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Lorsque ie document est trop grand pour Atra raproduit en un aaul ciich*. il est film* * partir da Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite. et de haut en bas. en prenant le nombre d'images n*cessaira. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent le mAthode. 1 2 3 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 \ 2i DI BY pjiii \ VOYAGE Aim JOURNEY O? THB 2nir J^aft. ^tots fusilier §mth, VROM SOUTHAMPTON TO MONTRSAL, DUEIN& THE WINTER OF 1861-2. BY A SOLDIER OP THE REGIMENT. MONTREAL : PRINTED FOR THE PUBLISHER BY JOHN WILSON AND FOR S4LK At TBB 1»KWB ITOBIS OF Pickup, Dalton, Flynn, and Riddell. iat)2. I ( /'■ * H IIUU J.. T >■»■ VOYAGE AND JOURNEY OP THE Snd Batt. Sects Fnslller Gnards From Southampton {England) to Montreal (Canada,) DURING THE WINTER OP^ 1861-8. Trm Routt io hold ourselves in readiness for service in Canada was received from the Horse Guards on the llth December, 1861. From that date until the 19th tna day on which we were to leave London, we were busily emploved in nack- '"^ l^i!? ' "»8P«ctinp to see who were fit and unfit for active service : visitine ^nt'J.f ♦k'"* *'*'^'f '° fnends and relatives ; making arrangements for the com- fort of the married women who were all left behind ; and numberless other thinea too numerous to menuon." I went out on the evening of the 18th to bid good-bye" to some friends ; when I came home about midnight, I expected to fhl ,H •?!?•" *" '" ^1l^"i "'". "".'P"'«** '''""' ^ K"' to my^room to find them all sitting around the fire, singing songs, and apparently as merry as if they had not a singe care in life. In the interval between the sones thev discussed with much animation the prospect of war with the Northern States of America; most of them entertained the opinion that the disgustinir pride of the ankees would make them stick to their prisoners,- when a war must ine- vitably ensue ; and as a matter of course, gold chains, wooden legs, arras in ing and talking until sleep gradually overpowered us ; no one, however, thouirht tf.?^ '"^^'^l ^V^'^l ^^'"^ '^'y '"' "' 1*^- We were rinsed about 4 aS i?i«^.fH^'*^''*°'^P"^ T' *'*P5 ^"^ether. We fell in on parade whilst tL if^.f .• ^'^^u ; ^«.*«re inspected and the roll called, when, to the credit of the battalion be It said, not a man was absent. 'Ihe Grenadier Guards, also for service in Canada, started half an hour before us. Numbers of ladies officers, and relauons and friends of the men, were assembled in the barrack square to see us off. When the word of command, " Fours Right," was «iven such a cheer arose as made the welkin ring again. Unfortunately, owiL to the lamented death of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, we h;dnomVic ^h^i 1 "?.°" """^ P"*=''' **'''^'y ^""'^^ '" London not being allowed to play Tuef^u- '^i""'' }? »a mourning. We missed the familiar strains of the " Qir^ I left behind me," and other tunes usually played on leaving a station. Many t^^fH ^^ •'''® ^°"'? ^^ " ^"°*'"*'' ^""^ t^*' '' »<« a ^»d omen. To make up w«.t " «Ph """"if '" '°^''"°»ent«l music, there was plenty of vocal. " To the West, "Cheer Boys, Cheer," and " Dixie's Land," were sung again and again in our progress through the streets. People were continually rushing into the ra^s to shake hands, and bid adieu to friends, sweethearts or relattons Wives walked by the side of their husbands, their eyes red and swollen with weeping j they fully believed (as did most of 'the men, that we were gSh.ron »o ire service, and the thought that they might never see each other again was doubUess uppermost in their minds. It must have been a severe trial to pwt Ind T am"lfr •h""/-'*^^'"^'' "^P^^^Hy ^^ose who had been newly married; ^n „rn th« V ^ ??# ^'^""."'^ ""^^ '^'"""Bs) that a good deal of th. mirth seen upon the faces of the single men was only assumed, to put a good face on our parting. Most of us left i-elatives behind, and I did'not know^one wh^«d not leave som ebody dearer than any relative. • Mason and Slidell. " ^' u c u \ Considering the size of London, but few people Jmd turned out to see us off • 'n H ?n°"5 .?