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bad stony land. Mr. ____ has been married four years, his
wife is a rough uneducated Irish girl, who does not seem
to know how to say 'bo to a goose! Every one to his taste.
Well after seeing the land in Burrie, Innisfil, and
neighbourhood, we set off in the direction of Toronto, passing
through the towns and villages of Craigville, Lefray,
Bradford, Holland, Lawing, Newmarket, Amora, Thornville,
Weston and King. The neighbourhood of these places we
do not like at all. They all lie somewhat in a line
between Burrie and Toronto. Saturday Night, saw us safe
at Toronto. Sunday. Went to the Cathedral twice. Monday
Called on some people we came over with, in the North
American. One was a younlady who had been to Ramsgate
to finish her education. The gentleman had several times
on the voyage invited us to call. So after luncheon we
paid a morning visit. They live very genteelly, and seem
to be people of some importance. (Parliament is broken up
We expect a general election, the parliament having
expressed want of confidence in the Ministry. A new
Ministry is formed, which in all probability will not be
able to work. I shall go to the house after dinner. We
have a very nice gentlemanly man staying here, who came
out with us in the N.A. His name is Harracks, he is from