Excerpt from The Legend of the Finger Lakes To-day these Finger Lakes seem like an artist's dream. Spread out side by side, each in its emerald setting, just as a jeweler would arrange them, these gems of the red man's God, sparkling and glis tening. Span with radiance the diadem that crowns the Empire State. Taking advantage of what 'nature has provided, the world's metropolis spreads out and over this environment. The stability, development and wealth of the city of New York staggers the imagination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.