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 or plunder that you have got?"[158] were also questions asked. In justice to them, I must say, that they do not seem to be sensible of the indecorum of such conduct; and I believe that when similar interrogations are put to them, they answer without hesitation.

{287} LETTER XXIV[159]

Passage on Lake Erie—Presque Isle—Buffalo—The Falls of Niagara—Kingston—Youngstown—Newark—Passage on Lake Ontario—Scotch Settlement in Upper Canada—Descend the River St. Lawrence—Thousand Islands—Brokeville—Prescott-Ogdensburgh—Rapids—St. Regis—Lake St. Francis—Falls—Cotu-du-Lac—The Cedar Falls and Village—Lake St. Louis—La Chine—Cachnewaga—Montreal—Passage down the St. Lawrence—Sorel—Lake St. Peter's—Trois Rivieres—Settlements in Lower Canada—The Falls of Richelieu—Quebec—Heights of Abraham—Lorete—Indians—Remarks on the People—Lumber Trade—Government—Climate.

Quebec, Nov. 9, 1820.

Since writing my last letter to you I have removed from the head of Lake Erie to this place—a very considerable distance; but as I proceeded most of the way by water, I had very little communication with the shore, and very scanty means of making myself acquainted with the country.[160]