3G2 TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AMERICA: 
know a great deal about the navigation of tire 
1 ake, and on questioning him now, it came out, 
that he had been a cobler all his life, till within 
the last nine months, when he thought proper 
to change his business, and turn sailor. All the 
knowledge lie had of the shores of the lake, 
was what he had picked up during that time, 
&s he sailed straight backward and forward be¬ 
tween St. John's and Skenesborougii. On the 
present occasion he had mistaken one baj for 
another, and had the waves been as high as 
they sometimes are, the boat would inevitably 
have been dashed to pieces. 
The humble roof of another judge, a plain 
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Scotch labourer, afforded us shelter for this 
nigbt. It was near eleven o'clock, however, 
when we got there, and the family having 
retired to rest, we had to re main rapping and 
calling at the door for half an hour at least, 
before -we could get admittance. The people 
at last being roused, opened their doors, cheer¬ 
fully got us some supper, and prepared their 
best beds for us. In the morning, having 
paid our reckoning to the judge, he returned 
to his plough, and we to. our boat to prosecute 
our voyage. 
We set off this day with a remarkable hoe 
breeze, and being desirous of terminating our 
voyage as soon as possible, of which we began- 
now to be somewhat tired, we stopped but 
