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36 We will turn again to the subject of our narration. We have a different method still by which Slaves escape, and none the less effectual because of its novelty. The Abolitionists in the Slave States, (for there are many, though they cannot advocate their principles), very kindly give the Slaves information as to the direction of Canada, and the Free States through which they must pass to reach it, also the names of the most important rivers, all which information the Slaves remember. With this instruction alone, the Slave starts for Canada, the North Star is his guide, by it he knows his course. When the clouds intervene, and thus obscure the flickering light of this "beautiful star," Nature has a substitute. A smooth soft substance called moss, which grows on the bark of the trees is thicker on the north side of the tree, and thus serves as a guide northward, till the heavenly guide again appears. Necessity, it is said, is the mother of invention, which is certainly true in the case of the Slave, discovering such a substitute. The number of Slaves who thus find their way to Canada we have no means of ascertaining, but we have reason to believe they are very numerous. At the birth of Jesus, the Star was a guide to the Wise Men of the East to Bethlehem. Over the birth-place of the "King of Kings," it became stationary; in the case of the Slave it is vice versa, the Star stops not, but the Slave does on his arrival in Canada.—