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Amongst them, was a young warrior, grimly paint-ed; even his hair painted and plaited, and stood out on each side in opposite directions. Here we had conversation with a man who lives at the Salt Springs on the Cayuga Lake, which is about ten miles long and seven broad. He related that when wood was provided, and two kettles set, of sixty gallons each, he could make five bushels per day; that the fountain appeared inexhaustible; that excellent fresh water springs were found withintwelve yards of the salt; and that eighteen miles landcarriage would take it to the Chemung river, a branch of the west fork of the Susquehanna. We resumed our voyage — passed about a mile ofrapid water — and afterwards eleven miles of still water, to Oswego Falls. Here the river is about two hundred yards wide, and the water at one pitch all across the river, falls eight feet, and forms a strong, foaming rapid for one mile below. The banks of this river are low, and subject to be over-flowed. The land apparently rich. 20th. Drew our boats across the carrying place, about sixty yards, launched in below, and proceed-ed to Oswego garrison, held by the British. Theyexpecting us, we were admitted, and dined with the commanding officer, Capt. Wickham. After dinner, we pursued our journey on the sea of Ontario, fifteen miles to a harbor called Little Sodus. Grand indeed is the prospect of this great lake. About the middle there is no view of land northward, eastward or westward in the clearest day. 21st. We sailed and rowed, passed the mouth of Great Sodus, to Apple Boom harbour, twenty-seven miles from Little Sodus. This day was exceeding