124 Kingston to Toronto. 



Cleveland, U. S., took a large amount of stock in the united 

 companies. They have amalgamated with the Cobourg & 

 Peterboro' Railway, so that by boat on Rice Lake, and train 

 from Harwood on the above mentioned road, access to the 

 mines is made easy. The operations they intend carrying 

 on will be on a very extensive scale, as they purpose getting 

 out ioo to 150 tons of the ore daily, as soon as they have 

 all their "plant" thoroughly established. Eleven miles west 

 is Trenton, backed by a good agricultural country, and from 

 its position, offering great advantages of water-power ; if an 

 outlay were made in the construction of dams, machinery 

 enough could be put in operation to supply every article of 

 manufacture. It must eventually become a manufacturing 

 town. 



Twenty-one miles west of Belleville is the prettily laid 

 out town of Brighton, remarkable for its natural harbour of 

 refuge, one of the best on Lake Ontario, called Presqu' Isle 

 Bay. This is formed by a narrow peninsula stretching out 

 in front of the village, forming a perfect lagoon on the 

 east, enclosed on three sides and a half, so that whatever 

 winds may blow, the vessels lying here are comparatively 

 safe. 



Ninety miles west of Kingston we come to Cobourg, a 

 very busy town and prettily situated withal on the lake. It 

 ranks only second to Toronto and Hamilton in a business 

 point of view, from its comparative nearness to Rochester 

 and Oswego, which are brought into daily communication 

 with it by means of steamers. The soil around Cobourg, 

 and in fact from here westwards, is very fertile, producing 

 great quantities of wheat, and of a very good quality — large 

 quantities of which find their way to Rochester, and are 

 there mixed with American wheat, passing for Genesee 

 flour. It is also possessed of very superior water-power, and 

 can boast of manufactures in the shape of cloth and tweeds, 

 which successfully compete with those of any other place 



