Voyage in the " Persia/'—ITe-w York —The Hudson River. —Barren Soil.— Amer- 

 ican Rail-ways.— Saratoga —Extravagant Prices.— Lake George.— Lake Cham- 

 plain.— Sunshine and Storm.— Burlington in Vermont.— Maine Liquor Law.— 

 The BoundaryLine.— Boor French Canadians.- The St. La-wrence,— Montreal. 

 —The Victoria Tubular Bridge.— G-rand Trunk Railway.— Ottawa.— The 

 Lttmher Trade.— Ottawa or Montreal as the CapitaL—Shorter Water Route to 

 the "Western Lakes.— Value of Land.— Grants of Land.— Frescott,— Kingston. 

 —Coburg.— Process of clearing the Forest.— Toronto.— Hamilton.— Complaint 

 of low Wages and want of Employment. 



On the 4tli of September, 1858, I embarked witb a friend on 

 board tbe "Persia" at Liverpool, and loosed from our moor- 

 ings in tbe afternoon to proceed on our voyage to N'ew York. 

 Tbe ship bad a full cargo and more tban 200 cabin passengers. 

 Great order and regularity prevailed on board, and tbougb we 

 bad beavy bead winds all tbe way across tbe Atlantic, and two 

 severe gales, tbe voyage on tbe wbole was pleasant and pros- 

 perous. On tbe evening of tbe twelftb day we reacbed New 

 York. 



Tbe brigbt clear sky and tbe sunny look of tbe bouses and 

 public buildings, witb tbe frequent cafes, reminded us tbat we 

 were now in tbe latitude of Naples. And tbe appearance of 

 tbe people was so different from tbat of Englisbmen tbat we 

 almost felt surprised to bear tbem speaking tbe Englisb lan- 

 guage. Everytbing was new and pleasant, except tbe manners 

 of tbe people, and tbe extortionate charges of every one from 

 wbom it was necessary to obtain tbe slightest service. 



After spending a short time pleasantly in New York we left 

 it for Montreal, taking tbe Hudson Eiver route to Albany. I 



