We Had
Thought Of Going From Buffalo Across Lake Erie To Detroit; But We
Found That The Better Class Of Steamers Had Been Taken Off The
Waters For The Winter.
And we also found that navigation among
these lakes is a mistake whenever the necessary journey can be
taken by railway.
Their waters are by no means smooth, and then
there is nothing to be seen. I do not know whether others may have
a feeling, almost instinctive, that lake navigation must be
pleasant - that lakes must of necessity be beautiful. I have such a
feeling, but not now so strongly as formerly. Such an idea should
be kept for use in Europe, and never brought over to America with
other traveling gear. The lakes in America are cold, cumbrous,
uncouth, and uninteresting - intended by nature for the conveyance
of cereal produce, but not for the comfort of traveling men and
women. So we gave up our plan of traversing the lake, and, passing
back into Canada by the suspension bridge at Niagara, we reached
the Detroit River at Windsor by the Great Western line, and passed
thence by the ferry into the City of Detroit.
In making this journey at night we introduced ourselves to the
thoroughly American institution of sleeping-cars - that is, of cars
in which beds are made up for travelers. The traveler may have a
whole bed, or half a bed, or no bed at all, as he pleases, paying a
dollar or half a dollar extra should he choose the partial or full
fruition of a couch.
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