Our vicinity to Maryland and Pennsylvania procures us the finest horses in America ; and we have had the same advantages in a breed of cattle from New- England. The lakes and rivers supply us abundantly with fish,

•Since the army left the Western Territory, all grain has fallen in price, so as not to be worth the raising-, except for the consumption of the inhabitants, while all European g-ootls and saU are very dear. It will take the produce of one acre to buy a pair of breeches.

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the woods with venison,* the maple tree with sugar ,f and our industry with abundance of grain.

The most convenient route for Europeans to come to the Genesee Country will be to land at New- York ; they will with much ease reach Albany by water, and from thence they can either hire wagons or take navigation by the canals, or the Mohawk River, to Geneva. Unless the water be in good order, I should certainly prefer the land journey. A waggon, with two oxen and two horses will go twenty miles per day with a load of 30 cwt. The accommodation by the state road will be found very good ; and should any accident happen on the road, assistance can be procured at every stage. The great secret of moving with facility is to carry nothing but bedding, clothes, and cooking materials ; all the articles of household furniture can be procured in the country at less expense than would carry it from the coast,