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CHAPTER X. 



TOUR IN CANADA MONTREAL CLASS OF I,OOO VICTORIA BRIDGE 

 CATHEDRAL QUEBEC OTTAWA KINGSTON DETROIT DIPLOMA 

 VALUABLE TESTIMONIAL SIMCOE. 



HITHERTO my labors had been confined to my 

 own country. I had traveled many hundreds of 

 miles, visiting its great cities, its smaller towns 

 and thriving villages, and everywhere, even from 

 the highest in the land, I had met a cordial 

 reception. But now I formed the purpose of 

 crossing the St. Lawrence River, which divides, 

 on the north, the American from the British pos- 

 sessions, and of making a tour through a large 

 portion of the Dominion of Canada. Believing 

 that I had more stock and other property than I 

 would require, I sold by auction many articles, 

 and, placing my remaining stock and appendages 

 on several cars, I forwarded them to their des- 

 tination. Reaching St. Albans, I was solicited 

 to remain there a few days, which I did, and had 



