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dus. From this point to the lake the country is a gradually descending 
plain. 
Tlie ridges about Clyde, and generally in the town of Galen, north of 
the canal, are numerous, long, narrow, low, and have a north and south 
direction. 
Ridges in Lyons are also long, narrow, and low; both sides and top 
are cultivated. 
The only exceptions to the northerly direction of the ridges were no- 
ticed in the town of Walworth, near Walworth corners, where are two 
or three east and west ridges, upon one of which the village is situated. 
These ridges are the highest land in this part of the county, between 
lake Ontario and the Erie canal. Also, in the town of Macedon, be- 
tween the centre and Erie canal, the country is broken, and the hills ir- 
regular. 
East and west roads are hilly, as they pass over a succession of the 
ridges above mentioned. North of the ridge, in Wayne county, the 
country descends gradually to the south from the ridge, and presents a 
uniformly level surface, until near lake Ontario, where it is more or less 
broken and hilly, but in an irregular manner. West of the vJlage of 
Sodus, proceeding northward, the country is generally a descending plane, 
land quite level, and more sandy than south of the ridge. This level 
country continues, until within a mile or two of the lake, when it be- 
comes broken and irregular. In the towns of Huron and Wolcott, near 
the lake, the country is broken and hilly, elsewhere it is pretty level. The 
hills have no uniform direction north of the ridge, but frequently run 
north and south. On the road from Sodus village to the Forge, the first 
two miles is a gently descending country; the last two miles present a 
broken, sandy surface, and short iregular hills appear on all sides. Be- 
tween the Forge and Sodus point the country is broken, and several 
short and steep hills appear along the road, which here runs close to the 
lake: ihe bank is bold and steep, and almost perpendicular, composed 
of sand, and is from 80 to 100 feet above the surface of lake Ontario. 
From the village the ground descends gradually to Sodus bay. 
Lake Ridge. 
This remarkable ridge continues quite uniform and distinct as far east 
as the village of Sodus, running parallel to, and about four miles dis- 
tant from Lake Ontario. At the village of Sodus, it is but three miles 
from the lake, and about half a mile east it turns rapidly to the south. 
It is seen distinctly in the southeast part of the town of Sodus, a little 
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