, are barely sufficient. The number of
travellers this summer, is said to have been unusually great,
especially from the southern states....]

CHAPTER XXV.

When first beside the lake thy turrets rose,
Extending far around in simple pride,
A novel beauty o'er the landscape throws,
Where gentle waters softly murmuring glide.

At Utica the gentlemen hired a stage to visit the Falls of Trenton,
distant fourteen miles. They were accompanied in this route by a number
of passengers from New-York and North Carolina. They crossed the Mohawk
upon a covered wooden bridge. After this the road gradually ascended to
a forest, which was in part cleared for new fields. At a little distance
from the falls is a tavern, where they left the carriage, and went on
foot through thick woods, from which a pair of stairs conducted to the
falls. The beautiful mass of green around, the azure sky, the large and
variegated rocks, and the three falls, produce a most happy effect. The
rocks of these falls are so excavated by the water, that they have the
form of a common kettle. The upper falls, which are about ninety feet
high, are the grandest. They dined at the tavern, and towards evening
returned to Utica.

[_Travels_ (chapter VI continues):

At Utica, seven of us for nine dollars hired a stage to visit the
Falls of Trenton, distant fourteen miles. Our passengers were partly
from New York, and partly from the state of North Carolina. We
crossed the Mohawk upon a covered wooden bridge, built in a bad and
awkward manner, on which I observed an advertisement, "that all
persons who pass this bridge on horseback or wagon faster than a
walk, shall be fined one dollar." After this, our road gradually
ascended to a forest, which was, however, in part cleared for new
fields. The timber is so much neglected here, that they will very
probably feel the want of it in less than fifty years. At a short
distance from the falls of West Canada Creek is a new tavern, which
is situated in a lately cleared forest, and is built entirely of
wood. At this tavern we left the carriage, and went on foot through
thick woods, from which a pair of stairs conduct to the falls....
This beautiful mass of green, the azure sky, the large and
variegated rocks, and the three falls, produce a most happy effect.
The rocks at these falls, which, on account of the great heat,
scarcely extended over half the river, ar