60 CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. [PART J. 



1818. 



Jan. 28. tavern, hoping there to get a room 

 to myself, in which to read my 

 .*; English papers, and sit down to 

 writing. I am now at McAllisters 

 tavern, situated at the foot of the 

 first ridge of mountains ; or rather, 



ten upon a little nook of land, close to 



the river, where the river has found 

 a way through a break in the chain 

 of mountains. Great enjoyment here. 

 Sit and read and write. My mind 

 is again in England. Mrs. M'AL- 

 LISTER just suits me. Does not 

 pester me with questions. Does not 

 cram me with meat. Lets me eat 

 and drink what I like, and when I 

 like, and gives mugs of nice milk. 

 I find, here, a very agreeable and 

 instructive occasional companion, 

 in Mr. MCALLISTER the elder. 

 But, of the various useful informa 

 tion, that I received from him, I 

 must speak in the second part of 

 this work. 



29. Very hard frost this morning. 

 Change very sudden. All about 

 the house a glare of ice. 



30. Not so hard. Icicles on the trees 

 on the neighbouring mountains like 



