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_Journey to Geneva-Schenectady-Question Asking-Stage Driver-Valley of Mohawk-Agricultural Duties- Utica-Attention to Females-Marcellus-Skeneatiles-Cayuga Bridge-Dinner Party-Dumfries-shire Farmer-Sheep Husbandry-Condition of Animals-Farms-Geneva._
We left Albany in the morning, and breakfasted at Schenectady, which contains about 5000 inhabitants, and from its situation on the Mohawk, the union of the Erie Canal, and railway from Albany and Saratoga, it is likely to rise in importance. From Schenectady we proceeded, by stage, along the valley of the Mohawk, on the north side of the river, to Utica, where we arrived about two in the morning, the state of the roads being bad.