206 THE FORESTS OF OHIO. Book II. 
pine forests prevailing on the Delaware give way to a 
different class of trees, and only a hemlock-fir or white 
pine, here and there, stands amidst oaks, maples, locusts, 
and other trees of foliage. On the meadows and clearings 
stand new houses, singly or in groups, indicating the first 
lines of streets in towns still to be built. Everywhere the 
natural wealth of the country and the active industry of 
man were to be seen. We travelled over the last portion 
of this road in the night, and embarked at Dunkerke on 
Lake Erie for Cleveland. 
The night on the lake was tranquil and pleasantly 
cool. In the morning we coasted the shore, which is flat, 
covered with wood, but cleared in many places. Here and 
there stands a single house. Most of the farms of this 
country are situated somewhat inland, and are not visible 
from the water. Early in the morning we reached Cleve- 
land. 
The site of this town on the high bank of Lake Erie is 
uncommonly fine ; but we were not allowed to stop there. 
On landing from the steamboat, we immediately entered 
the railway carriages ; in a few minutes we were out of 
sight of the town, and proceeded without stop through the 
forests of Ohio. 
In this section the traveller has an opportunity of seeing 
the whole beauty of North American forest scenery. The 
grouping of the masses, and the varieties of form and 
colouring, are endless, and often present the most beautiful 
effects, in which the tall and slender elms, with their thick 
and yet light foliage, are prominent features. 
An accident deprived me of even a passing view of a great 
part of the State of Ohio. Between La Grange and Well- 
ington, shortly before our arrival, a collision of two trains 
