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the river in bateaux, or across the portage in 
carts, to Queenstown. It is said,, that it would 
be practicable to cut a canal from hence to 
Queenstown, bv means of which the trouble¬ 
some and expensive process of unlading the ba¬ 
teaux, and transporting the goods in carts along 
the portage, would be avoided. Such a canal 
will in all probability be undertaken one day 
or other: but whenever that shall be the case, 
there is reason to think that it will be cut on 
the New York side of the river, for two reasons; 
first, because the. ground on that side is much 
more favourable for such an undertaking; and, 
secondly, because the state of New York is 
much more populous, and far better enabled to. 
advance the large sums of money that would be 
requisite for cutting a canal through such rug- 
gedground as borders upon the river, than the 
province of Upper Canada either is at present, 
or appears likely to be. 
About fifteen men, under the command of 
a lieutenant, are usually quartered at Fort 
Chippeway, who are mostly employed in con¬ 
ducting, in bateaux from thence to Fort Erie, 
the stores for the troops in the upper country, 
and the .presents for the Indians. 
After we had gratified our curiosity, in re¬ 
gard to the wondrous objects in the neigh¬ 
bourhood, at least as far as our time would 
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permit, we were obligingly furnished with a 
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