liged to make a great
circuit. To avoid this inconvenience, a canal was cut through the
island, through which the team-boat now passes with ease and rapidity.

[_Travels_:

At ten o'clock we embarked on board the steam-boat Richmond. The
banks of the Hudson are very handsome, and here and there well
cultivated. From Albany to New York it is one hundred and forty-four
miles, and to West Point ninety-six. Hudson, a place twenty-seven
and a half miles from Albany, which we reached at noon, seems to be
very handsome and lively. We remarked in the harbour several sloops,
and on shore some brick stores, five stories high. On the opposite
side of the river lies Athens, between which and Hudson there seems
to be much communication kept up by a team-boat. A very low island
in the middle of the stream between the two places rendered this
communication somewhat difficult at first, as vessels were obliged
to make a great circuit. To avoid this inconvenience, a canal was
cut through the island, through which the team-boat now passes with
ease and rapidity.]

This place affords a very fine view of the lofty Catskill mountains.
They left the city of Hudson in the afternoon, and arrived at West Point
at eleven o'clock at night, on the right side of the Hudson, and landed
at a wharf furnished with a sentry-box. An artillerist stood sentinel.
They were obliged to ascend a somewhat steep road in order to reach the
house which is prepared for the reception of strangers. The building
belongs to the government, and is designed for the mess-room of the
officers and cadets. The purveyor for this table is bound by contract
with the government to keep several chambers with beds in order for the
reception of the relations of the cadets.

[_Travels_:

This place affords a very fine view of the lofty Catskill Mountains.

About eleven o'clock at night we arrived at West Point, on the right
side of the Hudson, and landed at a wharf furnished with a
sentry-box. An artillerist, who stood sentinel, examined us. I
afterwards discovered that this rule was made on account of the
visits which the cadets receive. We were obliged to ascend a
somewhat steep road in order to reach the house, which is prepared
for the reception of strangers. A small but very clean room was
prepared for us. The building belongs to the government, and is
designed for the mess-room of the officers and cadets. The purvey