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interesting villages in our afternoon ride put at a public house by C. Bull very good entertainment it was in a small village the name I did not learn travelled 39 miles today. July the 1st. A very warm day the first village we passed through was Fayetteville it is very pretty contains several churches came through several small villages stopped in Manlins(?) at noon within 19(?) miles of Syracuse came on to Syracuse as we ascended the hill about a mile the other side of the village we had a beautiful prospect(?) Syracuse Lode and another villa of which I do not know the name together Onandaga lake appeared in sight it was really an interesting view. I could not have believed without seeing that the western part of this state was so much improved. Syracuse is the largest I been in this side of NY it is celebrated for its salt works many thousands barrels of salt are manufactured here and transported annually this canal run through this place. The village was Camillus it is small a pleasant stream of water runs through it two miles from this place we stopped for the night I have thought more about leaving my friends today than before we left them. Oh how much I wish to be in their company to