CHAPTEE IX. 



Case of American cleverness. — Fat cattle of Ohio. — Butcher in Buffalo. 

 — Cause of the growth of the city of Buffalo. — Capital taken out by 

 emigrants. — Influence of Europe on the progress of American 

 cities. — Cause of the difference in progress of Canadian and New 

 York cities. — Not a result of want of energy in the Upper Canadians. 

 — Lake Erie. — Supposed periodical slow rise and fall in the level of 

 the gi*eat lakes, — Evidence of such gradual changes of level. — Their 

 relation to existing terraces, and ancient beaches. — Their supposed 

 cause. — Water discharged by the Niagara River. — Hotel at the Falls. 

 — Coloured waiters.— Geological Section at the Falls. — Published 

 descriptions of the Falls. — Popular disappointment. — Wearing action 

 of the water. — Varying amount of water discharged over the Falls. — 

 Influence of the wdnds on Lake Erie. — Influence of the noise of the 

 Falls on their impression upon the mind. — Railway to Lewistown. 

 — View from the mountain ridge. Voyage on Lake Ontario. — 

 Queenstov/n heights. — Profits of New York farming, by a New York 

 farmer. — Knowledge and intelligence among these farmers. — City of 

 Oswego. — 'Sackett's Harbour.— Railway to Canada. — Ejngston in 

 Upper Canada.— Character of the Upper Canadians.— Difference 

 between a Canadian and a New York wife to a working man. — Dif- 

 ference in the character of the people in the States arising from the 

 number of Germans among them. 



Sept, 16th. — I began a previous chapter by an allu- 

 sion to the use of the word clever' In the United States ; 

 I Introduce the present by an Illustration of the " clever- 

 ness " of the people. 



As we approached the end of our journey to Buffalo, 

 a gentleman, to whom among many others I had been 

 Introduced at Syracuse, but whose name I did not know, 

 accosted me In the railway carriage, and asked me to 



