e was lying; the trunk was at least ninety
feet long, and the diameter where it had been cut through between five
and six feet; it was an enormous tree. "And did you cut that down
yourself?" enquired my companion, who was an old settler. "Not quite;
but I cut through the north half while my two boys cut through the
south; we did it between us." This was really astonishing, for if these
two lads could cut through half the tree, it is evident that they could
have cut it down altogether. We had here a proof of how useful children
can be made at an early age.

We promised to call upon him on our return; which we did. We found him
sitting with his wife in his log-house; it was five o'clock in the
afternoon; he told us "work was over now, and that the children had gone
into the bush to play." They had all worked from five o'clock in the
morning, and had since learnt their lessons. We heard their laughter
ringing in the woods at a distance.

Now this is rather a remarkable instance among settlers, as I shall
hereafter explain. Had this man been a bachelor, he would have been, in
all probability, a drunkard; but, with his family, he was a happy,
contented, and thriving man. We parted with him, and arrived at
Windsor, opposite Detroit, very tired, having been, with little
exception, fourteen hours in the saddle.

I took cold, and was laid up with a fever. I mention this, not as any
thing interesting to the reader, but merely to show what you may expect
when you travel in these countries. I had been in bed three days, when
my landlady came into the room. "Well, captain, how do you find
yourself by this time?" "Oh, I am a little better, thank you," replied
I. "Well, I am glad of it, because I want to whitewash your room; for
if the coloured man stops to do it to-morrow, he'll be for charging us
another quarter of a dollar." "But I am not able to leave my room."
"Well, then, I'll speak to him; I dare say he won't mind your being in
bed while he whitewashes."

I have often remarked the strange effects of intoxication, and the
different manner in which persons are affected with liquor. When I was
on the road from London to Chatham, a man who was very much intoxicated
got into the waggon, and sat beside me. As people in that state
generally are, he was excessively familiar; and although jerked off with
no small degree of violence, would continue, until we arrived at the inn
where we were to sup, to attempt to lay