The well known characters were hailed with such delight, that I think I shall never again laugh at any one for leaving their name where it is possible a friend may find it.
We returned to Utica to dinner, and found that we must either wait till the next day for the Rochester coach, or again submit to the packet-boat.

Our impatience induced us to prefer the latter, not very wisely, I think, for every annoyance seemed to increase upon us.

The Oneida and the Genesee country are both extremely beautiful, but had we not returned by another route we should have known little about it.

From the canal nothing is seen to advantage, and very little is seen at all.

My chief amusement, I think, was derived from names.