°w" °"' "|'":«ras on our appearance were heard oftener than "God speed you." We arrijed at the Waterloo Station of the South Western Rh" wav at TJ a.nj^ and in a few minutes we were seated in the train. When the Mn mov9d off; the scene at the station could hardly be Raied upon • wiii. and sweethearts were crying fit to break their hearts, their husbands 'i^ the train looking a ast fond adieu. Wc were quickly whirled past many famil- «/irirJ '^J<''^'^^'\^^^i'^^y^^Mkn^^, was AldersLtt; bu^a sight of it was devoid of any pleasant recollections. We arrived at Southampton at 12 am. I a number of people were assembled at the station, and a band belonff- ing to a volunteer regiment played us to the ship's side; 'it took near^ two hours to get on boarJ and get our accoutrements stowed away; immediateTv we were al onboard the ship steamed out of the dock. The quays were .^T/^'th!:',' V""' 'f '^^'••'°'«. ''^^ apparently to a man, hkd turnK t^s^o usoff; the ladies, dear creatures, waved their white handkerchiefs; the men cheered and waved the r hats, the band meanwhile playing the inspir ng st^^in Of " Cheer boys, cheer," and then the melting melody, "Aud lane svL'n was a scene which we can never forget, and did greal'credit to th^e p%« Ir Sottthampton ; we contrasted it wilS tLe parting%t Waterloo, not Sab?v to the latter. After getting clear of the dock tl»e anchor wis dropped and we lajr at auohor until morning. While the ship lay at anehor, I examWd her machinery and other portions of her. The ship herself. Z Parana Cantafn Sawyer was of 2800 tons burthen, and 800 horse power \here were 35 oXm and 850 men of our Battalion, 5 officers and 120 men of hrRS^EnSera a few casuals of other regiments, and the crew; in all, 1200souls "^ ' We were told oft in messes, 12 men to each mess ; each mess had a table and mess traps; each man was provided with a beramock, which was hun« from hooks in the deck, above his own table; one man of each mess was ei^ cused all other duty, for the purpose of waiting on his mess ; hi^duty was to Srib^ur;hl°^';„'"v' '^'^^ V^^ '°^^> •^"'^ '»""« '^^^^ backwhn cooked ani ^f ^. n„ Ta° •"' ""u^:. Our rations were salt pork aud beef, on alternate days; on pork days we had pudding of flour, suet and raisins • the raisiiia f«w "grog" at sea; and each had one pound of sea biscu4ts per diem ; we had cho- never drink the choeolate, it was so greasy, and smelt abominably The crew of the ship was the worst I over saw.-a lot of worn-out oM men bardlv aWe to wait he deck, and totally unfit for duty in the rigging l^he ship had been cocnJsswned in a hurry, and they could not find Sod sailore to GhanneK The mornhj? was hne, but dull ; we walked about the deck looking at the various landscaM^ which we were passing, and making our comments thereon When atTa anythmg unusual that passes becomes an object of interest, and a&rds matter }^^. 'w.?^"'^^' """^u^^ mainland on the other ; we here saw a number of empty botUea floating about;, various opinions were given "s to bo w the^ came there Boae saying Neptune had been on the spree, others that a pTcnio pL"v had been there the night before. At noon we sailed throueh the nar?ow^« sage called the Veedlcs j there is a Fort upon one side caufd " Hum oLue » commanding the passage. The channel here is very shal ow, so a iifo^iw on each paddle box taking soundings; one of them gave the soundTnLs in^ rery musical manner ; I stood and watohed him for a long time charmed to hearbimsing ^hy m d»p nine'' or whatever the dopth^ight be llaw 900309 ,3 several porpoUes— lar^e fish which swim with surprising swiftness, but in a ▼ery ungainly rolling manner ; they swim in a straight line through the waves, which causes them to be a good deal out of the water when they come to thi trough of a wave. We had fresh meat for dinner to-day ; we recommended tue cook to wash np with the soup. We were served out in tbe afternoon with ^,^^ll f ^tl '^*5' 2""^ one PO"nc officers Wind beginning to whistle amongst Hie rigging. To-njirht. for the first fme slept in a hammock ; rather enjoyed it than otherwise ^^ ^ hnm-waf^l •T^'^.'' '"^ ^ bcautiful momiug, there was hardly any wind ; k.^ r^T ^"""t.'' 