McTavish, Ebasee & Co., 



No. 2 Suffolk Lane, 



Cannon Street, 



London. 

 (Cont. of address.) 



Requested to be forwarded via Liverpool to Canada. 



EN ROUTE EAST. 

 Height of Land, Rocky Mountains, 



April 24, 1825. 

 My Deae Brother and Sisteb. 



I have come thus far on my way from the 

 great Pacific Ocean and am now steering my course for the 

 Atlantic. The Rocky Mountains, or Back Bone of America, 

 is truly a great sight. We had to pass them in the customary 

 manner, on snow shoes. My destination is Red River, a 

 colony settled in Hudson Bay by the late Lord Selkirk. This 

 colony is said to be thriving. In my next I shall give you 

 a full account of it The bearer of this is Alex- 

 ander Kennedy, Esquire, of said Company, who has also in 

 charge a small package for my parents, containing, viz. : 1 

 snuff horn, 10 lbs. snuff, 10 lbs. tea. This gentleman will 

 not go further north than Edinburgh, but will from there 

 forward the above articles. On it is written : 

 Me. Alexandee Ross, Farmer, 



Layhill, Parish of Dyke, 



By Forres. 

 . Oh ! by the bye, I had almost forgot to tell you 

 that I have received the books you sent me, and when did 

 I receive them, do you think ? — but yesterday ! After a 

 lapse of so many years, I was particularly grateful to put 

 my hands on them. 



My dear brother and sister, 

 Your ever affectionate brother and humble servant, 



Alexandee Ross. 



