6 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
afflicted with fever and ague, while the Germans on a dry bank two miles 
off were quite healthy. The old town was also more unhealthy than 
the new part, which is farther from the marsh, and up on Yonge Street, 
a few miles from the town, no fever at all existed. The prevalence 
of easterly winds last summer, blowing off the marsh, rendered the town 
more than usually unhealthy; the ague also made its appearance in 
Lower Canada, which is very uncommon. A harbour was built by 
Simcoe in 1796. The peninsula was formerly called an island, which 
Simcoe named Gibraltar Point: this was almost on the level of the 
water. 
The townships of Dereham and Norwich put up at public auction 
by the Government in lots of 3,000 acres, sold for only 84d to 1/1 per 
acre—27 blocks were sold. 
(A long description of the sale and quality of lands. Ed.) Joseph 
Brant said of Governor Simcoe, “General Simcoe has done a great deal 
for the province: he has changed the name of every place in it.’’ 
(A full account of the Indians and many matters of immigration 
and settlement is given. Ed). 
Jan. 4th, 1804. Lord Selkirk left York. Roads being unfit for 
sleighs, his baggage was carried on a packhorse. 
(An account is given of the U. E. Loyalists settlements along Lake 
Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Ed.) 
Friday, Jan. 13th. Napanee to Kingston Napanee is spelt 
Apanee (This is said to be the old spelling. Account of Churches 
and schools. Ed.) 
Met a settler from the River Rideau. About 60 settlers are on 
Rideau River. There is a wilderness of 20 miles between it and the St. 
Lawrence settlements. 
Saturday, 14th. Reached Kingston. Met Mr. Richard Cart- 
wright—a man of very superior information and intelligence. Peach 
trees have been planted at Kingston, but the crop is always cut off, 
and the trees killed by frosts in spring. 
Saturday, Jan. 21st. Crossed from St. Regis to Col. MeDonald’s 
house—which is a good stone house—called Glengarry House. Some 
of the people object to his using the name, saying that they are nearer 
to the Chief than he. 
Sunday, 22nd. Met John Bethune, protestant clergyman. 
(Bethune was the first Presbyterian clergyman in Upper Canada. 
He was settled at Williamstown. He was the father of the late Bishop 
Bethune. Ed). This is a settlement of Highlanders from Lochaber and 
Glengarry. Two or three concessions were settled by Loyalists in 1784 
who were with Sir John Johnson from Mohawk River, N.Y. They 
had searcely settled in New York in 1773 when the Revolution broke 
