id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 03-pathfinder_004-1758 James Fenimore Cooper 03-pathfinder_004-1758 1758 .txt text/plain 4942 168 70 The Oswego is formed by the junction of the Oneida and the Onondaga, both of which flow from lakes; and it pursues its way, through a gently undulating country, some eight or ten miles, until it reaches the margin of a sort of natural terrace, down which it tumbles some ten or fifteen feet, to another level, across which it glides with the silent, stealthy progress of deep water, until it throws its tribute into the broad receptacle of the Ontario. Still he was indisposed to express all he felt, lest it might be conceding too much in favor of fresh water and inland navigation; and no sooner had he cleared his throat with the afore-said hem, than he loosened his tongue in the usual strain of superiority. cache/03-pathfinder_004-1758.txt txt/03-pathfinder_004-1758.txt