The road is tolerable for a new country ; the land excellent, and very heavy timbered. There are but three houses upon this road. This lake is from about thirty five to forty miles along, about two miles wide, and abounds with Salmon, bass, catfish, eels and many other kinds of fish. This lake empties itself into what is called Three Rivers, joining the waters of the Oneida Lake, and then proceeds by Oswego into Ontario. On each side the Cayuga Lake is a ferry house and good attendance given.

Twelve miles west of the Cayuga I struck the Canada Saga lake -- no inhabitant upon this road -- this lake is the handsomest piece of water I ever beheld ; its length and breadth nearly that of Cayuga, into which it empties. Upon a pretty slope, on the new part of the lake, stands a town, called Geneva ; it has a fine effect from the opposite shore, but disappoints you when you arrive at it. It consists of about twenty log houses, three or four frame buildings, and as many idle persons as can live in them. Eighteen

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miles lower, on the same side of this lake stands the Friends' Settlement, founded by Jemima Wilkinson ; there are eighty families in it, each has a fine farm, and are quiet, moral, industrious people. There is a road from the Friends' Settlement nearly completed, across the country to Genesee river, forty-five miles. I went from Geneva to Canadaqua, sixteen miles, crossing the outlet of Canadaqua lake, just as I entered the town. This is a settlement made by Mr Phelps, and promises to be a very flourishing one ; there are now about thirty houses situated on a pleasant slope from the lake, and the adjacent farms are very thriving.