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PUBLISHED BY J. & J. HARPER,
NO. 82, CLIFF-STREET.

COLD BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT

THE UNITED STATES.

165 .C682 1823

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAP. I.

PAGE

Auburn Prison-Cayuga Lake-Ithaca-Falls-Violent
Storm-Journey of Disasters

CHAP. II.

Seneca Lake-Fulton-Jemima Wilkinson-Revolution-
ary Grants-Geneva-Labourers' Wages-Rochester
-Death of Patch-Patient Traveller-The Ridge-road
-Lockport-Fine Works-Buffalo-Tribe of Indians.

CHAP. III.

Cross the Niagara--Chippewa Battle Ground--Old Squaw's perilous Descent-Loss of a Vessel-Walk under the falling sheet of Water--Levelling System-City of the Falls-Bridge over the Rapids-Burning Spring-Devil's Hole-Rapid Mode of Sight-seeing-Brock's Monument-Fort George

CHAP. IV.

Arrive at York-Emigrants, miserable Condition ofBrandt-Lake Ontario-Kingston-Rideau CanalHulks-Lake of the thousand Isles-Prescott-Meeting unceremoniously Dispersed-History of a Yankee Settler-Descend the Rapids-Irish Emigrant-Irroquois Indians-Montreal-Charcoal Doctor

CHAP. V.

Island of Montreal-St. Helen's-Cathedral-Convent-
Election Riots-Disaffection of the French Canadians-
Disturbed night--Steamers--Quebec-Cape Diamond
--Wolfe and Montcalm-Jesuit's Barracks-Singular
Inscription—Falls of Montmorenci

CHAP. VI.

Descend the St. Lawrence-Pleasures and Miseries of a
Water Excursion--Yankee Pedlar-Night's Lodging-
Journey across the Temiscouta Portage--Royal Mail--
Brother Jonathan's Thorn--Hospitable Settler--Perse-
vering Veteran-Narrow Escape--Cheating Landlord
-Militia Captain--Grand Falls--Crowded Bed--
Reach Fredericton

1-12

13-27

28-46

47-60

61--73

CHAP. VII.

Government House-College--Spirit of Equality-Lumberers-Quit-rents--Roads-Monsieur Audubon-Militia-Disputed Boundary

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CHAP. VIII.

Proceed down the St. John's-Improvements-Exported
Timber-Falls of St. John-Bay of Fundy-Digby
Strait--Annapolis-Second-hand Coach-Garrulous
Old Woman-Cape Blow-me-down-Windsor College
-Furious Tides-Quality of Land-Mr. Uniacke
Napoleon-Calamitous Fire-Halifax

CHAP. IX.

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Races-Mason's Hall - Harbour-Citadel-College-
Churches-Theatre-Prince's Lodge Shubenacadie
Canal-Negroes-American Forests-Mr. Prescott-
Wellington Dyke-Learned Coachman

CHAP. X.

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Fog rising-Eastport-Cool Shop-boy-St. Andrew's Light-house-Rough Sailor-Interesting discussionGale of Wind-Boston--Wallack--Discontented Yankee-Falls on the Spicket Creek-Six-in-hand-Concord-Prison-Lake Winnipiscogee-Fat Passenger-Lamp Trimming

CHAP. XI.

Bartlett-Cold Weather-Notch of the White Mountains-Destruction of the Willey Family--Avalanches of earth-Landlord's Distress--Disappointment-Ascend Mount Washington

CHAP. XII.

PACE

95-104

105-120

121-132

133--144

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145-153

Wet Morning-Weather-bound Travellers-Old Man of the Mountain-Colonel and Road Surveyor-Montpelier Green Mountains -- Burlington - Politicians-Murder of Miss M'Crae-Drunken Coachman-passage of the Hudson-West Point--Military Academy -Capture of André-Arrive at New York-Banks of Newfoundland-Land at Liverpool

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The most pernicious infection, next the plague, is the smell of the jail, where prisoners have been long and close kept.

BACON.

HEARING that the board of health had issued an order that no visitors should be admitted into the prison until the cholera had subsided, a precaution taken in consequence of its having broken out in the Sing-Sing prison on the Hudson, we much feared that we should be dis. appointed in not attaining the object for which we had visited Auburn; fortunately, however, Mr. B. had introductory letters to Dr. Richards, president of the Theological Seminary, through whose interest we obtained an order for admittance at mid-day on the 7th of August.

The prison is situated on the outskirts of the village, surrounded by a wall 2000 feet in extent, varying in height from 20 to 35 feet, according to the situation of the shops in which the convicts are employed. The cells where they are confined during the night have a singu. lar appearance (something like a large pigeon box, or

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