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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849. 264 words

The uncommon abundance of very fine fish, with which the lakes and rivers, abound ; among which are to be found excellent salmon of tw'O different kinds, salmon-trout, of a very large size, white and yellow perch, siieep-heads, pike, succors, and eels of a very large size, with a variety of other fish in their different seasons. 10. The excellence of the climate in that region where these lands are situated, which is less severe in winter, and not so warm in summer, as the same latitudes nearer the sea. -- The total exemption from all periodical disorders, particularly the fever and ague, which does not prevail in the Genesee country, on account of the rising grounds and fine situations. 11. The vast advantages derived from the navigable lakes, river, and creeks, which intersect and run through every part of this tract of country, affording a water communication from the northern parts of the grant by the Genesee river one way, orby the Seneca river another way into the great lake Ontario, and from thence by Cataraqui,to Quebec, orby the said Seneca riyer,the Oneida lake, and Wood creek, to Schenectady on the Mohawk river, with • only a short land carriage, and from thence to Albany,with a portage of 16 miles ; affording also a water communication from almost every township of the southern part of the grant, by means of the different branches of the Tioga river, which joining the Susquehanna affords an outlet to produce, through an immense extent of country on e-very hand, to Northumberland, and all tlie towns upon the