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The courtesy of His Excellency Lord Ayl- 

 mer, and the gratifying attentions of the worthy 

 citizens of Montreal and New York, are of 

 course to be attributed rather to their benevo- 

 lent sympathy with the main purpose of the 

 expedition, than to any regard for the individual 

 who had been selected to conduct it. So re- 

 garded, their conduct is more honourable to 

 them, and is at the same time not the less valued 

 and held in remembrance by me. To express 

 my thanks might savour of presumption; but I 

 take the liberty of recording my feelings, in order 

 that the tribute may be rendered by the British 

 Public. 



