Download or read book The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 22 (Classic Reprint) written by Historical Society of Pennsylvania and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 22 The land for 2 miles north and south of the New City is but thin stony. At the Half Moon which is 14 miles from Albany the soil is good chie y lowland. Between the last place Stillwater the ground appears good is well settled, not much low land but a loamy soil seems to prevail; Hudsons river at Half Moon is abt 400 yards wide from there up to Stillwater is in some places pretty rapid. From Stillwater up to Saratoga (14 or 15 miles) the land at each side of the river is excellent, altho the low land does not extend above half a mile or a quarter from the river the timber is very large mix'd with white pine a great deal immediately next the low land both on the E. W. Sides the ground is high clayey of a whitish colour. Saratoga seems to be a well settled lively place the lands around it good. From there to Fort Edward the soil is rather clayey cold, near the fort are some clever' meadows, but the plains adjoining are not very rich altho good. Leaving the Fort we rise a hill abt half a mile Dis tance then an extensive plain begins which continues for 10 miles or more. The first 2 miles of the way the land is undesirable being mostly timbered with pitch pines. Then there is abt 2 miles where are some farms, the soil clayey 85 Timber white pine, at 5 miles distance from the fort lives one Abraham Wing, within 600 yards of Hudsons river, where He has a Grist Saw Mill on a Fall of Water that is quite considerable. The whole height being perhaps 30 or 40 feet, and the rocks projecting out in such a manner as to bear very much the appearance of a' regular fortification. Abt 3 miles below this is another fall on which stands a saw mill. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."