you see
them often, I have no doubt. Do, my dearest mamma, write me soon, and
tell me all about them and yourself; and ever believe me, my dear
parents, with the greatest affection,

*Dr. Graham's two sons by a former marriage, who were left under the
care of Mr. Davidson, rector of the grammar-school of Paisley.

"Your dutiful daughter,
"I. GRAHAM."

In a letter a month, later, Mrs. Graham refers to the gay and
fashionable circles to which they were introduced in Quebec, and
mentions her visiting the beautiful falls of Montmorency; but mourns
over the low state of religion, and the prevailing desecration of the
Sabbath. She adds:

"I have read Doddridge's Rise and Progress. I little knew what a
treasure Mr. Ellis put into my hand when he gave me that book. I
cannot say it is my daily companion, but I can with truth say it is
often so. Let my mind be in ever so giddy and thoughtless a frame, or
ever so much busied in those amusements I am engaged in, it makes me
serious, and gives my thoughts a different turn; there is scarce any
situation the mind can be in, but it will find something suitable
there. I must not, however, make remarks on the particular contents of
it; it would occupy more paper than I have to spare. I would have you
purchase the book; I am sure you would like it; and when you have read
it, it will be matter of great satisfaction to you that John and I
have such a treasure in our possession. In it are contained every
advice you could give us, and cautions against the temptations which,
on account of youth, company, and the country we are in, we are
exposed to."

They were expecting to spend the winter in Quebec, but were
ordered to Montreal, where Jessie, her eldest daughter, was born, and
where Mrs. Graham received intelligence of the death of her infant
son, who had been left with her mother in Scotland. Further orders
were soon received for the doctor to join the second battalion of his
regiment at fort Niagara, on lake Ontario; Mrs. Graham followed him,
and they continued here in garrison for four years, during which her
second and third daughters, Joanna and Isabella, were added to
her charge.

Under date of February 3, 1771, we find, from her own pen, the
following description of her occupations and enjoyments, in a letter
addressed to her beloved mother:

"My two Indian girls come on ve