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and abandoned with many curiousities formed by nature and is very instructing to a contemplative mind we rode at the rate of about five miles per hour, until we came to a stream of water called Cariguaga where we encamped by the side of the lake and represented ourselves and know with provisions we carried with us, we pushed out tent and had a pretty comfortable night lodging although cattle are frequent in these parts &; fed our horses and took breakfast and set forward on our journey about six o'clock being pleasingly entertained by the curious lands of the Lake which in some places we thought was 80 or 90 feet perpendicular and interested with different kinds of stone many of the rocks being over and by wrong by the waves into coves and curls in a fantastic manner about 11 we arrived at Buffaloe Creek which we crossed in a small flat toBuffaloe Village on the opposite side where we remained till next day having about 80 miles from Genesingatta 27 crossed the Niagara at Fort Erie about one mile wide and the water