letters for New York,
and a letter of introduction to the Shakers of New Lebanon.
Furnished with these, we left Saratoga Springs, September 12th, at 9
o'clock, in a convenient stage to go to Albany, thirty-six miles
distant. We passed through a disagreeable and sandy country. The
uniformity was, however, very pleasingly interrupted by Saratoga
lake, which is eight miles long....
...]

At the small town of Waterford they passed along the left shore of the
Hudson on a long wooden bridge, to avoid a bad bridge over the Mohawk.
They proceeded on their route in the night on a very good road, and
passed through Lansingburgh and Troy. The latter is very handsomely
built, and many stores were very well lighted up in the evening. Here
they returned to the right shore of the Hudson, and reached Albany at
ten o'clock at night.

[_Travels_:

At the small town of Waterford we passed along the left shore of the
Hudson on a long wooden bridge, to avoid a bad bridge over the
Mohawk. We proceeded on our route in the night on a very good road,
and passed through Lansingburg and Troy. The latter is very
handsomely built, and many stores are very well lighted up in the
evening. Here we returned to the right shore of the Hudson, and
reached Albany at 10 o'clock at night.
...]

At eight o'clock next morning they took passage on board the steam-boat,
to go down the river as far as the town of Catskill, at the foot of Pine
Orchard. The company ascended the mountain, which is twelve miles high,
in stages. They reached Pine Orchard a little before sunset. The
building on the mountain for the accommodation of visiters, is a
splendid establishment. Alida was truly delighted with the landscape it
presented in miniature; where large farms appeared like garden spots,
and the Hudson a rivulet, and where sometimes the clouds were seen
floating beneath the eye of the spectator.

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The next morning they again took the steam-boat at Catskill to go to
Hudson, twenty-seven and a half miles from Albany, which they reached
about noon. This city appears very handsome and lively. On the opposite
side of the river is Athens, between which and Hudson there seems to be
much communication kept up by a team-boat. A very low island in the
middle of the stream between the two places, rendered this communication
somewhat difficult at first, as vessels were ob