ished. In our mind we never
saw a dress more elegant of its kind, and fit for active
service in the woods, than that worn by young Brant, who, with
his tomahawk in hand, was a perfect resemblance of all that
could be imagined of the accomplished Indian warrior.

"Amongst the numerous gentlemen in the procession, we observed
that old veteran, Lieutenant M'Dougall, of his majesty's 8th
(the king's) regiment, who, like a brave and loyal man, came
from Sandwich to attend the re-interment."--_Upper Canada
Gazette_, _October_, 1824.

No. 11.--Page 410.

"Queenstown, at which place the steam boats start for Toronto, is
situated in a delicious valley, through which the Niagara river, in
colour a deep green, pursues its course. It is approached by a road that
takes its winding way among the heights by which the town is sheltered,
and, seen from this point, is extremely beautiful and picturesque. On
the most conspicuous of these heights stood a monument, erected by the
provincial legislature in memory of General Brock, who was slain in a
battle with the American forces, after having won the victory. Some
vagabond, supposed to be a fellow of the name of Lett, who is now, or
who lately was, in prison as a felon, blew up this monument two years
ago; and it is now a melancholy ruin, with a long fragment of iron
railing banging dejectedly from its top, and waving to and fro like a
wild ivy branch or broken vine stem. It is of much higher importance
than it may seem that this statue should be repaired at the public cost,
as it ought to have been long ago; firstly, because it is beneath the
dignity of England to allow a memorial, raised in honor of one of her
defenders, to remain in this condition, on the very spot where he died;
secondly, because the sight of it in its present state, and the
recollection of the unpunished outrage which brought it to this pass,
are not very likely to soothe down border feelings among English
subjects here, or compose their border quarrels and
dislikes."--_Dickens' American Notes_, vol. ii. pp. 187, 188.

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SECTION II.--AMERICAN AUTHORS.

No. 1.--Page 233.

_Extract from Jefferson's Correspondence_.--_Monticello_, _October_ 1,
1812.

"I fear that Hull's surrender has been more than the mere loss
of a year to us. Besides bringing on us the whole mass of
savage nations, whom fear, and not affection, had kept