re in length 2,500 miles, unfinished 687
miles.

VOLUME ONE, CHAPTER THREE.

TRAVELLING.

The most general, the most rapid, the most agreeable, and, at the same
time, the most dangerous, of American travelling is by steam boats. It
will be as well to give the reader an idea of the extent of this
navigation by putting before him the lengths of some of the principal
rivers in the United States.

+=====================================================+======+
Y YMiles.Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YMissouri and Mississippi Y 4490Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YDo. to its junction with the Mississippi Y 3181Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YMississippi proper, to its junction with the MissouriY 1600Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YDo. to the Gulf of Mexico Y 2910Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YArkansas River, a branch of the Mississippi Y 2170Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YSt Lawrence River, including the Lakes Y 2075Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YPlatte River, a branch of the Missouri Y 1600Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YRed River, a branch of the Mississippi Y 1500Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YOhio River, Do. Do. Y 1372Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YColumbia River, empties into the Pacific Ocean, Y 1315Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YKansas River, a branch of the Missouri Y 1200Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YYellowstone Do. Do. Y 1100Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YTennessee Do. Ohio Y 756Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YAlabama River, empties into the Gulf of Mexico Y 575Y
+-----------------------------------------------------+------+
YCumberland River, a branch of the Ohio Y 570Y
+-------------------------------------