ew-York. They were introduced to his Excellency. The gentlemen
conversed with him freely, and found him intelligible and refined, and
scientific in his conversation.

[_Travels_:

We arrived at Saratoga at two o'clock in the afternoon, and stopped
at Congress Hall. The greater part of the company had already
departed, so that but forty persons remained; among these was the
governor of the state of New York, the celebrated De Witt Clinton. I
was immediately introduced to his excellency, and very well received
by this great statesman.]

[[During the period spanned by _Alida_ (1811-1816), the governor
of New York was Daniel Tompkins.]]

In the evening the company assemble in the large hall in the lower
story, and pass away the time in music, dancing or conversation, where
they witness all the politeness, refinement, and hospitality that
characterize the Americans.

[_Travels_:

.... In the evening the company assembles in the large halls in the
lower story, at this season, alas! by the fire, and pass the time in
music, dancing, or conversation....]

The waters of the different springs are generally drank, but baths are
also erected. High Rock spring flows from a white conical lime-stone
rock, five feet high. The water is seen in this spring in constant
agitation. So much fixed air escapes from it, that an animal held over
it, as in the Grotto del Cane, near Naples, cannot live above half a
minute.

[_Travels_:

The different springs, which do not lie far from each other in
a swampy ground in the same valley, are called Hamilton, Congress,
Columbia, Flat Rock, Munroe, High Rock, President, and Red Spring.
The water is generally drank, but baths are also erected. High Rock
Spring flows from a white conical limestone rock, five feet high, in
which there is a round aperture above, about nine inches in
diameter, through which the water in the spring is seen in a state
of constant agitation. So much fixed air escapes from it, that an
animal held over it, as in the Grotto del Cane, near Naples, cannot
live above half a minute....]

In a few days they left Saratoga Springs, in a convenient stage, to go
to Albany, thirty-six miles distant. They passed through a disagreeable
and sandy country. The uniformity was, however, very pleasingly
interrupted by Saratoga Lake, which is eight miles long.

[_Travels_:

The governor had the kindness to give me some