of the greatest nations on the globe, springing from one common stem, speaking the same language, and united by the same faith, should lay aside all remnants of hostile feelings, natural in their origin, but which have been far too long retained; and, by a warm and generous union, augment the strength and the resources of both. necessary for me to make my head-quarters there. The service on which I was employed was one of great difficulty and anxiety; and it was a considerable time before the angry feelings on both sides could be removed. That my efforts on this occasion wer so far successful, as not only to be favourably mentioned in the general orders of the Commander-in-chief, Sir John Harvey, but to obtain for me a vote of thanks from the House of Assembly of the Province, and a most kind address from the magistrates and inhabitants of Fredericton, will ever be a source of deep gratification to me. It may be almost superfluous to state, that the Border difficulties had their origin as far back as the Treaty of 1783. By that treaty it would appear that the intended boundary was to be a line drawn due north from the source of the St. Croix to the north-west angle of Nova Scotia. But the river St. Croix has two branches, — a western and a northern; and the north-west angle of Nova Scotia remains as yet undetermined; and hence has arisen the principal difficulties in this long-protracted question. 1 xii PREFACE. An intimate knowledge of each other is, I conceive, all that is requisite to produce this happy -this most important result; and my carnest advice, to all those of my countrymen who have the leisure and the means, is to go and judge for themselves. I have no doubt of what must be the result. LONDON, August 1841. The Writer claims Admission into the somewhat long List of American Explorers-His previous Journey- ings-The Companions of his Tour-Voyage from New Brunswick to Boston-Terrors occasioned by a Volume of Poems-Arrival at BOSTON-Meeting with Friends and Acquaintances—Mr. Grattan— Statistics-Heat-Mint Julep and Sherry Coblers -Their Merits and Manufacture-Admission to the Ladies' Dinner Apartment-Bunker's Hill— Dock-yard-Ships of War-Receiving Ship-Aca- dia Steam-ship-Visit to a Banker's Cottage- Politics-After-dinner Philanthropy-Advice and Loans-A Combination of the Two very desirable Commencement-day at Cambridge University-Break- fast at the Hotel- Importance of a Fair Start- Military Procession — Academical Examination- Doctor Wainwright - Mount Auburn-Washing- ton's Head-quarters-Judge Story-Good feeling Departure from Boston-Hotel Charges-Innkeeper's Liberality-Railroad Journey-Accurate Arrange- ments-Yankee Piraseology - SPRINGFIELD Arms Manufactory and Armory - American Endfield Shakers and Shakeresses- Their Dress, Evolutions, Dances, Tunes, and Doctrines-John Journey to Mount Lebanon-Multiplied Deceptions of Coach Proprietors-Antiquated Travelling Com- panions-Loss and Recovery of Baggage-West Springfield-Westfield-Dwarf- Railroad among the Hills-Blasting the Rock-Portrait of John Pease the Shaker, and of a fair Fellow-traveller- |