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flint, very artificially made; an oblong stone, a kind of serpen- 
tine, which the savages wear on their breasts during an engage¬ 
ment, and ornaments of glass beads and shells, which they wear 
around their waists in time of battle. All these articles I wished 
to buy; but the Indian told me that he kept them for the inspec¬ 
tion of strangers, and that they were not for sale. Instead of 
them, he sold me some mocassins, a kind of soft leather shoe, 
made of buckskin, which are ornamented with silk and beads, 
and a small basket. Amongst the Indians, the women are 
obliged to do all the work, even of the most degrading kind. Mr. 
Tromp, in order to see several articles more conveniently, had 
placed his hat on the floor, which was scarcely observed by the 
Indian, before he desired Mrs. Grymes to put it upon a chair. 
His grandson, a boy of eleven years, shot very expertly at an 
apple with his bow and arrow. 
The steam-boat Frontenac, arrived in the evening after our re¬ 
turn, and was to sail on the following day for Kingston. We 
went on board and examined her cabin. Around the dining-cabin 
there are six chambers, each containing four births. I was shown 
into one of these, in which I could lie at full length. In the la¬ 
dies cabin are fourteen births. A great part of the deck was co¬ 
vered by an awning, so that passengers could enjoy the fresh air 
at the same time that they were protected from the sun or bad 
weather. The boat carries seven hundred and fifty tons, and has 
an engine made by Bolton and Watt, at Soho, near Birming¬ 
ham, of twenty-seven horse-power. Sir Peregrine Maitland 
conveyed me to this vessel in his carriage. She lay at anchor off 
Fort George. Sir Peregrine had the great politeness to station 
one of the companies of the seventy-sixth regiment with a flag, to 
fire a salute of twenty-one guns; and his attention was still farther 
shown in sending his son along, that I might have no difficulty 
in seeing the navy-yard, at Kingston. The Frontenac sailed 
at half past five o’clock. In a few moments we were on the lake, 
and in a short time lost sight of land, and were apparently in the 
open sea. There was but little wind, and the vessel, in conse¬ 
quence of its great size, produced no disagreeable rocking. Dur¬ 
ing the whole evening we were entertained by Mrs. Grymes, 
by her delightful performance on the guitar, and by her singing 
French and Spanish songs. The night passed quietly; but it was 
otherwise at break of day. It rained repeatedly; the wind grew 
stronger; the vessel pitched, and several persons became sea-sick. 
Lake Ontario is of an elliptical form, is about two hundred miles 
long, and fifty-five miles at its widest part. It is everywhere 
very deep, in some places five hundred feet, and never freezes 
completely over. It contains several good harbours, and the 
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