The only part of the Genesee country, that seemed, tmtii now to have escaped the general improvement, was that contiguous ^o the Genesee River, below Hartford or Canawagas : a set of ver^ good mills, however, had been built at the falls, and some settlers were to be found in that neighbourhood, on the fertile plains bj the side of Ihe river : but the idea of exposure to Indian depre dations on a frontier is always sufficient to prevent the man ot industry and property from settling. The luxuriance of the sou will not always tempt him. The moment, however, the western posts were given up to the United States, and this part of the country rendered safe, the industrious settlers turned their attention to the lands west of the river ; and they now bid fair to prove one of the best settlements in the western country.

I am &,c.

LETTER III.

Dear Sir,

The emigration that took place in the year 1797, into this Western Country, not only exceeded former years, as to numbers, but also as to the respectability of the emigrants ; a very great proportion of the settlers were the most substantial farmers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, the Jerseys, and New England. The country had already been so far improved, that the inhabitants lived m comfort, and even luxury ; regular weekly markets had been established in Geneva, Canadarqua, and Bath ; and were welJ supplied with meat of all kinds. The flour from our mills was inferior to none on the continent, and the merchants' stores were regularly supplied. The United States had established a weekly post for the carriage of letters : in fact, we found no inconvenience but that the access to the country, for near one hundred miles on each side, was through settlements, in point of improvement, far behind those in the Genesee Country.