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Travels to the West of the Alleghany Mountains

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Title	Travels to the West of the Alleghany Mountains
Subject	Business and Labor Geography and Natural Resources Transportation
Place	Marietta (Ohio) Washington County (Ohio)
Description	F. A. Michaux departed from Bourdeaux, France in 1801 and traveled throughout the United States. Travels to the West of the Alleghany Mountains is an account of his journey. The book is 294 pages long and measures 8 by 5.25 inches (20.32 by 13.97 cm). Included here is chapter ten (pages 89-98), which discusses ship-building in Marietta before the industry was destroyed by the Embargo Act of 1807 and includes a description of river travel during the period.
Creator	Michaux, F. A.
Date of Original	1805
Collection	European Travel Accounts
Source	Published material Rare Books E 164 .M633 1805 x
Submitting Institution	State Library of Ohio
Type	Text

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Full Text	m •J. i'. CHAP. IX. JDepmiure/rom Ifheelmg/ot Marietta.-^Aspeci af.;.^Cri6ft^A&»/ iksxO^'m,^—Nflture qfthe Fore.it i;.'— j^J^MraH'JiiifiQry dze ^ sweml hind.s oj Trees. ON the 18th of ^^ly in the morning we piir- ch^ed a carioe, ;twenty-fouc feet Jong, eighteen if^ite wide, afid. ajbout a& many in <i^th. These csa^^f^m^ siw§^S''W^.w\k. a siiigle trunk of a tree > ^he pine and talip tree lare preferred for that h f^l-pose, the wood 4>iM% veiiy soft. These canoes are too narrow.to use ^vell with oars, and in shallow water are generally forced along either with a paddle or a staff. Being obliged at times to shorten our journey by leaving the banks of the river, where one is under shade, to get into the current, or to pass from one point to another, and be exposed to the heat of a scorching sun, we covered our canoe a quarter of its length with a piece of cloth thrown

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