Descend the Ohio from Cincinnati to Madison--Notices of a Scotch Settlement--Excess of Male Population--Roads-- Harvest--Crops--Orchards--Timber--Elections--Methodist Camp Meeting 250 LETTER XX Circumstances that Retard Manufacturing Industry, and Causes of its Prosperity 264 LETTER XXI Circuit Court of Indiana--Lands--Crops--Salt springs--Corydon--Barrens--Caves--Tornado--Alluvial Lands--Large Trees--Wild Vines--Steam boats--the Falls of the Ohio--Bilious and Intermittent Fevers--Taciturnity--Americanisms 276 LETTER XXII Miscellaneous Remarks on the Manners and Habits of the People 290 {viii} LETTER XXIII Passage from the Falls of the Ohio to Cincinnati--Journey to Lake Erie--the Great Sciota--Pickaway Plains Prairies--Sickly State of the Country--Indians--People 296 LETTER XXIV Passage on Lake Erie--The Falls of Niagara--Passage on Lake Ontario--Descend the River St. Lawrence--Falls--Montreal-- Quebec--Indians--Remarks on the People--Timber Trade--Government--Climate 313 LETTERS FROM AMERICA LETTER I Voyage from Greenock to New York--Circumstances of Passengers--Arrival, &c. _New York, July 10, 1818._ As I have already informed you, I sailed from Greenock on the 24th of May last, in the American ship Glenthorn, Stillman Master, bound for this place. I observed that my fellow emigrants were much affected when about to take a final leave of their native land: some regretting the separation from their native soil, while others, mute and thoughtful, seemed to suffer under feelings of a more tender kind. To some it may appear inconsistent in people to regret leaving their homes and their friends, while the emigration is voluntarily undertaken; but on this occasion, the paradox will be explained, when their circumstances and views are taken into consideration.