on to Fort M'Intosh on the Ohio river. From 

 Cleveland there is a very good road to San- 

 dusky, that proceeds on to the old Fort Miami, 

 now almost in ruins : half a mile beyond it is 

 Fort MeggSy a place of some strength, and 

 mounting eighteen guns. The two bays of 

 Sandusky and Miami afford good anchorage 

 and shelter, as do most of the islands at the 

 west end of the lake. In Cunningham's Island 

 there is a fine harbour called Put-in-Bay, 

 open to the north, and very well sheltered^ 

 with excellent anchorage : it is nearly of a 

 circular form, and the entrance to it not more 

 than a quarter of a mile wide, having on the 

 western side a narrow rocky point about forty 

 feet high, but where it joins the island the 

 isthmus is so low as to be generally overflowed ; 

 from the point a block-house and strong battery 

 defend the harbour. The English ships Queen 

 Charlotte and Detroit were carried in here after 

 their capture, when the British squadron was 

 defeated by an American one of much superior 

 force. Without exception this is the best and 

 most convenient harbour on Lake Erie. From 

 Miami there is a road by French Town and 

 Brownville to Detroit, a considerable place on 

 the side of the river, and almost opposite to 

 Sandwich : the town consists of about two 

 hundred houses, a Protestant and a Catholic 

 church, a few public buildings belonging to 



