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Seated comfortably in tie bottom of our frail canoe, 

 enjoying with a keen appetite our bread and butter and 

 the " cup of brown ale," we glided swiftly and pleasantly 

 along till we arrived at the Qreis, whence, after viewing 

 the Saw Mills, we drove home, spending a most delightful 

 day. It was dark when we arrived at the Forges. They 

 were busily engaged smelting; consequently we had a 

 good opportunity of viewing the works, which appear to be 

 in rather a languishing state. The iron from these forges 

 equals the best Swedish, and the prices that are now 

 obtained for the metal, ought to cause active operations. 

 We reached Three Elvers at about 9° 30' : remained 

 a short time, awaiting the "John Munn," on her down- 

 ward trip, and during that time, the steamer from Quebec 

 arrived with a great many passengers on a visit to the 

 Exhibition. Soon a hue and cry went around. I have 

 been robbed, says one ; some one has stol«n my purse, 

 says another; and in a short time, some dozen persons 

 found that they had been robbed of their purses, some 

 from their pockets, others from their bags ; three in 

 one family were sufferers, — the brother and cousins of one 

 of our party. Some fifty pounds were stolen in less than 

 a quarter of an hour, and the next day several shared the 

 same fate, on the grounds of the Exhibition. The pick- 

 pockets, it appears, were a party of infamous scoundrels 

 from the States ; who calculated on making a rich harvest 

 among the simple habitans at the Agricultural Show. 



At 1], P. M., we embarked on board the 'John Munn,' 

 and the next morning, at about 10, reached Quebec, much 

 gratified witb our trip. 



FINIS. 



