2 HAMILTON. 



church Bishop Strachan a native of Aber- 

 deen is minister. 



My arrangements did not admit of my re- 

 maining here for more than one day on the 

 present occasion, and after the pleasure of 

 meeting with my old friend Alexander Wood 

 who, in the course of the forty years he has re- 

 sided and carried on business in this town, has 

 acquired a large fortune, I embarked in a 

 steamer for Hamilton. There I arrived on the 

 28th of May, and had the gratification of find- 

 ing my daughter in good health. 



I remained at Hamilton until the 8th of 

 June, and in the interval made frequent ex- 

 cursions in the province, taking every oppor- 

 tunity of acquainting myself with its present 

 situation. 



On entering Canada I had been impressed 

 with a marked difference between it and the 

 United States. In the latter the people 

 were everywhere distinguished by that cheer- 

 fulness and appearance of contentment which 

 attend activity and exertion in peaceful pur- 

 suits. In Canada there prevailed an almost 