'r*"P P*","^ "^ : *« ^'^'^ t'le fi'Jdler up this forenoon, an(i had a dance on the forecastle ; saw a shoal of porpoises, and great numbers of ^e3die?,,'nf '"''^'''\-, More. tracts and h/mn "book's distfibuted amoag^ the soldiers and crew; all the sails were set, and we went merrily alone. Aa we got farther Into the Atlantic the water appeared, instead of he S co*r bSnes %W ^"P'V^'i Channel, to be of 'a deep 'blue, almost a^nount^ng to ^«P, ^« h J'"*^ "'** ^''? ""?'" ""*' ^f immense depth, perhaps four or five Wh/n Twpn^, a concert m the evening, officers and meS joining together. n To "^ fiamraoek the wind was rising. 6 b • •hn.ff'ecm6er 2WA.-While standing half asleep looking at the engines, I saw tba water •nuudating the floor, on which number of the men had made down their beds ; although it was anything but pleasant to them I could not help laughlnB at the miserable expre^jslon on their faces, when thev found themselves in dan- ger of being (ioated away on their beds ; they had to take them up and walk in search of a drier place to hnish their nap on. The ship was now rolling a good deal and shipping water, which I could hear dashing over the ship above my head. At 2 a.m. I went on the upper deck ; I had great difficultv in keep- ing my feet; got them wet by the water which was dashing about the decks, and ray face washed by the spray which dashed over the ship. Towards morn- ng the wint^ shifted aud then fell, and by day-light it was liuite cilm again, the sun shining out beautifully. I had nearly forgotten it was Christmas Day and when it came to my recollection it did not tend to increase of good spirits! J thought of how diflerently I might have been enjoying myself in London, ia the company of those I loved. Thoughts of roast beef and plum puddintr float- ed through my head, but the reality was salt pork and biscuits, hard enough ta require a hammer to break them. Because it was Christmas Day we Kot a double allowance of rum ; I went to bed early, and fell asleep, thinking of home. Vtctmber 26/A.— About 7 a.m., commenced to blow very hard, and soon bad ncreased to a gale ; although it rained I kept on deck, sheltering myself in the lee ot the cow-house ; a goodly number of us stood there watching the waves which were running mountains high. We had lots of fun seeing the men tnmbling about the decks as the ship rose on the crest, or sunk into the hollow or a wave. The cooks got scalded whenever they took the cover off a ''copper " the motion of the ship threw the boiling water over them, to the great dange'r ot their precious lives ; in consequence, our dinner was at a rather fashionable hour. Two vessels passed us to-day, both homeward bound ; I and a few more wishea we had been going the same road . Great fun at dinner time ; the dishe.be inhabi.'ant* weie either Scotch and Irish, or descended trom Scolchiren and Irishmen • a «ood many of hem speak Gaelic, and were hand and glove with our p peTwhoB ^1Z^\,}^" '"''" "''",*• *""[ P'?^"* '^'■""•8'' '*>« principal sireet. There seemed to be no poor people in the place ; most of them' earn Vnough in he sur^! mer, to i,eep them during the winter months. Nearly every house wa. a IhZ having something to sell, however trifling it might bef Tbe^lacrir'mtmtam from possessing extensive coal-minci; vessels goi* g up and down the S? L^menca fs"^"^r'f" ^''ir '""'• • '',?yu«*'- 'hemlliverrd at the ."de of ^e ahK 88 6d. per ton. Alter getting all the information I could, I took a walk, an' then went on board again, ratner tired than pleased withr^y run ashore Num- hereof boi.ia were around the ship selling fresh provision7to "ur men" ?i«f weighing 1 J lb. cost an English 6d.. and 1 lb of b'utler coat Is?; fish we« cW the water where we anchored, teemed with the iiue»t in America You «J acarcely imagine what a luxury a alice of wheaten bread fnd butVer i. after bavmg been trying our teeth with hard biscuit and po^l for 18 dS -,. ' I ," tytd alMh'e K? ttrnS. "°" ""'^ '^"""« »"' "'^ «^ "' '^y'' «»»» .Jr^'^AK^V" 12^« '"«' don*, and had Ta- troyed our clothes, and made ourselves like Ethiopians, or • dirtier sween thVn you usually see, £oO w.. divided equally amongat the Battllirn' flLlt^fo h'd 0. y workeu i noiir receiving as much as those who had worked 12, in imitation ot the parabH of the kboureis. 