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as are also the remains of other fortifica- 

 tions of the British and Americans, upon 

 the eminences in the vicinity. The town 

 of Ticonderoga contains 2,000 inhabi- 

 tants, and a mine of iron. Snckett''s 

 Harbor became during the late war an 

 important naval station ; it contains an 

 extensive range of stone barracks, and 

 other objects of military importance. 

 Population, 2,000. 



The village of JSlskayuna^ a few miles 

 from Albany, deserves notice as the resi- 

 dence of the Shakers, a sect of whom 

 we have already given some account. 

 This village exhibits a striking spectacle 

 of neatness and beauty, standing on a 

 beautiful level, and laid out with perfect 

 regularity. The village embraces about 2,000 acres, and is divided inlo four farms. The fields 

 are marked by fences in right lines, and built of the most substantial materials. Everything dis- 

 plays the utmost order, neatness, and thrift. The people are about 300 in number, and 

 cultivate garden stufTs, seeds, &c., for sale ; and the wares of various sorts which they man- 

 ufacture, are remarkable for their finished and workmanlike execution. They dress in the usual 

 Quaker drab. Their association is based upon a perfect community of property. 



The preceding towns lie in the eastern part of the State. We come now to the multitude 

 of towns, which the more recent setllement of the western parts, and the opening of the great 

 canal, have caused to spring up in the wilderness, as if by enchantment. The city of Ulica, 

 on the south bank of the Mohawk, 94 miles west of Albany, occupies the site of Old Fort 

 Schuyler, where a garrison was kept before the Revolution, but as a town, it is little more than 

 30 years old. It has risen with astonishing rapidity, and now contains 10,000 inhabitants, and 

 numerous literary, benevolent, and religious institutions. It is one of the most important of the 

 western towns, and is situated at the junction of the river, the great canal, and the Chenango 

 canal. The great western line of railroad, now (1840) completed from Albany to Auburn, also 

 passes through the city. It is regularly built, the streets are broad, straight, and commodious, 

 and the buildings generally handsome ; among them are 20 churches and a State lunatic asylum. 

 The lands around are well cultivated, and exhibit a succession of beautiful farms and country 

 seats. Its trade by the numerous avenues above mentioned, is extensive, and its manufactures, 

 already important in value, and comprising iron and brass, leather, machinery, &c., are rapidly 

 increasing. The thriving village of Rome stands at the junction of the Erie Canal with the Mo- 

 hawk and the Black River Canal. Population, 2,000. The site is interesting, as that of old 

 Fort Stanwix, noted In the old French wars, and of Fort Schuyler, during the Revolution. 

 Further on, we come to Syracuse, a large and flourishing village, at the junction of the Oswego 

 and Erie canals, chiefly remarkable for its great salt works. Population, 5,000 ; or, including 

 the village of Salina, which is becoming merged into it, by the rapid growth of the two place;, 

 7,000. 



A little further west, is Auburn, on the outlet of Lake Owasco, which furnishes numerous 

 mill-seats, already partially occupied by the busy wheels of mechanics. Here is also a State 

 Prison with 600 cells. Population, 5,000. Seneca Falls, on the outlet of Seneca Lake, is 

 one of the most thriving villages in the State, and has about 3,500 inhabitants. At the south- 

 ern extremity of Cayuga Lake, is the picturesque and pleasant village of Ilhaca, connected with 

 the Susquehanna by a railroad ; its trade and mechanical industry are in a prosperous condition, 

 and the population is 5,000. In the same region is Elmira, on the Tioga, but connected with 

 lake Seneca, and thus with the great artery of the State, by a canal. Population, 2,500. 

 North of the Erie canal and the junction of the Oswego branch with Lake Ontario, stands Os- 

 wego, the most important town on the American shore of the lake. It has a commodious arti 

 ficial harbor formed by long piers running out into the lake, and the river afibrds numerous mill- 

 seats. Population 5,000. Geneva, an elegant village, occupies a fine situation upon Seneca 

 Lake, and extends a mile along its western bank, aflx)rding a most enchanting view of that beau 

 tiful sheet of water. The houses are remarkably neat and handsome. Among the public 



