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over the river at the ferry from the States, and duties paid, 

 some for the canal and others to be shipped for York. Ame 

 ricans from the southern States, and others, are often put to 

 some trouble with their &quot; niggers&quot; while visiting Canada, 

 as some of them take advantage of our just laws, which 

 admit of no slavery. 



&quot; They touch our country and their shakles fall ! 

 That s noble!&quot; 



A French officer who was over here had one of these un 

 fortunates, (a female slave servant), whose skin was a shade 

 darker than his own, take &quot; French leave,&quot; when he hired 

 a number of the &quot; sons of liberty&quot; to cross the river and 

 kidnap her back again, in which they too well succeeded 

 under false pretences of pitying her, and procuring her a 

 situation. Having got her near the water, they carried 

 her by force into a boat, and before the inhabitants could 

 arrive to her rescue, she was wafted in triumph across to 

 &quot; the land of the free and the home of the brave,&quot; with the 

 hearty execrations of the indignant Canadians. 



Aug. 2. Took the steam boat from Niagara to York; 

 fare on deck 4s. 60?., in the cabin 9s. ; four hours crossing 

 thirty-six miles ; pleasant day and lake smooth ; large 

 sturgeon springing quite out of the water at play; people 

 in boats about the mouth of the Niagara river, and in other 

 places, for a long time back, dragging for the body of one 

 Morgan, a free-mason, who, it is pretty well ascertained, was 

 murdered in or near Fort Niagara, at the mouth of the river, 

 in the State of New York, and is supposed to have been af 

 terwards thrown into the lake by a number of brother masons, 

 for the crime of publishing a book professing to explain and 

 expose the whole secrets of that fraternity. Great rewards 

 have been offered for the recovery of the body, but as yet 

 without effect. 



Aug. 3. Not much business stirring in York just now ; 

 harvest time keeps people busy at home. A number of emi 

 grants just arrived in steam boats from below, chiefly Irish, 

 but also a few English. In this country, generally, all trades 

 give premiums, or wages to apprentices, which makes almost 

 any trade easy of attainment to the poorest classes. Some 

 .showers of rain every few days, which makes things grow 

 and flourish, and keeps the weather cool and pleasant. There 

 is a singular kind of toad, called a tree toad, on account of 