1 was getting most heartily tired of Ij ing heiel a it was worse even than being at sea ; there was no temptation to leave the ship then, but here the land was within a few hundred yards, and no one allowed to £0 on shore. On the morning of the 11th January it was very cold, and ice was iorming in the harbour, and there was a prospect of getting frozen in, in an out of the way corner of the world ; but glancing my" eye to the foretop, i saw the "Blue Peter" flying, the signal that we were about to sail ; shortly alter, three guns were fired to bring boats off, some of the ofiBcers being ashore. At 12 a.m. the Fusiliers manned the capstan bars to raise the anchor, the fifes playing merry tunes, as they ran round, raising the anchor as easily as if it had not weighud a cwt. 1 was just beginning to get merry again at the prospect of soon being ;s , "le ouumng in had been previously used fs a Barracks t/Th? Gren''adi^r"i3s?''tria^t' o Tf thTsTjohn''" s'.nSV' '."I'y •' l^"""'^ °f Honor, consisting Of a ComSny ot the S)t John " Scottish Volunteers," rece ved uq with nrooontoH o,»,o »► ,V sution their piper playing the " Campbells are coming ;»Tey wore The Hiih- and plaid and Glengarry bonnet and fiather ; the cZft'e is t^ coldlo wear fhe kilt in the winter tune; as we marched in, the Volunteer Band played ''Oa' he airts the wind can blaw," and several other Scottish airs • thorp ioro „ni J » tables but each was 300 feet in length ; th^puSte? "ccommodXd AZl between the tables and along each side ; the tables werebeautifuUy la^ out wd ornamented with small flags, having emblazoned on them some appropriate s^S- tence of loyalty or welcome ; the tables were loaded with ^ood cCr'^ of ev1?y kind-turkeys, ducks chickens, ham, beef, mutton, pies, farts, jellies and con- ^.""7,1' Uh"' rr""" '. P'"'"? °'' '■'■"^ ^'"> '*»«"' rosy'cheek's pi a^d the eye and adorned the table; silence having been proclaimed; one of the gentlemen, in » vfirv neat snench hadp ua tv»1m<. to M-«r P-.i--,. : I ■ "'\5'^"i'cincii, in . ■ ' ' . , - - .._. — II. 1,^^ DiUnsWick, savinff that this <»iitei- ta.nment was g'ven, not only for our own sakes. but for 'thai also of Her Mo t (,iMcious Majesty the Queen, whose best and bravest troops .ho had sent out to 11 defend the Colonies ; he then in feeling language, alluded to the death of H. R. H. Prince Albeit, and concluded his address by again, for himself, and the rest of our entertdiiiers, wishing us all sorts of happiness and prosperity, and a hearty we come wherever it mijjht be our lot to go. Our Comroanding Officer, Colonel Oalrymple, then rose, and in the name of the Battalion gave thanks for the great honor they had done us ; he said that when we left England, we had expected a reception ot quite a different character, (alluding to the Yankees j) that now, happily, there was little chance of fighting, but he knew that if the occasion did arise, that we were not the men to be second in the field ; he then sat down amid tremendous cheering-. The Bishop of Frederickton then craved leave to say a few words before we commenced dinner; the Bishop's speech made us all laugh heartily, and who knows not that a good laugh is conducive to good appetite ; Bishops and Ministers generally give the funniest speeches. The Bishop's speech was as follows :— " Well, my lads, 1 am most happy to see you here this day, and bid you welcome to New Brunswick ; when you left England you expected doubtless to have encountered a dangerous and troublesome enemy ; but what is the reality, why the enemy turns out to be turkeys, geese, ducks, and such like ; they will make no resistance unless you have bad teeth ; but as most of you are young nien, I do not suppose you are troubled with that evil of old age ; I expect you to give a good account of the enemy, and when you are done, 1 hope none of them will be left on the iield." He th°n gave us warning against the evils of intemperance ; gave us an outline in geography which was very amusing, and told us that John Frost was a good master, that he bridged the rivers, made the roads, and put the ruddy hue of health upon their faces; he ended, amid great cheering for the funny Bishop; when the noise had subsided he said grace, and we then fell to, and did justice to the good things before us; coffee was served during dinner in unlimited quantity, but no alcoholic liquors were seen ; after dinner, one of the " Glee Club of