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137 A mother said, 'that tract you lent me was so good, and so beautiful, that I lent it to a friend of mine, and that friend lent it to another friend, and so it has gone through twenty people's hands, and it has not come home yet.'" I shall give my testimony in a subsequent page.

In conversation with the heads of the police in the town of London, they said that petty crimes were more frequent among the people of colour than any other class, except the Irish, who were much worse. However this was a mere opinion, as in the statistical statements of the Police department, the offences committed by the coloured people were not separately recorded, as in some other towns. They further said, beggary and pauperism were unknown among them. I thought this quite a free and open concession, and spoke well for them, which I found to be quite true when visiting their families. Mr. J. is a Fugitive Slave, from North Carolina, (my native State). He settled in the town of London 23 years ago, he became a merchant, but now is a dealer in medicine. He has a good drug store, and is possessed of considerable property.

Chatham is a town situated at the head of navigation on the river Thames, unlike Toronto, Hamilton, or even London. It has but few fine buildings, and its appearance at first sight would not very favourably