Chenectedi or Corlar, situated on the bank of the Mohawk river, is a village of about 300 houses. Entering this village by the It is surrounded by upright pickets, flanked from distance to distance.

Hunter side, there is a fort to the right which forms a species of citadel in the inIt is a square, flanked with four bastions or demi-bastions, and is conterior of the village itself. gate on the Fort

structed half of masonry and half of timbers piled one over the other above the masonry.

It is

There are some pieces of cannon as a battery on the rampart. The entrance is through a large swing gate raised like a drawbridge.

capable of holding 2 or 300 men. It is not encircled by a ditch.

By penetrating the village in attacking it at another point, the fire from the fort can be avoided. The greatest portion of the Inhabitants of Chenectedi are Dutch. From Chenectedi to Albany or Orange is estimated to be 6 or 7 leagues* The road is excellent for all sorts of carriages ;

few hills.

the soil sandy and the country covered with open timber.

There are only a

A league and half from Chenectedi, there is a house on the road which is a tavern. A

league and half farther on, that is to say half way, another house is met which is also a tavern.

Orange is situate on the right bank of the river Orange, otherwise called Hudson. It is not fortified on the forest side except by an enclosure of walls, or pickets, without a ditch, which is flanked at certain distances ; the river defends the entrance on the other side.