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quallity with Black Oak, White Oak, Hickory in places likewise Beech, maple, ash, not so lofty as it hath been in many other parts we have of this county we rode thro, at Geneva we stayed all night. This place it seems takes its name from a town in Switzerland which it resembles, standing at the north West corner of the Lake which is said to be forty miles long, two miles short of the Cayuga is the Head or Upper extent of the Water communication from Albany into this country from Albany up the Mohawk. It’s a very pretty situation on the banks of the lake several well looking Buildings of Houses and Stores put up &; more going up there it’s believ'd that it will be a place of considerable trade here we saw a Vessel upon the Stocks it was said to be a Shallop, to be kept employ'd in trading on this Lake there being a town at the upper end of it which they call Catherene’s Town Twelfth this morning rainy. Did not start untill we had our Breakfast then the rain abated, prepared for moving by this time it cleared away, the post still our guide. We had a pretty comfortable ride much more so than we expected from the representation we received of this part of the Road, whenever it became the subject of conversation being represented as Intolerable the dry weather having been much in our favor in this respect as in many others, this morning’s ride to Canandaigua which is said to be tho we Rode a new road which is suppos'd to be much more than 16 miles, This lake is said to be 24 Miles in length. We don’t find this off from This town situated as Geneva lying near the brink of the Water but pass by the Lake &; on rising ground from the Lake nearly half a mile in the town several showey Houses, frame buildings and painted