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The Town-Ho’s Story

           "’Canallers!’criedDonPedro.‘Wehaveseenmanywhaleshipsinourharbors,butneverheardofyourCanallers.Pardon:whoandwhatarethey?’

           "’Canallers,Don,aretheboatmenbelongingtoourgrandErieCanal.Youmusthaveheardofit.’

           "’Nay,Senor;hereaboutsinthisdull,warm,mostlazy,andhereditaryland,weknowbutlittleofyourvigorousNorth.’

           "’Aye?Wellthen,Don,refillmycup.Yourchicha’sveryfine;andereproceedingfurtherIwilltellyewhatourCanallersare;forsuchinformationmaythrowside-lightuponmystory.’

           "Forthreehundredandsixtymiles,gentlemen,throughtheentirebreadthofthestateofNewYork;throughnumerouspopulouscitiesandmostthrivingvillages;throughlong,dismal,uninhabitedswamps,andaffluent,cultivatedfields,unrivalledforfertility;bybilliard-roomandbar-room;throughtheholy-of-holiesofgreatforests;onRomanarchesoverIndianrivers;throughsunandshade;byhappyheartsorbroken;throughallthewidecontrastingsceneryofthosenobleMohawkcounties;especially,byrowsofsnow-whitechapels,whosespiresstandalmostlikemilestones,flowsonecontinualstreamofVenetianlycorruptandoftenlawlesslife.There’syourtrueAshantee,gentlemen;therehowlyourpagans;whereyoueverfindthem,nextdoortoyou;underthelong-flungshadow,andthesnugpatronizingleeofchurches.

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