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the roof as a substitute for a chimney ! Paid 3c/. for 

 my bed, which is the general price in the western country if 

 two sleep in a bed, but mostly double that if alone. 



June 27. Arrived at Black-Rock, a large and smart 

 village on the Niagara River, 24 miles from Lockport, and 

 two from Buffaloe, and nearly opposite Fort Erie, in Canada, 

 at the head of the Niagara river. After seeing my trunks 

 safe, I walked to Buffaloe, a great shipping port for the 

 western States, situate on or near the Upper Lakes. Buf 

 faloe was burnt in the war, and some other places, by the 

 British, in retaliation for the burning and plundering the 

 Canada side by the Americans. It is now rebuilt, and is a 

 thriving place. The wind being brisk and westward, drives 

 down the lake the big rolling waves, which break on the 

 pier and beech with a thundering noise. Returned to Black- 

 Rock, where the ferry is kept, to cross into Canada, it being 

 the narrowest part of the river, (near a mile across) and 

 rather rapid, and which is made more so by a pier run into 

 it on the American side. The water is clear, and is gene 

 rally used by those who live on the banks. The charge at 

 the ferry is Is. I Id. There is no town on the Canada side, 

 only two or three stores or shops, (&quot; stores &quot; may be distin 

 guished by dry goods, stores, hardware, or general, the 

 last keep an assortment of every thing), a mill, a small 

 church, a few private houses, three taverns or inns, all 

 having good accommodation, to one of which I went for the 

 night. 



CHAPTER IV. 



ARRIVAL IN UPPER CANADA COMPARISON OF THE 



STATE OF EACH SIDE OF LAKE ERIE INTRODUC 

 TION TO COL. TALBOT INSPECTION OF LOTS OF 

 LAND ENGAGEMENT WITH HIM HIS ESTABLISH 

 MENT &amp;gt;MODS OF CULTIVATION NATURAL PRO 

 DUCE, AND VARIOUS PLACES, NOTICED. 



June 28. I am once again under the jurisdiction of the 

 British government and laws, and therefore feel myself 

 no longer an alien. Though the Americans, in general, 

 are civil and friendly, still an Englishman, himself as a 

 stranger amongst them, is annoyed and disgusted by 



