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XXIII—THE CASTLE oF MALAHIDE ON LAKE ERIE. 
His house has been described by Mrs. Jameson, Mr. Ermatinger 
and others, and the old settlers love to explain its plan and mode of 
construction. A long range of low buildings made of logs and shingles 
was the Castle of Malahide. The approach to it from the east was 
by a beautiful winding road running for miles through the Colonel’s 
wood. Descending the high banks of Talbot Creek half a mile from 
its mouth, and ascending on the opposite side, .it wound round the 
brow of the hill under an avenue of walnuts a considerable distance 
to the residence. The visitor’s arrival is greeted by the Colonel’s dogs 
with loud barking. He steps on the Dutch verandah, disturbing the 
poultry roosting thereon. Farm implements are ranged along it, and, 
perhaps, the skin of a panther or lynx is nailed on the wall. He 
enters the granary or store-room in the east end, where hung on the 
walls the venerable yellow-dyed sheepskin coat and cap,” as well as 
the host’s saddle, bridle and martingales. He passes on through this 
room to “the audience chamber and dining-room, whence, by an easy 
transition, Jeffrey was wont to shp out and in frem the kitchen.” The 
centre room was plainly furnished as befitted a fovest home. A solid 
pine table, a few chairs with skin or basket-work seats, some chests and 
a cupboard, a plain bookcase with a few books, a large map on the 
wall, comprised its equipment—all but the ample fire-place, whose 
cheery blaze added light and warmth and life to the otherwise comfort- 
less apartment. 
Another contiguous frame structure contained a range of bed- 
rooms for his guests. This is described by Mrs. Jameson in 1837. 
In his later years a loftier building of the same material was added, 
with suites of rooms for state occasions, and distinguished guests. A 
cellar well stocked with choice whisky, and a goodly supply of wine 
in double casks, carefully selected from Montreal, was an important 
adjunct. The wine was reserved for the higher grade of guests, the 
whisky was for the Colonel and his settlers. 
X XIV.—DISTINGUISHED VISITORS TO Port TALBOT. 
Many distinguished guests were entertained at Port Talbot. For 
a long period of years no visitor to Upper Canada considered his tour - 
complete until he had paid his respects to the autocrat of Dunwich. 
Governors, visiting noblemen and gentlemen, judges, litterateurs, and 
occasionally ladies of distinction, were amongst his guests. Francis 
Gore, General Brock, the Duke of Richmond, Labouchere, M.P. (after- 
wards Lord Taunton), James Stuart Wortley, M.P., afterwards the 
