212 CRUISES. 



and is surely among the highest and holiest gilts oi God 

 to man." 



TO HIS DAUGHTER. 



"Woodville, VMh Jan. 1859. 



"There is nothing going on here but frost and snow. 

 The window soul is covered by the bodies of birds, and 

 our outlay in moolins* is enormous. This morning 

 I sallied forth to feed the canaries, with a hatchet in one 

 hand, and a red-hot poker in the other. These weapons 

 were to enable me to break up or peiforate the ice. 

 Sometimes it came out en masse, in other casei. i required 

 to bore a hole, having previously neated a wimole. The 

 canaries usually bathe in the fresh cold water, the first 

 thing they do after the frozen saucer has been melted and 

 re-filled ; and this shews surely that tneir feet are warmer 

 than could have been expected 



" Poor Mrs Chalmers died last night about half-past 

 nine, in peace. I believe that they are an attached family, 

 will dwell together in unity, and derive great comfort and 

 consolation from many sources. Wlieu 1 heard of the death, 

 I could not help turning back to page 291 of the life of 

 her great and good husband, where, m his thirty-second 

 year, and a few weeks before his marriage, he prays, ' 

 God, pour Thy best blessings on . Give her ardent 



* Crumbs. 