St. John" sang the solo of " Rule Britannia," all our rtien singing chorus, with a strength of lungs that made the building shake; our singing class then sang several glees ; more speeches were delivered and responded to ; ih^re were great numbers of ladies present who seemed to enjoy the scene immensely ; the speakers seemed to be very proud of their women, and spoke highly ot their beauty, and of the honor conferred by their presence, in- timating that they were not afraid of the ladies of any other land bearing off the palm ot beauty (rom New Brunswick; I smiled inwardly when I heard them talk thus, for their women had very little in the way of beauty to boast ol ; but Ihey, if possessing little beauty, had plenty of kindness ; they smiled, and pressed m so much to eat, that had we taken their advice we should have shared the fate of the frog who tried to make himself look as big as a bullock. After din- ner our pipers played several pibrochs, which seemed greatly to please the Scottish part of our entertainers; after some more singing and speechifying, the whole of us sang " God Save the Queen." We then formed up outside, and went home singing songs all the way ; we were repeatedly asked to sing •' Dixie," which seemed to be a sort of " National Anthem" here ; they were obliged not only with •" Dixie" but also wiih the " Strand ;" and with many of us the wish to be in the " Strand" was not an idle one. We got all safely to barracks, in good humour with everybody and everything, and ready to shake hands even with a Yankee, if one had turned up. The inhabitants of Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick also, it born in either of these provinces, call themselves blue-noses ; one need not infer from the word that their noses are of the heavenly colour ; it is, J believe, a nickname given them by Judge Haliburton, (who wrote Sana Slick; ') they do not take offence at the name, for if one is asked what country- man he IS, he will very likely say " I am a blue-nose ;» at all events the blue- noses are a loyal and kind hearted people, who uniformly showed the greatest kindness and hospitality to our naen ; not only did they entertain our battalion thus, but every soldier who passed through St John to Canada, was treated in the same hospitable manner ; and give the credit to those who most deserve it. This movement of giving entertainments to the troops, began amongst a few ladies ; some of the Grenadier Guards, to the number of 150, were quartered near those ladies' houses ; they privately subscribed together and treated the party to a din- ner, an example which was soon followed by the rest of the inhabilaiils. On the 24th of January our battalion began to go up the country; I went on the morning of the 30th; we paraded at 7 a.m.; I had all my warm clothing on, a 12 blanket foe my f^et, ami one to sit on, or pnt over thr shoulrierg, ns the gtatf of the weather made advisable ; we did not wedr our boots, we wore moi-oosins which were warmer to one who meant to remain in the sleigh; those who were restless and lillankets, and iiffalo robe to rs seerned as lit. We now Is, which are oach ; as the be dangerous were in the ke, and won- uid in a few on the river ; s froaen over, roads across not for this •ciir so often ;h made tlie r 10 day was the country with forests ich may not nil the other tancfi of the ■, but in the ) fest. The Dm this tree !y generally wo or three p is allowed sapiscollec- 1 added, and eness of the ilst they are iluable treea • and many len, with a ilthough the astonishing •king up at base of it ; 1st ready to f the sleigh V ; we saw I of all the her 1 must nefortarm; it covered to find one les, cutting 13 very simple process-the lol/s which ha vrhpl .m^ Ihem; snake-fencing is a the top of each other in a z°SL^ nan ler th!ir ■ K^T" ^""^ '""^^y '"''' "n to knock down : when the reef hrvlhl'n^r weight being too much for cattle clear, and the f;.rLr"nh!snr?dearvvh ft h"'^"'."'