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a circumstance which was exceedingly agreeable on account of 
the facility with which I could converse with her. I also found 
the son and adjutant of the governor, Sir Peregrine Maitland, 
who had been sent by his father, to await my arrival. In a short 
time after, this worthy general came himself to pay me a visit, 
and offer me a room in his cottage, four miles off. This I re¬ 
fused, but on the evening of the following day, I rode to Sir 
Peregrine’s in company with Sir Michael and Lady Clare. 
The road went over the battle-ground at Lundy’s Lane, (25th 
July, 1814,) which is situated upon a gentle eminence, and through 
the beautiful village of Stamford. The fields here are much 
better cultivated than in the United States, and there is not so 
much waste of timber. The clearing is done with much more 
order and regularity. Sir Peregrine resides at his cottage, in 
summer, which was built by his father-in-law, the Duke of Rich¬ 
mond, and surrounded by a park. His winter residence is at 
York, on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, the seat of the 
parliament of Upper Canada. 
CHAPTER VII. 
Journey from the Falls of Niagara to Montreal, —The Bat¬ 
tle-ground at Queenstown. — Newark. — Kingston. — Mon¬ 
treal. 
ON Thursday, the 25th of August, we took our final leave of 
the falls, in the forenoon, in company with the Grymes and 
Clare families, for the town of Newark, which is situated at the 
junction of the Niagara with Lake Ontario, on the Canada 
shore, about fourteen miles distant. At first our road passed over 
small hills, until we reached the battle-ground at Queenstown, a 
steep hill, which is situated behind Queenstown, and commands 
a view of the whole surrounding country. From this, the coun¬ 
try as far as Lake Ontario, is more level. Opposite to Queens¬ 
town, on the American shore, is Lewistown. 
The battle of Queenstown took place on the 13th of October, 
1812. The English, under the command of General Brock, oc¬ 
cupied the heights, whose right wing borders on the Niagara, 
having a deep ravine in front, and whose left wing gradually 
slopes towards other no less considerable eminences, which they 
had slightly fortified. General Solomon Van Rensselaer, the 
present post-master in Albany ; and cousin of General Van 
