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former to the north-east : the breadth of it is' 

 about a mile and a half, but it runs inward 

 nearly three miles; the entrance is not more 

 than half a mile wide, with a bar across it, on 

 which there is in general not more than six or 

 seven feet water. The town of Erie is seated 

 on the south side of the harbour: it is of a 

 respectable size, well laid out, and the streets 

 regular; the houses altogether amount to two 

 hundred, with a church, court-house, and a 

 public prison : eastward of the town stands a 

 strong battery, and on the point of the penin- 

 sula a large blockhouse, which combined com- 

 pletely defend the harbour. At this town there 

 is a dock-yard, with storehouses, wharfs, &c. 

 forming the American naval depot on this lake, 

 and at which they have built and equipped 

 brigs mounting twenty guns. A road leads 

 from it by Fort Le Boeuf to Meadsville and 

 Fort Franklin, on the Allegany River, and an- 

 other by the margin of the lake to Buffalo. A 

 little south-west of Erie is the small village of 

 Litchfield, from whence a road continues by 

 the lake side to Ralphsville, and by the Ashta- 

 bula River down to Jefferson and Austinburgh, 

 from whence another proceeds to the towns of 

 Warren and New Lisbon. From a small settle-* 

 ment called Newmarket, on the east side of 

 Grand River, a road goes to Cleveland, and 

 thence turns off to New Lisbop, and continues 



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