The Seneca Lake, on which " Geneva is situated, is forty-four miles long by four to six wide ; " and to find it navigable at this season was a sight as pleasing as " unexpected. It appeared that the inhabitants of this deligh^^fui " country would, by the slight covering of snow then on the " ground, have all the convenience of a northern winter, and, by " the waters being free from ice, the advantages of inland naviga- " tion ; a combination of advantages perhaps not to be experienced " in any other country in the world. From Geneva to Canadarqua

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" the road is only the Indian path, a little improved the first five " miles over gentle swellings of land, intersperced with bottoms " seemingly very rich; the remainder of the road to Canadarqua, " the county town, sixteen miles, was, the greatest part of the " distance, through a rich heavy timbered land. On this road " there were only two families settled. Canadarqua, the county " town, consisted of only two small frame houses and a few huts^ " surrounded with thick woods. The few inhabitants received me " with much hospitality. I found there abundance of excellent " venison. From Canadarqua to the Genesee River, twenty-six " miles, it is almost totally uni!ihabited, only four families residing " on the road. The country is beautifully diversified with hill and " dale, and, in many places, we found openings of two and three " hundred acres, free from all timber and even bushes, which, on " our examining, proved to be of a rich, deep soil. It seemed " that, by only inclosing with one of these openings a propor- " tionable quantity of timbered land, an inclosure might be made " similar to the parks in England