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churches appeared above the rest of the buildings, all ol 

 wood, and several vessels were building on the stocks. 



" The whole country seemed to be in a high state oi 

 cultivation, and looked well. The population is about 

 two thousand. Our boat came, and we crossed the bay> 

 and we put up at the Royal Oak, the best hotel in the 

 place, where we obtained an excellent supper. The very 

 treading of a carpeted floor was comfortable. In the 

 evening we called on Professor McCullough, who re- 

 ceived us kindly, gave us a glass of wine, and showed us 

 his collection of well-preserved birds and other things, 

 and invited us to breakfast to-morrow at eight o'clock, 

 when we are further to inspect his curiosities. The pro- 

 fessor's mansion is a quarter of a mile from the town, and 

 looks much like a small English villa. 



"August 23. We had an excellent Scotch breakfast at 

 the professor's this morning, and his family, consisting of 

 wife, four sons and daughters, and a wife's sister, were all 

 present. The more I saw and talked with the professor, 

 the more I was pleased with him. I showed him a few 

 of my Labrador drawings, after which we marched in a 

 body to the university, and again examined his fine col- 

 lection. I found there half a dozen specimens of birds, 

 which I longed for, and said so, and he offered them to 

 me with so much apparent good will, that I took them 

 and thanked him. He then asked me to look around and 

 see if there were any other objects I would like to have. 

 He offered me all his fresh-water shells, and such miner- 

 als as we might choose, and I took a few specimens of 

 iron and copper. He asked me what I thought of his 

 collection, and I gave him my answer in writing, adding 

 F.R.S. to my name, and telling him that I wished it might 

 prove useful to him. I am much surprised that his valua 

 ble collection has not been purchased by the Governor of 

 the province, to whom he offered it for five hundred 

 pounds. I think it worth a thousand pounds. 



