8O EMIGRATION, OR 



proceed to business, and the Governor to bis carriage, to 

 be escorted back to his house by the soldiers, the music 

 playing, cannon firing, &c. 



Dec. 1O. Left York in a schooner, to cross the Lake to 

 Niagara (or Fort George) for 4s. 6d., about thirty-six miles j 

 arrived in the evening. Niagara is pleasantly situated on 

 apparently a dry healthy soil, at the outlet of the noble 

 river from which it derives its name. This was the first 

 place burnt during the last war by the American General 

 M Clare. It is a very smart, neat, clean place, with some 

 large stores and good taverns. The air is milder than on 

 the other side of the lake, and the snow never falls so soon 

 nor so deep. Niagara to Queenston, and indeed round the 

 head of the lake to Dundas, Hamilton, and Ancaster, is a 

 fine country, genial air, healthy, well watered, and settled. 

 Land from 30s. to 4/. 10s. per acre. Fruit is plentiful, 

 good, and cheap. Apples are pared, quartered, and cored, 

 then strung on a thread to dry, either by the sun or fire. 

 The peaches have their stones taken out and dried in the 

 same way, and otherwise preserved. The American &quot; Nia 

 gara Fort,&quot; a small village of Young s town, is situated on 

 the opposite side of the river ; and Leweston opposite 

 Queenston, at which I arrived seven miles above Niagara. 

 Gen. Brock s monument is finished, and stands very con 

 spicuous on the mountain top near the road to the Falls. 

 It is to be seen plainly at Niagara, and with a glass, in a 

 clear day, at York, on the other side of the lake. It is a 

 very neat, strong-built pile ; being Sunday, it has the Bri 

 tish flag on its top. Passed Lunday s Lane, which is within 

 a short distance of the falls. A sharp and obstinate battle 

 was fought here in the late war, which terminated in favour 

 of the British. At a little distance, but within sight of the 

 road, a few miles nearer Queenston, the present Governor 

 has a country house, in which he resides during the sum 

 mer 3 it is in about the stile of a first-rate farmer s in Eng 

 land. There is a small village near, with a little neat stone 

 church. Orchards still have some apples hanging on 

 their trees, and great quantities lying under them rotting. 

 The young wheat all along my route looks well. A small 

 steam boat ran this last season on the river between Chip- 

 pawa and Buffaloe, and a horse boat runs across at the 

 Ferry at Blackrock. 



