Though, from this cause, their frankness and even
kindness may excite suspicion, I, for my own bette^
enjoyment, and the dignity of our species, am de-
termined to look always on the bright side, and, in a
doubtful case, to believe that which does most honor
to the agent."

" We set sail— abominable bull ! we left — Quebec



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at eleven o'clock, with many regrets and lingering
looks behind. It was a glorious moonlight, and every-
thing united to produce a novel and pleasing effect.
The gleaming waves, the variety of costume, the dis-
cordant voices, the merry cheering of neighboring
sailors, the receding towers of story-hallowed Quebec,
the distant watch-fires, the glorious moon, and last,
not least, the society of a pretty miss among the pas-
sengers, irresistibly combined to render me happy."

This was retracing his steps on the river. They
reached Montreal early the next morning, but passed
on, without stopping, to Burlington, where they had
letters, and were lionized for a couple of days.
" J^b I^K Whitehall. — On the steamboat the night
was hot. Haunted by the boot-black, who said at
last, with a simper : * Sir, ahem ! perhaps you are not
aware that sixpence is the perquisite of my office.'
In the morning, fine weather ; we saw Ticonderoga
dimly, and longed to go on shore. Scenery around
both grand and beautiful. We ought to have got out
at Ticonderoga and gone up Lake George, but the
other steamboat had struck upon a rock ; so we had
to go on."

They drove from Whitehall to Saratoga over a
sandy road :



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" Went all day at the rate of three miles an hour.