^'. \' '''"'' '^ ''"^ »" ^e cleaimg. The fms st"l- v v dee I v nt T" ''""'''. ^'''^ ''"■""' '^""^ '' » comesinspringlhefrosttlvel^hpl u ^r i''"''u'^' ^"f ^■''*" '^'^ '^aw boarded over with shingles; a coin le of ?mVll ^ *""' "" '^'" P"' "P. ""d is ready to live in; if /^ has Tolh/r. ^T'°"'' ^'^ P"""" "'"' ^-'^ house knockLewboards\o:JL and Seas whi'h";,'' ^T "^"'"^ ''"' '^7 as mahogany would do. A settler comh^i'n^' ""'""■ "'^ P"'P°^« "« ^^^'l hismindtofoushitagooddeTl- af°era ve r /"'"'. '""'; 7 '""'' '"=''^« "P proper wood house, and in a few mo ew.llh/t ,7 ''" '*''" ^' "'''^ '" '^"'''' » only he must worl hard at / rsTTuWn / h^ ,' , ' 'ntents, an independent man, do l^yond cutting tirewood and ;t;en X^' ^S^'atT'^'u 1^7 '/^ •''"'^ '» of our journey to-day, but was verv w^ m ■ ,' , ," '' snowed durmg part to teed the horses and ro re hn.,?'L^ '.'".'. ^".,''?PP^^ ^^ «" ^"n about 11 a.m. singing songs, to the great deli" n'fn^^,,•^ f crickets; xve commenced customed to%' uch surging. fe'\:i";t'r::;7'^'' ''^'"'^""y had not been ac- either toilin,. up a hurin^low im" „ ^o t 71 ""irl" ,' ''' r' P"'^''^"y the sleigh once set in m.^ion would hlv^[u,\ I ,*^ '^ ''T" ^"^ °"'^'' ^"'e J impetus"; nor was their vantin" a 1 le d l! TJ ',''"''°''' '"?"' ''^ ''^ °«'" thing would happen to the sleigh in rnntiir u ^"'"'^". V"' .P^fney ; some- like^thewind.LIdunab^tr^ti wSruninTo^' "^'^ behind coming down in it; sometimes our ro..d la/aCAhe XT„ Iv!' "'"''"^'^r ^■*'° ^^^^ loose snow to p, event us roin- . ver i?, ^Ih,?'"^''^ ''"'"' ^"*' ""'^ ^ bank of not on the >juivive migh-'ge "nitrhed on/ of l u ' '"''' '°''"' °"^ ^^° *«" amid the laughter of his comrLC which vl h^'' "•'° ^^^'•ea'h of snow, who h,vi laughed so mi chTt ^ 'th; l L ' ^ril ^ ".!"''''"^ if Bome other one' could get hu't amon"t the St nou-^ Ti ''[^'J"'''^ of cosrse noone generallyturnedouttfh 5L| olTt/s -w f^ef 'I'u'' f '""-. ''^'' '°'^ ^''^^ at a hamlet called Welshtord t hev ( .,i ' f ^ ' ? '^""' ^'°'''' '"s w- passed ; bung across the road, not'^w^ ^ ^'g vvas' scriptions; on the oiie acTO the o ,1 ' v s eli;^ v"^ ^°'^ '"- on the reverse side was .e<-n on 'ook ,.^ l.Ll- ,^ 7',"^"'' ' Heroes," and gentleman, who had a fl-mh^usVi LfSable'ir.i'^ "Farewell ;» one old servants, cheering the men as "he d VrATt S ° '""".' ""•"* ''''''' ^'^ had pass'ed, he go^t into his^^^n slel^ b ntf pZ ".^'"o 7h''' '^^' ^'^''^'^ nndaccompaniedustoourhaltiiicDlacefor hfni'^t, ,1? °^ '^^ Pfocession, during our journey, where tht in tlHn?/=,iir !*"'.'■ ''','' '''^' ^^^ ""'/ P'a«:« ue mil remember^he gentlran a W^^^^^ gave us a cheer; a place called PetersWife boTs „' .'it "^ ^"J " '''"^ time. We arrived a accommodated 120 of us, the remaim^; ^ f TT' ''T,'^ '"'§« '°S ^'"N «'h'ch had been led to '^xpL iZuC^^^^^ i we it had to be cooked after our arr v I v! , T '"' ^"I ^'^ ^"^ ^^'s^PPointed ; but most of the men were by tha til.' Z"T. T'' **' « P-™- ""^ '^a at 1 p.m floor was covered w^h bra iches ot tL nf ^' '"' ""f " "° ''"'^ '° ^'««P°" 5 'h« blankets which we haVC3u\vuT.s^'ThS:i"'' ?T ^"^ only 'the 'two and g, • into the blanket which wV'^wed up o l'^ h'l "Lt'^'"^ T '" ""'*'■"» on the tot), the rest of the clotl^mr ,Zilv / '^' ^ "'"^"^ around, great coat ■nade a capital pillow this Ja f way r 1^'"," ' "^","'"1' ''"'' "^^ ''"«P««"=1^ once I ^o' !nf„ rn- hi- r-! ' ■ ■ ^ ^'^P' '*"''"'■' '^e whole of the iournev • you"are%ure to be^ wa™ The"ffic!rl l\T' ""'„";'"'" ''°.'' ''" ^'^'•■'"'ie the air) ..se they f.red no be.te.hi^^^^l^rr J^^iig^ ^h^t^^ii::^ 14 Colonel Lambton ; he went into thp hnf ,„j «.lced it the Colond was inV" yes " renlZ r'"^'T" ,""« '""'''"S "' ">« Are, was no other than the Colonel himself rooki'"'''^"''!''' '^^'' was cooking, who they also had to sleep on fea'hernfLfr^^^^^^^^ an ome et for his own suppe"! backs could see the light through "he ton of L' hr:'^"^ ' ,T' "* *« '"y "" »" very cold, we did not feel it : a counlenfmi "'' ''"S':"h°"«h the night was '' °( my back. offensive object, turn round7andsl5a"'°„?^'r^' ^'''" ^ ''i^ ""V^^'' °f 'he iQ th.3 30rt of life that I rather enjoyed i? ' "^^ something so romantic clear of trees; a great fire called the MiCi fi™ ^''S"?''^ ^"■"^^J' ^«8 very years previously, and blackened, charred st^mn/w' ^'*''„^''»t the forest somi had once been « fine forest, a fire K« S"^^'* "" *''*' remained of what grassand underwood, and he t^es them Jvp?' " * *f"*'^« ''''"ff. the long like tinder; the fire itWrai.eVSofSwM\''J,^,'^ '^"'J^^y ^^^'^ "P every house was burned up, and the inhaWt^ntrV -^ ^''^' *° ^"^« '' "long; rivers to preserve their lives ; it was dreadf^nl . iT" ^^ ^^^ ''^"^e in the Ungles oficewerehangingfrom the beard, iL^' f°1. '" ^ '"«"' "noments wmd was so keen that it was imnosslble to h<^rf "^h?"