ROUTE TO NIAGARA PALLS.
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.
Oscar.
FOR THE RURAL MAGAZINE.