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Excerpt from Public Documents, Relating to the New-York Canals: Which Are to Connect the Western and Northern Lakes, With the Atlantic Ocean; With an Introduction Bof six to eight to ten tons, between the Mississrppi and the Michigan lake, at another season, a portage of two miles; at another, \a portage of seven miles from the head of the Plein to the arm. Of the lakes at another, a portage he mouth of the Plein to the there is a well: beaten waggon road, and boats and their loads are drawn by oxen and vehicles kbpt for that purpose, by; the French settlers at Chicago}? Thus we perceive, that after the great 'vestern canal is completed, the labour that would not cost N ew-york the effort of a single month, would open a driect, safe, and cheap communication between our commercial emporium and new-orleans. We should pursue the waters of the Hudson, the lineof the canal, thewaters of lake Erie to the mouth of the Raism on the Huron, and from thence into lake Michigan by, the St. Joseph, or some other stream to the Chicago, and through the Plein to the Illinois and the Mississippi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.