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CHAPTER IX. 



Population of Toronto Streets and Buildings Mr A. 

 Wood Arrival at Hamilton Difference between peo- 

 ple in Upper Canada and those in the States Features 

 of the country Cleared land Means of transport and 

 markets wanting Speculators in land Favourable 

 settlement for labouring people only Expense of Cul- 

 tivation Visit to Mr Ferguson at Woodhill Meeting 

 with the Chief of Macnab Introduction to Sir Allan 

 Macnab His treatment by Whig Government My 

 purpose in visiting Upper Canada alluded to Tempe- 

 rature Return to Toronto Bishop Strachan. 



May 1841. 



TORONTO, the capital of Upper Canada, 

 pleasantly situate on the banks of Lake Onta- 

 rio, is said now to contain 15,000 inhabitants. 

 The streets are good, the buildings respecta- 

 ble, and two handsome churches, one Presby- 

 terian and the other Episcopalian, add much 

 to the appearance of the town. Of the latter 



