AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 1 1 / 



sponsible duties, the statesmen of the Dominion 

 discuss the great topics of the day. Although my 

 stay in Ottawa was brief, I had the satisfaction of 

 forming there a class of three hundred persons. 



Passing westward, I held public exhibitions 

 and formed classes in many places, until I 

 reached Kingston, rightly named the Old Lime- 

 stone City. Here I spent a few days very pleas- 

 antly, and had the pleasure of forming a satis- 

 factory class. The strong bulwarks and splendid 

 fortifications of this city give it a military air, and 

 afford ample protection from an invading force. 



At this point I embarked on one of the Mail 

 Line of steamers, with my stock and equipments, 

 and passed up Lake Ontario to Burlington Bay, 

 and thence to the city of Hamilton. As I had 

 been frequently solicited to visit Detroit, and 

 having determined on spending the ensuing win- 

 ter in Hamilton and Toronto, I did not at this 

 time attempt to form a class, but took the most 

 direct route to Detroit city, exhibiting at a 

 number of places on my way. 



Detroit is situated on the river bearing its 

 name, which divides the American and Canadian 

 possessions. Its commerce is quite large, and, 



