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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 



