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of whatever cast, could spend a few days or weeks, with as much zest 
as is afforded by any of the places of public resort which are so thronged 
during the heat of the summer. As I have already intimated, the axe 
has been laid at the root of the tree, and ere long where naught now 
greets the eye, but a dense, and to appearance impassable forest, will 
be seen the golden grain, waving with the gentle breeze, the sleek cat- 
tle browsing on the rich pastures, and the farmer with well stored gra- 
naries enjoying the domestic hearth. 
A subject which involves more deeply the interests of this section of 
country, may with propriety, be introduced in this place, viz: the 
means of forming easy communications with different portions of this 
and the neighboring counties. To enter fully into this subject, would 
require a collection of facts foreign to the objects of the survey; but the 
few I am in possession of may lead to a more careful examination of the 
subject, and finally result in something highly beneficial to this section 
of the State. From actual observation it is proved that the lakes above 
mentioned, vary but little in their relative levels, and that those which 
are connected by streams flowing from one into the other have but little 
fall, and in fact the larger are not rapid, and are at present navigable for 
small boats. Such being the case the large sheets of water may be 
connected with little labor and at a trifling expense. The distance be- 
tween Piseko and Round lake is six or seven miles, and in this distance 
the fall is not more than 20 or 25 feet. Round lake is already 
connected with Lake Pleasant by a natural canal; the water is dis- 
charged from Lake Pleasant in a still stream, which is now boatable three 
or four miles; thus by the connection of these waters the expense of which 
could not be great, there would be a water communication for twenty- 
three or twenty-four miles. Again, there is a fall of about 15 feet be- 
tween Round lake and Jessup's river, which is a stream of sufficient 
magnitude to sustain boats of several tons burthen. This river runs 
north twenty-five miles; has no falls, and is not a rapid stream; flow- 
ing north about ten miles it approaches Lewis' lake, the outlet of which 
is a sluggish stream, which in the distance of three or four miles falls 
into this river. The distance between Lew4s and Indian lakes is twelve 
miles, and the whole distance is boatable. These waters therefore, which 
flow north, may be connected with Round lake at a comparative trifling 
expense, and thus open a boat navigation in that direction twenty 
or twenty-five miles. The Indian river, which is an outlet of In- 
dian lake, and receives also the waters of Jessup river and Lewis lake, 
soon turns its course eastwardly, and empties into the north branch of 
the north river. Leaving therefore the Indian lake and river, and pro- 
