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UBALTERN'S FURLOUGH:

DESCRIPTIVE OF SCENES IN VARIOUS PARTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES,

'PPER AND LOWER CANADA, NEW-BRUNSWICK,

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PUBLISHED BY J. & J. HARPER,
No. 82, CLIFF-STREET.

SOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT

THE UNITED STATES.

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8881

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAP. I.

PAGE

Auburn Prison-Cayuga Lake-Ithaca-Falls-Violent
Storm-Journey of Disasters

CHAP. II.

Seneca Lake-Fulton-Jemirna Wilkinson-Revolution-
ary Grants-Geneva-Labourers' Wages-Rochester
-Death of Patch-Patient Traveller-The Ridge-road
-Lockport-Fine Works-Buffalo-Tribe of Indians.

CHAP. III.

Cross the Niagara--Chippewa Battle Ground--Old Squaw's
perilous Descent-Loss of a Vessel-Walk under the
falling sheet of Water--Levelling System-City of the
Falls-Bridge over the Rapids-Burning Spring-De-
vil's Hole-Rapid Mode of Sight-seeing-Brock's Monu-
ment-Fort George

CHAP. IV.

Arrive at York-Emigrants, miserable Condition of-
Brandt-Lake Ontario-Kingston-Rideau Canal-
Hulks-Lake of the thousand Isles-Prescott-Meeting
unceremoniously Dispersed-History of a Yankee Set-
tler-Descend the Rapids-Irish Emigrant-Irroquois
Indians-Montreal-Charcoal Doctor

CHAP. V.

Island of Montreal-St. Helen's-Cathedral-Convent-
Election Riots-Disaffection of the French Canadians--
Disturbed night-Steamers-Quebec-Cape Diamond
-Wolfe and Montcalm--Jesuit's Barracks--Singular
Inscription-Falls of Montmorenci

CHAP. VI.

Descend the St. Lawrence-Pleasures and Miseries of a
Water Excursion--Yankee Pedlar-Night's Lodging-
Journey across the Temiscouta Portage--Royal Mail-
Brother Jonathan's Thorn--Hospitable Settler--Perse-
vering Veteran-Narrow Escape--Cheating Landlord
-Militia Captain--Grand Falls--Crowded Bed--
Reach Fredericton

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The most pernicious infection, next the plague, is the smell of the jail, where prisoners have been long and close kept.

BACON.

HEARING that the board of health had issued an order that no visitors should be admitted into the prison until the cholera had subsided, a precaution taken in consequence of its having broken out in the Sing-Sing prison on the Hudson, we much feared that we should be dis. appointed in not attaining the object for which we had visited Auburn; fortunately, however, Mr. B. had introductory letters to Dr. Richards, president of the Theological Seminary, through whose interest we obtained an order for admittance at mid-day on the 7th of August.

The prison is situated on the outskirts of the village, surrounded by a wall 2000 feet in extent, varying in height from 20 to 35 feet, according to the situation of the shops in which the convicts are employed. The cells where they are confined during the night have a singu. lar appearance (something like a large pigeon box, or

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