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accessible. Up to this time we had pleasant weather, but going out 

 of Oswego the Lake was very rough, and most passengers were sea- 

 sick. I however, was not among the number. Woke up on Tuesday 

 morning off Lewiston, where we landed, and at 9, took the British 

 boat to Toronto. My business in Toronto was to visit the Magnetic 

 Observatory and to see the superintendent, Capt. Lefroy, on Smith- 

 sonian matters. The observatory is very complete in its arrange- 

 ments, as the motions of the magnets all daguerreotype themselves, 

 and the direction and velocity of the wind, the amount of rain and 

 other phenomena are self-registered in other ways. I met the Gov- 

 ernor General, Lord Elgin, and his Lady at Capt. Lefroy's. We left 

 Toronto on Thursday morning and reached Niagara Falls that same 

 evening. Staid at Niagara till Saturday morning when we went to 

 Buffalo, and the same evening to Geneva. After spending Sunday 

 at Geneva we left for New York via Erie R. R. and got into the city 

 at 9 P M having left Geneva at 5>4 A M. Distance 350 miles. 



On Tuesday afternoon I left for New Haven being under orders 

 from Prof. Henry for that place. Having walked extensively into 

 Oysters, Peaches and Lobster while in N. York (the latter at Lawrence 

 Gitz' instigation) I had a very severe attack of Cholera Morbus 

 while in the cars, Dana was at the Depot and took me home where 

 I kept in bed for a day, but got up pretty well on Thursday. They 

 treated me very judiciously, put hot bottles to my feet, clapped on 

 mustard poultice to abdomen and gave me brandy, laudanum and 

 camphor. I met many acquaintances and made others, and had a 

 very pleasant time. In the course of the meeting I was made perma- 

 nent secretary, this involving attendance at all the meetings, the 

 publication of the proceedings, general correspondence &c. There 

 is a nominal salary of 300 dollars which will probably not be paid 

 as they have not funds enough to publish their proceedings, much 

 less pay this. After remaining in New Haven till Monday, I went 

 to New York and reached home on Thursday morning. 



I found it altogether impossible to bring Mary to Reading, 

 owing to the slight difficulty of her having left Westport while I was 

 on the Lake and reaching Carlisle two or three weeks before I did. 

 The cause of her quick return was her fear that Lucy had the Whoop- 

 ing cough. She coughed much like it, and was very violently possessed 

 of all the symptoms, although over it rather sooner than usual. 



