00 TRAVELS THROUGH LOWER CANADA : 
Length of 
Length 
Way in 
of the 
Miles. 
Portages, 
From Montreal 
- . 440 - 
- 22 
From Washington 
- 450 - 
- 80* 
From New York - - 
- 500 - 
- so 
From Ne w Orleans - - 
4 
- 1,800 - 
1 to 18+ 
* When the navigation is opened, this will be 
reduced, it is said, to 50 miles, 
f According to the route followed from the 
Ohio to the Lake. 
From this statement it npt only appears 
evident that the St. Lawrence opens a shorter 
passage to the lake than any of the other 
rivers, but also that the portages are shorter 
than in any of the other routes; the portages 
are also fewer, and goods may be transported 
in the same boats the whole way from Mont¬ 
real to the lakes ; whereas in conveying goods- 
thither either from Washington or New York, 
it is necessary to employ different boats and 
men on each different river, or else to trans¬ 
port the boats themselves on carriages over the 
portages from one river to another. It is al¬ 
ways an object of importance to avoid a port¬ 
age, as by every change in t}ie mode of con¬ 
veyance the expence of carriage is increased, 
and there is an additional risk of pillage from 
the goods passing through the hands of a greater 
