Jefferson, near the head of this beautiful sheet; and next it
will appear anchored, as it might be, in the shallow water
near the outlet.

{"Wandering Jew" = The medieval legend of Ahasueras,
who mocked Christ on his way to the cross and was
condemned to live until Judgment Day, is widespread
throughout Europe, though he was only identified as a
"Jew" in the 17th century--students at Geneva College
(now Hobart College) applied the name to a supposedly
unsinkable floating log in Lake Seneca, identified as the
legendary "Chief Agayentha"; Jefferson = I have been
unable to locate any "Jefferson" on Lake Seneca}

For more than half a century has this remnant of the forest
floated about, from point to point, its bald head whitening
with time, until its features have become familiar to all the
older inhabitants of that region of country. The great depth
of the Seneca prevents it from freezing; and summer and
winter, springtime and autumn, is this wanderer to be
observed; occasionally battling with the ice that makes a
short distance from the shore, now pursuing its quiet way
before a mild southern air in June, or, again, anchored, by
its roots touching the bottom, as it passes a point, or
comes in contact with the flats. It has been known to
remain a year or two at a time in view of the village of
Geneva, until, accustomed to its sight, the people began to
think that it was never to move from its berth any more;
but a fresh northerly breeze changes all this; the "Jew"
swings to the gale, and, like a ship unmooring, drags clear