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]
