local advantages of sod, climate, &c. I think it is
very probable that the long-extending line of the
Genesee turnpike-road, may, in a few years, be as
thickly inhabited as some parts of Europe are at
this time. In the afternoon I refreshed myself
and horse at a comfortable inn on the outlet of
the Lake Schaneatetes, which forms a sort of mill-
dam, covering a space of about 3 miles by 15.
It was pleasant to observe, on this outlet, a num-
ber of mills, sufficient to do the work of some
thousands of Virginia slaves. It is greatly to be la-
mented that the absurd policy of the Southern
States, has placed these poor creatures as a barrier
against every improvement in mechanics, &c.
Vice as well as virtue brings its own reward; but
the sufferings of those poor objects, on whom this
false policy of the vicious exerts its baneful in-
fluence, are much to be lamented; and a truly
feeling mind will deeply sympathize with the un-
happy sufferers, thus deprived of every outward
consolation that can make an existence in the
world desirable.

Some of the mills were employed in the manu-
factory of cloths. On the banks of this lake are
many delightful situations, which would be highly
valued in a country like England. On every side
they descend with a bold slope, and are generally
covered with fine timber, excepting here and there
an insulated plantation, where the ground is