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streets are wide, the dwellings handsome, and on the whole I was much pleased with the part of the city that I saw. I became rather tired of the uniformity of Hartford The very expression of the countenances there, seemed in a sort of repose, 'stereotyped,' unlike the animated look of Bangor and of these Western cities. From Albany we travelled all night 200 miles over a beautiful country by the side of the gently gliding Mohawk, but it was in darkness, and I could only occasionally catch glimpses by the moon: we had high backed cushioned cars, very easy for reclining - had a car to ourselves & I rested pretty well: arrived at Syracuse quite a large city at 5 A.M. where the young men gallantly gave the class a break (quite ? page torn you see - we had rather a short time however to enjoy it, for the cars stopped only an hour, and were soon whirring away n the road to Rochester - where we arrived about dinner time, and by a previous arrangement were scattered about two by two in different families - among the first in the place, who generously entertained us until Mond. noon 4 days; affording us a nice time to rest, enjoy ourselves, & look round the city: Rochester is a fine place 30 to 40,000 people - 1/5 catholics; I visited Genessee Falls, where the water falls over a perpendicular semicircular ledge about 80 feet - on the opposite side of the bank was a long row of flour mills. We started for Buffalo yester noon, & arrived here after five hours, here we divided in two companies - part go the southern route through