Lake Erie and the story of Commodore Perry . it, and if the trackran too near the shore, it would have to build longerbridges, and do more filling than it does farther fromthe lake. You see, the actual shore line is more brokenthan the country farther back, because the wind and thewater and the frost wear away the edge of the plateau. Yes, I see that now. But somehow I thought wewere going to go right along the shore. ON LAKE CHAUTAUQUA At Westfield they found the trolley w^aiting to takethem to Chautauqua. As the road wound steadily up-ward. Major Woods said: Travelers along here nowadays hav
Lake Erie and the story of Commodore Perry . it, and if the trackran too near the shore, it would have to build longerbridges, and do more filling than it does farther fromthe lake. You see, the actual shore line is more brokenthan the country farther back, because the wind and thewater and the frost wear away the edge of the plateau. Yes, I see that now. But somehow I thought wewere going to go right along the shore. ON LAKE CHAUTAUQUA At Westfield they found the trolley w^aiting to takethem to Chautauqua. As the road wound steadily up-ward. Major Woods said: Travelers along here nowadays have a good dealeasier time than the French had in the 18th de Bienville came up through here in 1749, buthe had to take the old Indian portage which began atBarcelona, just a few rods up Chautauqua Creek fromLake Erie. He and his men had to carry canoes and 32 LAKE ERIE AND THE baggage over nine miles of rather difficult trail beforethey reached Lake Chautauqua. The end of the portagewas just about where well take the A Bit op Assembly Grounds, Lake Chautauqua Celoron cut out the trail roughly, for the French ex-pected to use this route on their way to the Ohio River,but when Marin was sent three years later to cut it outagain, he was so disgusted with it that he went on toErie, then called Presqu Isle, and went inland fromthere. At the boat landing they boarded the steamer andwent the whole length of the lake, then back to the As-sembly Grounds for a stroll before lunch. Later, asthey sat looking out upon the lake and at the people,Major Woods said: STORY OF COMMODORE PERRY 33 In some ways this is one of our most peculiarlyAmerican institutions—this combination of summer va-cation with lectures and teaching. This particular onewas started about forty years ago, and its example hasbeen followed in hundreds of other places all over thecountry. Of course this is only one side of the tendencyto take a vacation away from home, to get a change ofscene and o
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