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ORIGIN



OF THE



be afforded fromn a tour on this route to the Ciataract of
Niagara, will surpass all competition for sublimity and
beauty, variety and number.



  "There is every reason to believe,
ble ridge was the ancient boundary
The gravel with which it is covered,
by the waters; and the stones every
their shape, the abrasion and agitatio
element. All along the borders of
and lakes, there are small mounds or
a conical form, erected by the fish fc
their spawn; these fish banks are foi



cannot be n
towvard the
discovered.
from the sot
a peculiar i
north- weste
prlss throug



ance
  TU
has,
from
must
or to



iist
Lala

Ith
xral
rly
11



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ztken, at the foot of the
.e; on the opposite si



L1 rivc
, have
y, frorn
r winds
this ri(



rs and strealms
their mouths It



- uthe
1



wiihthe entrance
ese facts evince.



perhaps on
this elevate
be ascribed



its imprison



quake) fore
Lawrence;
Mohawk at



great ri
this co



dge,
tintr



inor a
cas til
the]I
illn it4
y, th



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te,
of
be)



e or two
d ground
to its ha-
Led water
passage 4
ie -Iludsoi
Little F'a
5 vicinity,
e rerman:



preval en
'hie points
correspon
the strear
fond dout
thouisani
. And th,
ving enlax
S (aided p
floxvn the



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1L



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I
A1



did
s.



att t
011



h
I



and inl t
s of nur
le, tiat i
ias been
1 carefull
say, sex
that the



be sel



A



seen; but on the north
the lake, not a sirngle on
the whole ground has 1b(
ering the distance to L
and eight in breadth, ai
the very place that wou
consequently for worls



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Si
~e
--el

rld
Id



that this rema rka-
of this areat lake.
was deposited there
where indicate by
n produced by that
the western rivers
heaps of gravel, of
ir the protection of
[m lid ini a state that
ridae on the side
-de none have been



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Al1I I1



wrncn enter tne jate
tffected with sand in
ce and power of the
of the creeks which
d exactly in appear-
ns inlto tlhe lakes.
)t, that Lake Ontario
[ years ago, receded
e cause of this retreat
laed its former outlet
robably by an earth-
present bed of the St.
e Hiuhlands, and the
.he south side of this



11l
ne



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I

L



ecte



directions throuoh
rous forts are to be



, on the sic
discovered,
r explored.
?flty nuiles i
)or der of ti
d for habit-



le
a



[n

it]i



toward
Ithough
Consid-
length,
lI ke  is
[on. and



of defence, on account of the far



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