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On the morning after our arrival at the Pavilion, we en 

 tered a stage for the village of Niagara, formerly Newark, 

 distant twenty miles, and found a passenger railing at delay. 

 His dialect marked him from the north of Scotland ; he could 

 not be made to comprehend the distinction between the rivers 

 Niagara and St Lawrence, and amused us by some remarks 

 on different subjects. The beef of Canada, he said, was so 

 tough that teeth could not chew it ; and on being reminded 

 his might not now have so keen an edge as when in Scotland, 

 replied, there could be no great change on them, as he came 

 to this country last fall ; but when in the old country he only 

 got beef once a-week on Sunday, here he had it three times a- 

 day. The road is full of interest, from recent historical events, 

 and was fringed with various kinds of fruit-trees, bending 

 under an abundant crop. On reaching the heights of Queens- 

 town, five or six individuals left the stage and went to the 

 top of General Brock s monument, erected by the Government 

 of Upper Canada to commemorate the services of that officer, 

 who fell in the moment of victory during the last war with 

 the States. The heights afford a sweet view of the junction 

 of the Niagara with lake Ontario, and the surrounding coun 

 try ; the monument commanding a wider range of landscape, 

 without diversifying the scene, and certainly does not reward 

 the labour of reaching the summit. The party joined the 

 stage at Queenstown, and soon reached Niagara, having depo 

 sited a passenger at the steam-boat on the river before enter 

 ing the village. 



My friend D found letters at the post-office of Nia 

 gara, but the like fortune did not attend me, although our 

 letters are said to have been put into the same post-office in 

 Scotland, and similarly directed. I did not receive a letter 

 from Britain while across the Atlantic, but my communica 

 tions regularly reached their destination in Scotland. The 

 post-office of the United States seems well conducted, but I 

 experienced proofs to the contrary with that of Canada. 



Few countries are better provided with maps than the 

 United States, pocket ones being everywhere to be had, and 

 the walls of hotels covered with them and information re 

 garding stages and routes. We could not obtain a map of 



