nd inspecting the famous military school of West
Point.

[_Travels_:

We therefore concluded to travel soon, and visit Lake Champlain to
its southern extremity, then to Saratoga, Albany, and further down
the Hudson to New York, taking the Catskill mountains by the way,
and inspecting the famous military school of West Point.
...]

The greatest breadth of Lake Champlain, which contains several large
islands, is six miles. The shore on the right, belonging to the state of
New-York, is low and covered with trees; the other belongs to Vermont,
and is more mountainous. As night approached, they were prevented from
beholding this beautiful part of the country; and were also, with
regret, prevented from seeing the battle-ground of Plattsburgh, at which
town the vessel made a short stay during the night, and then proceeded
to Burlington, in Vermont, and towards morning passed by the ruins of
Fort Crown Point, which lie on a hill.

[_Travels_:

The greatest breadth of Lake Champlain, which contains several large
islands, is six miles. The shore on our right, belonging to the
state of New York, is low and covered with trees; the other belongs
to Vermont, and is more mountainous. As night approached, we were
prevented from enjoying this beautiful part of the country; I was
also with regret prevented from seeing the battle ground of
Plattsburgh, at which town the vessel made a short stay during the
night. Some American custom-house officers came on board, without,
however, inquiring after our baggage, and this was a new and not
disagreeable circumstance.

The same night we stopped at Burlington in Vermont, and the Grymes'
family left us here to go to Boston. I expected to meet this
interesting family again in New York in fourteen days. Towards
morning we passed the ruins of Fort Crownpoint, which lie on a
hill.]

At this place the Lake is very narrow, and resembles a river. The shores
are generally covered with bushes and pine trees, are hilly, and afford
a pleasing prospect. They now pursued their journey as far as Lake
George, and arrived at the village of Caldwell. The shores of the Lake
are very hilly, the heights are all covered with trees, and are not
above eight hundred feet high. There are several islands in the lake,
generally covered with wood, and the scenery around is very handsome.
The level of the lake is about three hundred feet higher than that of
Lake Champ