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trimmed with blue & white - This & other
indications, too numerous for the limits
of this Abstract & brief chronicle, led the
initiated to perceive that our weekly
meeting was about to take place; accordingly
eleven sleighs our number has, alas! been
lately becoming "small by degrees & beautifully
up" - did assemble in the B A Park at the
appointed hour - [Atapace?], adapted
even to the capacity of that poor old horse,
whose master so narrowly escaped the
penalties of the Martin Act at our last
meeting, our President led the way by
Barrack Street into King Street, then up
Princess into the [?] Road and then
struck into the Bath Road - after crossing
the lesser Cataraqui, keeping the [?]
evidence of that distinguished member
the High Sheriff of the district on our
right, we held our course over ice
[?], through mud & melting snow,
up hill & down dale, this pleasing variety