A vacation tour in the United States and Canada

Front matter

WORKS by Contribntors to the EDINBURGH REVIEW.

The Rev. W. J. CONYBEARE'S ESSAYS, ECCLE SIASTICAL and SOCIAL, reprinted with Additions from the Edinburgh Review. 8vo. price 12s.

Mr. HENRY ROGERS'S ESSAYS, selected from Conlributions to the Edinburgh Review. SECOND and cheaper EDITION, mth Additions. 3 vols. fcp. 8vo. 21s.

Chapter 1

Reasons for visiting North America. — Travelling Plans. — Ocean Steamers. — The America. — Fellow Passengers. — Al- Fresco Concerts. — Bishop of Boston.-— Boat Accommodation. — Ocean Currents. — Winds. — Red Fogs. — Sea-weed Meadows. — Ocean Floor. — Deep Sea Soundings. — Bank Weather.' — Halifax.— Run on Shore. — Humming Birds. — Newfoundland Dogs. — Fish Trade. — American Peculiarities. — Boston Harbour. — Saline Tea-pot. — Bunker Hill Monument.— Picturesque Shipping. — Arrival at Boston. Page 1

Chap. II

Curious Vehicles. — Custom House. — Revere Hotel. — Breakfast. — Contrast between American and English Hotels. — Rapid Washing. — Old Boston. — State House. — Commerce. — Faneuil Hall. — Fresh Pond. — Ice Crop and Ice Trade. — Agriculture near Boston. — Value of Land. — Wages. — Al- Fresco Tea. — Fire-flies. — Nahant. — Steamboat. — Life Preservers. — Accidents. — Visit to Mr. Longfellow. — Professor Agassiz. — Geology of Nahant. — Salem. — Manufacture of Boots and Shoes. — Sea Coast. — Visit to Mr. Prescott. — Nahant House. — The Flirtation Galleries. — Bathing. — A 3 vi

CONTENTS.

Laura Bridgman. — Lowell. — The " Young Ladies." — Manufactures. — Lawrence. — Mount Auburn. — Piano Factory. — Schools.— New Theatre. — City Library. — Excitement respecting Slavery. — Quincy's Speech. — The " Know-nothing" Movement Page 29

Chap. III

Leave Boston. — Railway Cars. — Cow-catcher. — Locomotives. — Watering the Passengers. — Precocious Travelling Companion. — Troy. — Saratoga. — Congress Spring. — Amusements. — Dinner. — Black Waiters. — Promenade. — Ball. — Ladies' Dresses. — Monroe. — Plank Road. — Lake George. — Squirrel Hunt. — Rattlesnakes. — Basse Fishing. — Beautiful Scenery. — Last of the Mohicans. — Ticonderoga. — Fort. — Smoke Fog. — Forests on Fire. — Lake Champlain. — Awful Darkness. — Difficult Navigation. — Rouse's Point. — Tremendous Fires. — Railway Drive through the Burning Forests. — Ogdensburg. — A Friend in Difficulties. — Cross the St. Lawrence. — Prescott. — Canadian Voyageurs. — Story of a Raft. — Leave Prescott. — Kingston. — Fort Henry. — Lake Ontario. — Coburg. — Butter Merchant. — Leave for Peterborough. — Houseless Town. — The Otonabee. — Arrive at Peterborough - Page 64

Chap. IV

Peterborough. — Growth of Canadian Towns. — Excursion to the Backwoods. — Bad Roads. — Saw-mills. — Lumber Trade. Capabilities of American Forests. — Douro. — Major Strickland.— Lakefield. — Agricultural Pupils. — Clearing Land. — Value of Land. — Logging. — Life in the Bush. — Deer Hunt. —The Forest. — Duck Shooting. — Fishing. — Clear Lake. —

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Excursion to Indian Lodge — Maskinonge. — Indians.— Picturesque Encampment. — Bark Canoes. — Petition of Ojibeways. — Return to Peterborough - _ - Page 98

Chap. V. "

Journey to Coburg. — Eough Travelling. — The Thousand Islands. — Canadian Farms. — Rafts. — Rapids. — Descent of the Cedars. — Excitement. — Anecdote of Moore's Canadian Boat- Song. — Village of the Rapids. — La Claire Fontaine. — Canadian Singing. La Chine Rapid. — Indian Pilot. — Montreal. — Independence. — Hochelaga. — Cathedral. — Superstition. — Artillery Barracks. — Geological Museum. — Victoria Bridge. — Farms of the " Habitans." — Seignorial Rights. — Importance of Montreal - - -Page 119