70 TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AMERICA! 
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dreds of miles farther on, through the Lake of 
the Woods to Lake Winnipeg, which is still 
larger than that of Superior. 
But supposing that the immense regions bor¬ 
dering upon these lakes and rivers were already 
peopled, it is not to be concluded, that because 
they are connected by water with the Patowmac, 
the federal city must necessarily he the mart for 
the various productions of the whole country. 
There are different sea ports to which the inha- 
bitants will trade, according to the situation of 
each particular part of the country. Quebec, on 
the river St. Lawrence, will be one ; New York, 
connected as has been shewn with Lake Ontario, 
another; and New Orleans at the mouth of the 
Mississippi, which by the late treaty with Spain 
has been made a free port, a third. The federal 
citv will come in also for its share, and what 
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this share will be it new remains to ascertain. 
Situated upon the banks of the Patowmac, 
there are already two towns, and both in the 
vicinity of the federal city. George Town, 
which contains about two .hundred and fifty 
houses; and Alexandria, with double the num¬ 
ber : the former of these stands about one 
mile above the city, nearly opposite the large 
rock in the river, which has been spoken of; 
the latter, seven miles below it. Considerable 
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quantities of produce are already sent down the 
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