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blossoms, and green grass, the latter of which will soon be 

 ready for the scythe: elegant houses peeping through the 

 waving trees on the brows of the little hills, and a large ex 

 panse of water, where the wild ducks were carelessly swim 

 ming, and the fishermen tending their calling in various di 

 rections along the Bay, its banks adorned with fields of grain ; 

 crickets singing, birds chirping, and other objects, would 

 have been enchanting to a mind at ease. On my return, I 

 drank most delicious water at one of the city springs ; there 

 are several of them in the place truly elegant, with clean, 

 neat inclosures, and a person to attend each to prevent nui 

 sances. Water is the general drink here for quenching 

 thirst, and no one that has never been out of our cool climate 

 can conceive its delicious taste in a hot one. 



May 27. Fine bright pleasant day, thermometer 78. 

 After looking over the newspapers at the reading room at 

 Change, I took another ramble northward, which I thought 

 the finest part I had yet seen ; but the glowing brightness of 

 the sun, and natural beauty of a fine P^ay day may have 

 heightened the scene. The ground, which appeared rich, 

 rises into little undulating ridges, with vales between, 

 covered with luxuriant clover and grass. Indian corn ancle 

 high, and several gardens better cultivated than any I had 

 before seen, with neat houses and orchards attached. Re 

 turned through some barren woods, where there were plenty 

 of buckle or hurtle berries, and wild flowers. 



May 28. Very hot again, thermometer 86. Been east 

 ward to day from the city ; wheat in full ear, apples of the 

 size of crabs, but likely to be few, the frosts having killed 

 their blossoms : there were great quantities last year, and 

 very fine, at from Is. Id. to 2s. 3d. per bushel. The water 

 in the Bay is as warm nearly as new milk. Some green 

 clover cut and brought to market, and sold at Q\d. a bundle ; 

 green peas Is. peck, full and getting old. A young Scotch 

 man, from Canada, here, as boarder and lodger, having put 

 himself apprentice to a shipwright, to have 13s. 6d. per 

 week wages first year, and 22s. 6d. the second, to board 

 himself. He speaks very highly of Upper Canada as to 

 climate and soil, the kindness and hospitality of its inhabi 

 tants, the cheapness and goodness of land, with little or no 

 taxes. He resided there four years as a potash manufac 

 turer, but left it some time ago on account of the low price 

 of that article in the English market, and has been rambling 



