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hundred and sixty miles. The level of the lake is 
five hundred and sixty-four feet higher than the 
Hudson, and there are eighty-one locks on the canal. 
It is to the genius and perseverance of He Witt 
Clinton, that the United States owe the almost in¬ 
calculable advantages of this inland navigation. 
11 Exegit monumentum sere perennius.” You may 
either go along it all the way to Buffalo, on Lake 
Erie, or by the stage; or sometimes on one and then 
in the other, just as you think fit. Grand, indeed, 
is the scenery by either route, and capital the accom¬ 
modations. Cold and phlegmatic must he be who 
is not warmed into admiration by the surrounding 
scenery, and charmed with the affability of the tra¬ 
vellers he meets on the way. 
This is now the season of roving, and joy and 
merriment for the gentry of this happy country. 
Thousands are on the move from different parts of 
the Union for the springs and lakes, and the falls of 
Niagara. There is nothing haughty or forbidding 
in the Americans; and wherever you meet them, 
they appear to be quite at home. This is exactly 
what it ought to be, and very much in favour of the 
foreigner who journeys amongst them. The im¬ 
mense number of highly polished females who go in 
the stages to visit the different places of amusement, 
and see the stupendous natural curiosities of this ex¬ 
tensive country, incontestably proves that safety and 
convenience are ensured to them, and that the most 
distant attempt at rudeness would, by common con¬ 
sent, be immediately put down. 
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JOURNEY 
Scenery.' 
