_To the Editors._--During the continuance of the fervid season, some
of your readers will probably beguile the tedium of mid-summer, by
taking excursions in various directions, as health or curiosity may
happen to invite them. The gratification to be derived from pursuing
the route to NIAGARA FALLS, and thence to Montreal and Quebec, will
amply repay all its fatigues, and realise the expectations of the
tourist however highly excited. The following indicates one of the
most agreeable avenues of approach to that unparalleled wonder of
Nature. Having felt the want of some such information myself, it
was thought it might be acceptable to others, who have no better
guide. These distances, though derived principally from innkeepers,
stage-drivers, &c. are sufficiently accurate for the purposes of
travellers generally.
_Distance from Philadelphia to the Falls._
Miles.
New York, 100
Albany, 160
---- 260
Schenectady, 16
Amsterdam, 15
Tripe's Hill, 6
Cachnewaga, 5
Paletine, 18
St. Johnsville, 4
Manheim, 3
---- 327
Little Falls, 7
Herkimer, 7
Utica, 15
1st day's journey from Albany, ---- 96
Vernon, 16
Lennox, 12
Chetenengo, 5
Manlius, 12
Jamesville, 5
Onondaga, 10
Skaneatelis, 16
2d day's journey from Albany, ---- 76
Auburn, 7
Canandaigua, 37
3d day's journey from Albany, ---- 44
Victor, 10
Pittsford, 11
Rochester, 9
Palma, 11
Murray, 7
Gaines, 11
4th day's journey from Albany, ---- 59
Ridgway, 13
Hartland, 11
Cambray, 12
Lewistown, 15
FALLS OF NIAGARA, 7
---- 58
----
593
_From the Falls to Quebec._
Lewistown, 7
Fort George, 7
YORK, 33
Kingston, 170
Prescott, 70
La Chine, 130
Montreal, 9
QUEBEC, 170
---- 596
_From Quebec to Philadelphia._
Montreal, 170
St. John's, 27
Shoreham, 150
Ticonderoga, (village) 3
Caldwell, 35
Albany, 61
New York, 160
PHILADELPHIA, 100
---- 706
This journey may be readily accomplished in about four weeks,
without extraordinary haste, at an expense of from one to two
or three hundred dollars; according to the mode of travelling
adopted, and the habits of the tourist in relation to economy or
extravagance. But in times like the present, even those who are
wealthy, should be edifying examplars of simplicity and frugality.