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in search of birds in this vicinity. The record for the daj 

 concludes : " We intended to have paid our respects to 

 Mr. Halliburton, author of the 'Description of Nova 

 Scotia,' and other works, but we learned that he was in 

 Boston, where I heartily wished myself. 



" Eastport, Maine, August 31, 1833. We arrived here 

 yesterday afternoon in the steamer Maid of the Mist, all 

 well. We left Windsor a quarter before twelve, and 

 reached St. John's, New Brunswick, at two o'clock at 

 night; passed Cape Blow-me-Down, Cape Split, and 

 Cape D'Or ; the passengers were few, and we were com- 

 fortable. We traversed the streets of St. John's by moon- 

 light, and in the morning I had the pleasure to meet my 

 friend Edward Harris, and to receive letters from home ; 

 and I am now preparing to leave for Boston as soon as 

 possible." 



The account of the voyage concludes with this sen- 

 tence : 



" We reached New York on the morning of the 7th 

 of September, and, thank God, found all well. I paid the 

 balance of the Ripley's charter (eight hundred and sixty- 

 two dollars), and a balance of four hundred and thirty 

 dollars to Dr. Parkman, which he advanced to Dr. Shat- 

 tuck for me. And I was not very well pleased that near- 

 ly the whole burden of the Labrador voyage was put on 

 my shoulders, or rather taken out of my poor purse ; but 

 I was silent, and no one knew my thoughts on that 

 subject" 



