EMIGRATION, OR 



among the Americans ; and though it may cause rather 

 wild speculations, and some bankruptcies occasionally, and, 

 consequently, individual losses, the latter soon recover by 

 the same means ; and these speculations are, at all events, 

 public benefits, and cause great undertakings with little or 

 no capital. The notes here are from one dollar, or 5s. cur 

 rency, to II., 51., 10/., 20/., &c. payable in cash on de 

 mand. York Harbour is formed by a semicircular strip 

 of land or sandbank, with some trees growing thereon, 

 leaving an outlet to the south-west the lighthouse being 

 near its point. The bay is about three miles in diameter, 

 having a small river, the Don, emptying into it, where 

 salmon, herrings, eels, &c., are caught ; some wild ducks 

 also resort to it in spring and fall. It is a good place, also, 

 for domestic geese, where a considerable number are seen ; 

 and, like the generality of the geese kept in the province, 

 appear a smaller breed than the English, though perhaps 

 hardier; at Col. Talbot s, and a few other places, I have 

 seen some of the latter. A few hundred soldiers are sta 

 tioned here in the barracks, which are situated opposite the 

 lighthouse and entrance of the bay. Building lots of land, 

 within the last year or two, have risen in value very fast, on 

 account, it is said, of the seat of government being decided 

 to remain here for some years to come. 



CHAPTER VII. 



OPENING OF THE COLONIAL SESSION VARIOUS JOUR 

 NEYS FROM YORK A NATURAL OIL SPRING CANA 

 DIAN AUCTION A DUTCH SETTLEMENT AMHERST- 



BURG, SANDWICH, AND OTHER PLACES, A VOYAGE 

 ON LAKE ERIE, AND DETROIT RIVER DESCRIBED. 



Nov. 10. Took a long walk down the Kingston road, 

 chiefly through pine woods and, of course, sandy land, with 

 occasionally a clearing of a house. There are some very fine 

 townships below, and well settled. Saw some of the tail Eu 

 ropean thistles for the first time in the Province. Great quan 

 tities of staves for barrels, squared timber, and lumber, yearly 

 prepared on the shores of Lake Ontario, and sent to Mon 

 treal and Quebec markets, where they bring a good price, 

 generally to be shipped for the West Indies, and various 



