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Brownville a road leads to a place called King^ 

 jston Ferry, on the St. Lawrence, from whence 

 over to Kingston, through the Bay of Wolfe 

 Island, the distance is twelve miles, making the 

 whole from Sacket Harbour by this route 

 thirty-four miles ; but in the winter season it 

 may be sliortened several miles by crossing the 

 lake upon the ice, almost in a straight line. Be?- 

 yond Sacket Harbour, the River Oswego fur^ 

 nishes an easy and very convenient communi- 

 cation from Lake Ontario to the Mohawk 

 River, and thence into the Hudson River. The 

 Oswego has its source very near the head of the 

 Mohawk ; it passes through Lake Oneida, and 

 in its course to Lake Ontario receives the Seneca 

 River, besides the waters of several less streams 

 and many small lakes, that in the spring and 

 fall of the year greatly swell its current. At the 

 mouth of the river there is a safe and good har- 

 bour with two fathom water, but a Httle way up 

 the stream the depth increases to four or five ; 

 the entrance is narrowed by a large flat on each 

 side, covered with round stones, that are conti- 

 nually rolling with the flux and reflux, and oc* 

 casion a sort of shifting bar, on which during the 

 summer there is seldom more than six or seven 

 feet water, but in the spring and fall this depth 

 is increased about three feet. The channel is 

 Completely commanded by a well-built strong 

 fi>rt, situated upon an eminence on the shore of 



