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which sails on Wednesday, and may reach Boston before 

 we do. I delivered my letters to Bishop Inglis and the 

 Chief-Justice, but were assured both were out. John and 

 Ingalls spent their evening very agreeably with Commissary 

 Hewitson. 



August 27. Breakfast' eaten and bill paid, we entered 

 the coach at nine o'clock, which would only contain five, so 

 though it rained one of us sat with the driver. The road 

 between Halifax and Windsor, where we now are, is mac- 

 adamized and good, over hills and through valleys, and 

 though the distance is forty-five miles, we had only one 

 pair of horses, which nevertheless travelled about six and 

 a half miles an hour. Nine miles of our road lay along 

 the Bay of Halifax, and was very pleasant. Here and there 

 a country home came in sight. Our driver told us that a 

 French squadron was pursued by an English fleet to the 

 head of this bay, and the seven French vessels were com- 

 pelled to strike their colors ; but the French commodore or 

 admiral sunk all his vessels, preferring this to surrendering 

 them to the British. So deep was the water that the very 

 tops of the jnasts sank far out of sight, and once only 

 since that time, twenty years ago, have they been seen ; 

 this was on an "unusually calm, clear day seven years past. 

 We saw en passant the abandoned lodge of Prince Edward, 

 who spent a million pounds on the building, grounds, etc. 

 The whole now is in the greatest state of ruin ; thirty years 

 have gone by since it was in its splendor. On leaving the 

 bay, we followed the Salmon River, a small rivulet of swift 

 water, which abounds in salmon, trout, and other fish. The 

 whole country is miserably poor, yet much cultivation is 

 seen all the way. Much game and good fishing was to be 

 had round the inn where we dined ; the landlord said his 

 terms were five dollars a week, and it would be a pleasant 

 summer residence. We passed the seat of Mr. Jeffries, 

 President of the Assembly, now Acting Governor. The 

 house is large and the grounds in fine order. It is between 



