Part 2 (1/2)

Of the works thrown up at Saratoga, during the war, by the British and American armies, there were now scarcely any remains The country around ell cultivated, and h Mr Weld here crossed the Hudson River, and proceeded, for so its eastern shore After this the road wascausehich had been for of cannon This causeway consisted of large, trees laid side by side Soreat intervals were left, in which the wheels of the carriage were sometimes locked so fast, that the horses alone could not possibly extricate them

The woods on each side of the road had a much more majestic appearance than any that Mr Weld had seen since he had left Philadelphia This, however, ing ht than to the thickness of the trees, for he could not see one that appeared more than thirty inches in diameter The trees here were chiefly oaks, hiccory, hereat numbers of smooth-barked, or Wey in the woods

After having experienced almost inconceivable difficulty, in consequence of the badness of the road; and having occupied five hours in travelling only twelve h_ This is a little tohich stands near the southern extremity of Lake Champlain It consisted, at this time, of only twelve houses, and was dreadfully infested with nats, which abound in the swampy parts of all hot countries Such ht of his sleeping there, that, when he rose in the e pustules, like those of a person in the sin of a piece of water which is alnant, and which is shaded by thick woods, is peculiarly favourable to the increase of these insects

Shortly after their arrival in Skenesborough, Mr Weld, and two gentlemen by whom he was accompanied, hired a boat of about ten tons burden, for the purpose of crossing _Lake Champlain_ The vessel sailed at one o'clock in the day; but, as the channel was narrow, and the wind adverse, they were only able to proceed about six ht the vessel to an anchor, the party landed and walked to so provisions; but they were not able to procure any thing except a_ Here the only dwelling was a tavern, a large house built of stone On entering it, the party was shown into a spacious apartment, croith boatmen and other persons, who had just arrived froe; a sullen, deentleman, who sate by the fire, with tattered clothes and dishevelled locks, reading a book, and was totally regardless of every person in the house

The old fort and barracks of Ticonderoga, are on the top of a rising ground, just behind the tavern: they were at this time in ruins, and it is not likely that they ever will be rebuilt; for the situation is a very insecure one, being coreat American war, the British troops obtained possession of this place, by dragging cannon anddown upon the fort

Mr Weld and his friends, on leaving Ticonderoga, pursued their voyage to _Crown Point_: Here they landed to inspect the old fort Nothing, however, was to be seen but a heap of ruins; for, shortly before it was surrendered by the British troops, the powder-reat part of the works was destroyed; and, since the final evacuation of the place, the people of the neighbourhood have been continually digging in different parts, in the hope of procuring lead and iron shot

At the south side only the ditches reh irown, towards the top, with different kinds of shrubs, they have a grand and picturesque appearance

While the party were here, they were agreeably surprised with the sight of a large birch-canoe, upon the lake, navigated by two or three Indians, in the dresses of their nation These made for the shore, and soon landed; and, shortly afterwards, another party arrived, that had come by land

_Lake Chath, and is of various breadths: for the first thirty miles it is, in no place, more than two miles wide; beyond this, for the distance of twelve miles, it is five or six ain, at the end of a few miles, expands That part called the _Broad Lake_, because broader than any other, is eighteen reat nueneral, very deep; in many places they are sixty and seventy, and in so the shores of the lake, is extrerand and picturesque; particularly beyond Crown Point Here they are beautifully orna woods and rocks; and the es one behind another, in thefrom the head of Lake Champlain, ard to the river St

Lawrence, we shall describe the places adjacent to that river, and some of the north-western parts of the state of New York, in

_A Narrative of_ LIEUTENANT HALL'S _Journey froara_

Mr Hall had travelled froon, which carried theone of the roughest conveyances on either side of the Atlantic

The face of the country is invariably flat; and settlements have not, hitherto, spread far from the banks of the _St Lawrence_

_Prescott_ is re but a square redoubt, or fort, called Fort Wellington The accoht, seated hientleentleston, in a boat belonging to the British navy, which aiting for them at _Brockville_

The banks of the river St Lawrence, frohbourhood of Brockville, are of liht

I the bed of the stream, and sometimes project from the shore The numerous islands which crowd the approach to _Lake Ontario_, have all a granite basis: they are clothed with cedar and pine-trees, and with an abundance of raspberry plants The bed of the _Gananoqua_ is also of granite This river is rising into i forovernment, on the waters hich it communicates

This settlement lies at the head of the lakes of the _Rideau_, and, in case of another American war, is ston, by way of the Utawa The settlers are chiefly disbanded soldiers, who clear and cultivate the land, under the superintendance of officers of the quarter-eneral's department

A canal has been cut to avoid the falls of the Rideau; and the coston, will be iston_, which is within the Canadian dominions, is admirably situated for naval purposes

The basis of the soil on which this town is situated is liston contains soood houses and stores; a small theatre, built by the overnes of an extensive military and naval establishment; with as much society as can reasonably be expected, in a town but lately created fro desert” The adjacent country is flat, stony, and barren Mr Hall says that fleets of shi+ps occasionally lie off Kingston, several of which are as large as any on the ocean Vessels of large di, on the spot where, a few

Mr Hall left Kingston, in a packet, for the Aston, has a mean appearance: its situation is low, its harbour is small, and its fortifications are of very different construction, both as to form and materials, from those of the forue of land, the point of which affords just space sufficient for the construction of one first-rate vessel; with roo part of it One of the largest vessels in the world, was at this ti street, in the direction of the river, with a few sround than Kingston, and has fewer good houses; but it has an advantage which Kingston does not possess, in a broad flagged footway

The distance from Sackett's harbour to _Watertown_ is about ten e on the _Black River_ It contains about twelve hundred inhabitants, chiefly eland The houses are, for the most part, of wood, but tastefully finished; and a few are built of bricks

At Watertown there was a good tavern, which afforded to Mr Hall and his co-room, and dinner at an hour appointed by themselves Within a few miles of Watertown the country rises boldly, and presents a refreshi+ng contrast, of hill and valley, to the flat, heavy woods, through which they had been labouring from Sackett's harbour

_Utica_, the town at which the travellers next arrived stands on the right bank of the _River Mohawk_, over which it is approached by a covered wooden bridge, of considerable length The appearance of this town is highly prepossessing: the streets are spacious; the houses are large and well built; and the stores, the nahout America, are as well supplied, and as handsomely fitted up, as those of New York or Philadelphia