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ing that runs considerably inland, but the en-i 

 trance to it is obstructed by a sandy bar with 

 no more than three or four feet water upon it : 

 ia the vicinity are the settlements of Northfield^ 

 from which a road leads to the Mohawk River, 

 and thence continues to the town of Bristol. 

 Tracing the shore of the lake, beyond Iron- 

 diquet Bay is the Genesee River, that has its 

 rise in the county of Porter, within the state of 

 Pensylvania, and winds through a country both 

 fertile and well inhabited; the entrance to it 

 from Lake Ontario is narrow, with no more 

 than six or seven feet water in the channel, but 

 within it there is sufficient depth for vessels of 

 two hundred tons. Hartford, Genesee Town^ 

 and Williamsburgh, are principal places upon 

 it, and have roads in almost every direction 

 from them to the town of Batavia and the 

 interior of the state. The tract called the Ge-* 

 nesee country is remarkable for the luxuriant 

 fertility of its soil ; it is every where thickly in- 

 habited, and in a very high state of cultivation; 

 the produce of wheat is unusually great, and 

 the grain of a very superior quality ; in many 

 parts the land is congenial to the culture of 

 hemp and flax, and of each article large quan- 

 tities are raised every year. Braddock's Bay is 

 large, but almost unserviceable, from the shal- 

 lowness of the water. From the settlements at 

 Fish Bay there are roads to the town of Ba- 



