Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Journal of a Tour to Niagara Falls: In the Year 1805
The newly settled lands, the quality and products of the soil, the signs and development of mineral wealth, the diversified scenery, and the habits and manners of the people. The account, also, which it gives of the inconveniences and dangers of trav elling in those times, and the whimsical distresses to which Mr. Bigelow and his companions were subjected, is graphic and entertaining. It may be not without profit to contrast our experiences of travelling in this age of steam, surrounded by so many appliances for comfort and luxury, with those narrated in this Journal. Perhaps it will result in looking back with less regret at what are called the good old days, and in cultivating a spirit of greater contentment with our own.
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