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Show 186 SARATOGA SPRINGS. descent is 80 feet more; making the entire distance froJn the top, 185 teet. From the foot there are three paths leading to the most important points of observation; one of which runs to tl1e river below, distant about 80 feet; and where visitors wiJJ find an cxcciJcnt fi.slting-placc. Thr. path at the left of the staircase leads to the Cn·scent, or Horse-shoe Pall, where, when the wind blows up the river, a sate passage is opened uehind the sheet of water. The path to the right leads to the Cane of tlte fVinds. lt is 120 feet across, 50 wide, and 100 high, and is situated directly behind the Centre Fall, or Cascade. A short distance below the l1,alls, on the American side, is another staircase lcadinrr to the Ferry, from which a charming vi ew of the entire Falls may be had. The ferry is crossed without danger, in about ten minutes. The visitor on ur.ing landed on the Canada side, proceeds up the hank, at the top of which ~tands the Cliftou House, where refreshmeu ts may be obtained; and afterwards proceeds toward Tuble Rock, where wilJ be found a spiral staircase, from the toot of which persons may pa ·s 153 feet behind the sheet of water. The person in charge of it will furnish a guide and suitable dress. The Museum stands a short di stan ce from Table Rock. The lV!ti1'lpool is situated three miles below the Palls, and the" Ocvil's Hole" a mile lower down; the latter embracing about two acres cut out laterally and perpendicularly in the roek by the side of the rive~; it is 150 feet deep. The Suspension Bridge spans the narrow goroe, hctween the Cataract a11d t~1e \VIIirlpool, in view of both, uy an arch 800 feet long, 40 wide, aind 2JO a~love the wat?r. The Bu'rning Spring, a curiosity, is on the Canada sJdc, half a m Jlr. above the Falls, a ud within a short dista nee of the rapids in the Niagara River. T!Je villages of Chippewa and Lundy's Laue are on the same side of the river, and arc noted as having been hattie-grounds of the English and Americans, during the war of 1812. SARATOG~ SPRINGS.-This is the most popular watering-place in t!Je lfun~~d States, a1Hl one of the most celebrate·~l i11 the world. It is ~!tuatcd nt the ~tate of~ew York, 3~ miles no_rth .fr_om Albany, 32 from _J roy, and 184 ftom_ the City of New lork. It JS VJ::sJted hy persons from .111 parts of the 1! Ill ted States, and also from foreign countries. During tl~e season, pa~tJcuJarly July and August, the hotels. and other places ot ~c~ornmoclatwn, ~re mucl~ c~owrted. The constant stream of visitors ar~1V1ng and de part1ng.at tlus JUncture, imparts to the plftce a scene of ga1cty and bustle that J::s known at no other time. The principal hotels arc clo .. _ed at the cn~l of the season; hut some of the snmller ones, and ~lso pnvate. uoardlllg-houses, remain open, for the accommodation of J~tv_aiJds, du~Ing the year. '.rhe price of board varies with the accommot. la.ti?Ils rcccJved_: $'~per day, for each person, however, i::s what is usuaiJ ~J J,lJ gcd at the first-clas~ houses ; although at private boarding-house{ ·U~<~ scc?.n~-class hotcl_s, It. may be ?btai ned at from $4 to $8 per week. ' ~}.lC \ a~atoga watcts ate useful 111 many diseases, and have an almost ma~' c eff\,;ct upon the system, when reJJxed or exhausted uy disease or :cd<.~~ltary hahJts. Aftc~ drinldng the vvaters for a short ti111e, tile appetite '.lll~~ov ~s, and the entire system feels their invirroratino- effi_!c ls. Perso li~ liSII~g the water as a cathartic should rise early dri11k from one ~ 0 two PI II ts of the sparkli n" beverage, dipped fresl1 'from the s ri n ,u:cl theu 1take a short wall< around the beautiful gro11nds in the vicfnitff' w .ll' ncc t wy can return and again drink at the spring. No char e i~ ru~~I C! for tile water, except WlJat visitors vol11ntarily ~ive tho~e gwho ~~~ltllt upou th.em at 1 1 1 . the spnng. It is recommended that Jlersons aff1icted any scnous <. 