about 15 miles from Oswego
It being a fine calm morning about
8 o’Clock embark'd, and in the evening
en-
camped at a place call'd the Apple
Boom
good harbour for Boats, about 40 miles from
Oswego
the south side of the Lake, is Great Sodus River
a good harbour for Vessells.
Rain last night - in the morning a fresh
Breeze about West which prevented
our moving
untill about 4 P.M. when we again Launch'd
our Boats and
proceeded about 7 miles, then
landed and encamped on the Shore.
About 5 A.M. embark'd and went 6 miles,
then landed and got breakfast, in
the mean
time a fair Wind sprung up which we,
hoisting our Sails, made
use of - about
10 A.M. opposite the Mouth of Genesee
River
(here we saw a House, being the only settlement we
discovered on the Lake) which is call’d 65 miles from Oswego – 10
miles to
the Westward of Genesee is Braddock’s
Bay, where we stopt to dine – this appear’d
to be the most pleasant spot we
have as yet found upon
the Lake – on both sides the Creek fine Meadows
and the upland has the appearance of fertility
– The Timber chiefly Oak,
with some Chesnut
Hickory and Maple.- The Bank of the Lake
from Oswego
to Braddocks Bay is mostly low,
and level, not to exceed 40 feet in the
highest places,