/"^<=^«« °^ ^^^ »««» I the wrapped up as we were, we felt the winV ,,?. • ^^ /""^^ ^"^*'''i 't, and well gotcold andmanyofthemrn got out and wTif i'''""^* *" ! our feet also again when we came to go dowfhiH and ,n ^^'^JP ^^^ '''"«> J^-^Ping in clearings to-day, stoppinf abo^t ba fl'way to ?eed 'th A' ^^''"^ ? g^eat'mlny ments; our men often remarked tha no h!..l.^® ^'""^^ «°'^ get refresh- seen and the only wild animal we had s en' T ^^^^^.^Parrow was to be Frederlcton the capital of the Province of New R* rabbit._We arrived at Governor lives here in a large handsome bri.k- h ^^""^f'^k i. the Lieutenant town ofabout 2000 inhabitants we w^Ain^i"?"^®' Fredericton is a small St. John runs past the town7the7e w Ja v1n« '° ? ^'"'/■"'^ ^''' ' '^' "^«" Side of the river, so I crossed'on the U^anA^lT, "^ ^°*^ *•"' °" '^^ °PPosite of wanting a light for my pipe I won?int^ ^ ^ ^}T * ""'^'^ ' on the pretence they call them f it was a\«^ 'ridTp ace T."'^ '^'" ^*«' °^ ^'S^^ms as sit, but squat on the ground upon buffalo 'Jtl "'° "° furniture, they never corner; their women are called squaws and heir hX'°'' °^ " ^^ '^'°& '"^ » babies was hung up in a basket on the wall i^ t '' ^^n'"'-' °"^ "^ ^^^'"^ nothing to be seen but its little uglv shan^d hp«^ 7 i "?".?''' '° *h« ^"^ket, their papooses heads whilst they a e youn? S ^% ^'^M^'^'^n squaws squeeze observable in Indians. Those Ind ans that Fvilit^^''"" ^''^^^treating forehead belonging to the Roman Cathoi" Church th«- '^ *"'" ' *°^S«"«'»»^ work more than one day at a time -the on wA^ ^'l very lazy, and hardly e vei- ls hunting, their squaws do aT the haS^S''''°w>'''^^H^°y^«"«''' '» makmg embroidered moccassins and rfth«, ^' cultivating their clearings, they have a young child, may be'seea work n^7n"r°^\.""'='?i: *''«^' ''^''^ in Its basket, hung on their backs bvaltrani^-'^^ ^^^^I' ,'^''^ ^^^ P'^Poo^e squaws seem to be very fond of thefr husbnnr "°f '""""^ "'^ ^"'^^""^^ i their faithful; a smile is hardly ever seen uSonfhJ'f*"'^ T '^^°'^'^ ^o be very tion with one who could talk EShifi,^!,'^ ^^<='' ' ^ «?'"e "'""Rht which wly the never forget. Our route to-day 1^^°/^'''* '' ^*^ 'ntended we sLuld was little difference in the appJaroL^i"^^^^*^ ^"""^^ of the river St. John there pearance of having any grea'^^^pTa7„°°"°^^^^^^^^^ has not the lea^t aj^ bS^P?/'"*^*' ^"h a strip^f c eCd^^n^T '• ^f''" but hill ui^nhifi^ breadth ; the men now began to tirPn^aiw-" ^"•'yng from 1 to 4 rniles in numbers of them were to be seen walkfnJ ^? '° '°"? '° *^° «'«'«b'. a^d grelt Jwhind the sleighs ; some of the sle^h, nn?' °' ',",°°>« "nd tumbling almiir .»P in t, ,od j„„ enJogb ,° ,'. SS" "" ^'f' ' ™ >"^ "« room w . ttlj «ongs, so we sang Psalmsra^theC? wfv'h''"^^""'^'^^ ^« co"ld n^tling fttM'r^"!r '1^ ^^°ts for' a pint I drSt^"'' ' ^"^ ""^' ^tuflf the? cal ef attended the pTesencroFde^^h mZ, °^ " ^°"°^ woman ,'Tt iT wonZfi,rhf °"",'"« ' dea";!' We^L'rreHrStS ^^sf ^ -- t>S r/^thTp^e^^ceTf we.e again lodperJ in » «p"™, • * P"™-' ""r day's inurn»v oo^l-^f.^^^^ 16 Free-Will Baptist Church ; now I am generally reverent in a church, but tha manner in which thej conducted their devotions nearly made me laugh outriirht • they began by one gentleman giving out a psalm ; during the time he was read-' ing, another gent starts up and bawls out a number and the name of a tune • they then sang it to a ranting air; then one prayed, then another, until six men had prayed, ana then, us a climax, a youns hidv pops on her knees and prayed ; tins young lady's prayer, which I thought better and sweeter tlian tha men's, (inished the praying department ; there was no one in the pulpit ■ after the praying was done, one old gentleman iuvited any one to step up and give their "experience"; no one stepped up, however, ao he gave us his own c.xpBi-i- ence, beginning in a whisper, getting louder and louder as he went on until ho ended in a bellow, and sat down quite exhausted. I left the cliurcli before tlio service concluded ; I was quite disgusted with the exliibition ; I could not call it a religious service. We did not leave Woodstock next day ; we took a rest to-day, but It was no rest to me, for I was on guard ; Woodstock is a small vil- lage, only distant 12 miles from the State of Maine. February ith.