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enclosed so great a body of water, as the hills seem to declare once washed their summits. I may add, in humble confession, that in the course of our long journey, I have had frequent occasions to acknowledge, in a view of those extraordinary and inexplicable natural curiosities, which have fallen under our observation, the truth of that excellent sentiment of a religious poet, Nature is wrapt up, In tenfold night, from reason's keenest eye.-YOUNG. Between Schenectady and Albany the coun-try is the poorest I ever saw. The surface is a body of sand, producing scarcely a tree. Surely one of Churchill's lines, relative to a part of Scotland, may with propriety be applied to this tract, Here half starved spiders feed on half starved flies. 21st. Having concluded to go by water fromAlbany to New York, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, we set sail, and at six o'clock in the evening of the 23d reached New York, a distance of one hundred and sixty miles. 24th. At 8 o'clock this morning, we took public stage, and passing through the city ofPhiladelphia, reached Baltimore on First-day the 27th of 5th month, 1804. Here reader, allow me to add I was gladdened with the favor of being permitted safely to return to my home, and