, is 

 more beautiful, though the Falls have far less 

 of the sublime, than the Falls of Niagara. They 

 consist of four principal cataracts, rushing at 

 a considerable distance from each other, through 

 a chasm of rocks of dark lime-stone, which con- 

 tain great quantities of petrified animals, and 

 marine shells. — Leaving this romantic spot, we 

 proceeded by the way of Schenectady to Albany, 

 where, taking the steam-boat, we were pro- 

 pelled along the Hudson river for New York. 

 It would be ungenerous to deny, that it was 

 on this river the Americans (though England 

 had in use the steam power, for upwards of a 

 century) first successfully applied its gigantic 

 force to the navigation of boats against wind 

 and tide. Fulton succeeded in this system, 

 after others had made experiments and failed ; 

 and carried into execution what others had 

 abandoned as an impracticable and vapouring 

 scheme. — In our progress down the Hudson, 

 I was much struck with the grand and striking 

 view of the Kaatskill mountains, which exceed 



