FREIGHTAGE. 
73 
ed price of the passage across the lake in 
the cabin is two guineas, and in the steerage 
one guinea, for each person : this is by no 
means dear, considering that the captain for 
the money keeps a table for each respective 
set of passengers. The cabin table on board this 
vessel was really well served, and there was 
abundance of port and sherry wine, and of 
every sort of spirits, for the use of the cabin 
passengers. The freight of goods across the 
lake is dear in proportion, being thirty-six 
shillings British per ton, which is nearly as 
much as was paid for the transportation of a 
ton of goods across the Atlantic previous to the 
present war; it cannot, however, be deemed 
exorbitant, when the expence of building and 
keeping the vessels in repair, and the high 
wages of the sailors, &c. are taken into con¬ 
sideration. 
On the 7 th of September, in the after¬ 
noon, the wind became favourable for crossing 
the lake; notice was in consequence im¬ 
mediately sent round to the passengers, who 
were dispersed in different parts of the town, 
to get ready; all of them hurried on board ; 
the vessel was unmoored, and in a few minutgs 
she was wafted out into the lake by a light 
breeze. For the first mile and a half, in 
going from Kingston, the prospect is much 
confined, on account of the many large islands 