1sease should first consult their physician as to the SARATOGA SPRINGS. 187 pr0pri ety of using these waters, otherwise th ey may be more injurious than he n<•ficial. The United States Hotel is regarded as the most fashionable house in Saratoga. It is centrally situated, and is in the vicinity of the railroad depot, and the principal mineral springs. It can accommodate from 400 to 450 persons. The two next best and most extensive houses, arc Uniou lfrzll and Congress Hall, both of which arc situated in the south part of the vi II age, and n(;ar the Congress Spring. 'I., here a re several other houses h e ro which afford excelle nt accommodatiOns, and where, perhaps, the retired visitor can find a home more congenial to his teeli ngs, then among the devotees of fashion. In the vicin ity of the Sprinrrs arc several public bathing-houses, where baths, hot, cold, or t:hower, can be obtained at all times. Congress Sp·ring, Empire Spring, TVashington Spring, Columbian Spring, llamilton Spring, Pav ilion Spring, Putnam Sprin![, Iodine Sprinrr, and the Flat Rock and 1-Iigh Rock Sp'rings, are among the most valua 6 ble for their medicinal properties. The H Ten Springs'' are si tua tcJ a short distance east oft he vi II age. Sa1·atorra Lake, a most lovely spot, lies six miles south from Saratoga, and the osame distance from Ballston Spa. It is nine mi les long, and three wide, ancl is much resorted to by company from the neighbouring watering- places, for fishing, fowling and boating. The shore of this J~ke is a cces::;ible in a few places only, on account of the marshes whiCh border j t. 'fhe eoun try arou ncl the Jake rises gradually in to eleva ted ridges, forming a vast amphitheatre of picturesque . landscape, embellished by cu ltivation. On the eastern shore, three m1les from the south end, .Snake Hill projects into the basin. . . Lon!( Lnke, fi vo miles south ft~om Ballston Spa, JS another ~ea_utJful sheet of water. s ituated in the mtdst of very agreeable scenery; Jt JS five miles long by one wide, and abounds with fish. Game is abundant in the surrounding country. . By means of railroads divcrrring from Saratoga, speedy commumcation i::; opened with Troy and Albany, and the_nce t? New York; als?, to Springfield, Boston, Hartford, &c. Persons going dHect from the Spnngs to Niarrara will take the railroad to Schenectady, the nce by the Albany and ll~ffal~ route, passing through the beautiful towns of Utica , Syr~cnse. Au burn, Geneva. Rochester, Buffalo, &c, From Saratoga, a railroad rnns to Whitehall, connecting with steamboats running on Lake Champlain. . ·Persons rroinrr to Lake George, leave by the Saratoga and vVashtngton R. R ., stopping at Moreau Station, 16 miles from Saratoga, thence by stagP., over a fin e plnnk roacl, to c.ald~e ll , 14 miles. This will ?e fo~nd a most dclightfnl route, aboundtng 1n lovely scenery and h1stoncal remini scences. The driver, (if requested,) wil~ s~ o p. at Glen's. Falls, (five mil's ,) to give per~ons an opportumty ot v.tewing the wJld and cxei ti ng scene from the bridge. The ~aters flow In o!1e sheet over the brink of a precipice, !)00 feet wide, and, In freshets,r~s~1IIl one mass d?wn the cataract ; but. in ordinary seasons they are diVIded, by rocl{S, Into tl1rr_.e chan11r. Is, with an angular descent of several hundred feet. SetJcn mites from Glen's Falls, and two from Caldwell, may be seen Bloorly Ponrl, a small sheet of water, known since the French war by tiJat uame. from the fact that, after a battle fought near it., 1,000 Fre.n ch, English, and American dead were thrown into it. I~ is on t~e rz:;-~tthand siclf! of the road, going towards Caldwell; the mzle~st one IS .at .Its head. Unless it is pointed out, it may be passed. unn_otiCed ,_ as Jt li es below the road, and is surrounded by foliage. A n11le distant IS the roc.\t |