f
its banks. About nine o'clock in the evening we arrived at Auburn,
and found good accommodations at one of the public houses.]

At four o'clock next morning they again set out in the stage coach for
Rochester, distant sixty-nine miles. It was just day-light when they
arrived in the vicinity of Cayuga, on the lake of the same name. This
lake empties into the Seneca river, which afterwards unites with the
Mohawk. They crossed the lake, not far from its mouth, on a wooden
bridge one mile in length. On the opposite side of the lake is a large
toll-house. At a short distance from this they arrived at Seneca Falls,
so called in consequence of the little falls of the Seneca river, which
are close by, and are chiefly formed by a mill-dam. Beyond Waterloo the
road in some places was made of logs, so that the passengers were very
disagreeably jolted. Geneva is situated at the north point of Seneca
Lake. The town derives its name from its similarity of situation to
Geneva in Switzerland. The Franklin hotel, situated on the bank of the
lake, is both spacious and beautiful.

[_Travels_:

This town contains upwards of one hundred and fifty houses, a
court-house and penitentiary, which is said to be managed in a very
excellent manner. To my regret I saw none of them; for at four
o'clock the next morning, 18th of August, we set out in the
stage-coach for Rochester, distant sixty-nine miles....

It was just daylight as we arrived in the vicinity of Cayuga, on the
lake of the same name, which is about twenty miles long,
and from one to three wide. This lake empties into the Seneca
river, which afterwards unites with the Mohawk. We crossed
the lake not far from its mouth, on a wooden bridge, one mile in
length, eighteen yards wide, and built in a very rough and careless
manner: the planks are loose and the _chevaux-de-frise_ is in a bad
condition. On the opposite side of the lake is a large toll-house.
At a short distance from this we arrived at Seneca Falls, so called
in consequence of the little falls of the Seneca river, which are
close by, and are chiefly formed by a mill-dam. At the tavern we met
an Indian and his wife....

.... The country beyond Waterloo was boggy, and the road in some
places made of large logs, so that we were very disagreeably jolted.
Geneva is situated at the north point of Seneca Lake, which is
between fifty and sixty miles long and about five wide. The