—Uh at 9 a.m., only six men in a 'sleich ; as the roads were getting worse, passed through several villages ; walked a good deal to-day our course still lying along the bank of the St. John .'liver ; we arrived at the village of Florencevillo at 3 p. m. ; travelled 25 miles to-duy ; lodged in tha basement rooms of i hotel j lay again on the floor, which was only covered with pine-boughs. '' Fibruary 5l'» f"r o" cent For the size of the town there are a good many music shops, or ra her ■tores-all shops being called » store,." There are several regiments of v"l"tt- teers and militia in this town ; they are busy drill.ng every evening, ar ■ I am Informed they pick up their drill very quick ; on one or two oc<^»^'0". hav« seen them mnrching through the streets with their band ; con'. Jering the rough- nees of U^o streets fhey marched steadily and in good time, and with a proud, martial bearing; they did not appear to be the sort of men that would wi- Hngy submit ?o Yankee domineering, and should the Yanttees ever take it Into heir heads to have a slap at Canada, they will meet with a warna reception The houses are all covered with sheets of tin instead of slates or t'les; when the sun shines on them they dazzle the eye with their brightness ; the roofs ar. generally steep, so that the snow may slip off easily. There are many cbaritabU rnstitutions in this city, and several for promoting learning and ^^ '«'""• .Now that the thaw has commenced, (23rd March) it is very unpleasant walking in the streets ; some dig away the snow of the pavement m front ot their I'ouses-- the one next door does not; in consequence a pool of water collecis where the snow has been lug away, only making the former evil the better of the two. We have had several parades to practice lie'd movement on snow-shoes ; we odb day crossed ou the ice to the small Island of St. Helens on which there 's » "um- w of guns but no fortuicalions ; we climbed and slid down the steepest bills on the Island ; aciing as Light Infantry there were a good many betrayed a/iecided Incl nation for the horizontal position to the great amusement of those who could ma ntain the perpendicular. The inhabitants are very fond of racing on snow- shoes ; the Indians are the fleetest runners, they hive most practice. Our men like this place well enough, the inhabitants and us agree very well ; the only drawback is cheap drink, and alack of those amusements which only Loa- doii can afford ; provisions also are cheaper than lu the old country ; the tobacco is cheaper but of inferior quality; manufactur'^d goods are dearer than in Enjt- land, clothing especially. There is no occasion for any one to be in poverty in his iounty, excepting from long sickness; that there are poor people there i» no question but improvidence is generally the cause; trade is not so brisk dur- Ing the winter as in the summer, and something ought to be saved for the ramy dav The climate is very dry, the snow dues not weigh more than halt of what alikequaotityofEnglish snow would; the cold is great but nothing to what we had expected. There is always plenty of work to be had, awd I thinK a per- son wbo is only earning small wages at home should emigrate If I were dis- chareed to-day I should stay here, or go to Upper Canada; the persons moit wanted are agriculturists and mechanics, such as carpenters, masons, and slaters ** The foregoing account of our voyage and journey was not originally Intended for publication-but having shown it to some friends they thought it of sufficient merit to advise me to publish it. I have accordingly done so, and have no doubts that the well known kindness of a generous public will pardon any imperfection in the construction of sentences, &c., and will talte it tor wnai it is-a true and correct account of our journey from London to Montreal. Whether our stay in this country may be for a short or a long period.— we, when we return to " Dear Old England," will gratefully remember, and talk in onr qj^ aga of the fine country and finer people it was our lot to be thrown amonjet.