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prevailing among his people : “ In this land of souls, all are treat- 
ed according to their merits.” “ The wicked are haunted by the 
phantoms of the persons or things they have injured; thus, if a man 
has destroyed much property, the phantoms of the wrecks of this 
property obstruct his passage wherever he goes ; if he has been 
cruel to his dogs, they also torment him after death ; the ghosts 
of those whom during his lifetime he has wronged, are there per- 
mitted to avenge their wrongs.” “ Those who have been good 
men are free from pain ; they have no duties to perform ; their 
time is spent in dancing and singing, and they feed vpon mush- 
rooms, which are A'ery abimdant.” Thus, mushrooms appear to 
be the choice food of the Chippewa heroes in the happy hunting- 
grounds. 
Saturday, 23c?. — Lovely evening ; soft and mild, Avindows open ; 
the sun throwing long shadows on the bright grass of the lawn. 
But for a light touch of autumn here and there, we might haA'e 
believed ourselves at midsummer. 
The last melons were eaten to-day. The grapes are ripening ; 
many years we lose them by frost, either in the spring, or early 
in the autumn. Cold injures them less, however, at this season 
than in spring. 
A large flock of black and white creepers running about the 
apple-trees, up and doAvn, and around the trunk and branches ; 
they are pretty, amusing little creatures, like all birds of that 
habit. 
Monday, 25th . — Showery again. The woods are still green, 
but some trees in the village are beginning to look autumn -like. 
And yet Ave have had no frost of any consequence. Though an 
active agent in effecting the beautiful autumnal changes in the fo- 
