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but little to fear from the vertical fire of the enemy ? s infantry. 
The fort stands on a cape. According to the treaty of Ghent, the 
forty-fifth degree of north latitude, between the state of Maine 
and the St. Lawrence, between the United States and Canada, 
were fixed as boundaries; and as to fulfil the terms of the treaty, 
the commissioners determined the latitude of several places as¬ 
tronomically, it has been discovered that this fort lies somewhat 
north of forty-five degrees, and consequently is on the Canadian 
side. 
The greatest breadth of Lake Champlain, which contains seve¬ 
ral large islands, is six miles. The shore on our right, belonging 
to the state of New York, is low and covered with trees; the 
other belongs to Vermont, and is more mountainous. As night 
approached, we were prevented from enjoying this beautiful part 
of the country; I was also with regret prevented from seeing the 
battle ground of Plattsburgh, at which town the vessel made a 
short stay during the night. Some American custom-house offi¬ 
cers came on board, without, however, inquiring after our bag¬ 
gage, and this was a new and not disagreeable circumstance. 
The same night we stopped at Burlington in Vermont, and the 
Grymes’ family left us here to go to Boston. I expected to meet 
this interesting family again in New York in fourteen days. To¬ 
wards morning we passed the ruins of Fort Crownpoint, which 
lie on a hill. At this place the lake is very narrow and resem¬ 
bles a river. The shores are generally covered with bushes and 
pine trees, are hilly, and afford a pleasing prospect. At the vil¬ 
lage of Shoreham, twelve miles above Crownpoint, on the east¬ 
ern shore of Vermont, we left the Phoenix, which went twenty 
miles further to Whitehall, the southern point of Lake Cham¬ 
plain, and landed to see Lake George, which is celebrated for its 
romantic situation and shores. Sir Michael and Lady Clare con¬ 
tinued with us, and resolved not to part from us till we arrived 
at Albany, after which they would travel to Boston. As a slight 
recompense for the loss of the Grymes’ family, Mr. Shoemaker, 
and his wife, from Philadelphia, bore us company hence to Al¬ 
bany. They were Quakers, but had laid aside the striking cos¬ 
tume of their sect. 
At the inn of Shoreham is a place for loading and unloading 
vessels, which transport much plaster of Paris and blue limestone 
for building, to Canada. Among the stones on the shore we found 
some which appeared to be rich iron ore, said to be common in 
Vermont. At the inn we met with an elderly lady of the middle 
rank, who was smoking tobacco; this custom is said to be preva¬ 
lent here among elderly women. We passed over the lake, 
scarcely half a mile wide, in a wherry, and landed on the other 
shore, not far from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga. This in an old 
