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at eight, lunch at one, Dine at six, Tea, at ½ past six
or seven, and all at the rate of a dollar per head per day.
We shall be reckoned at the rate of four, and a half per day.
This I think is very reasonable. Uncle and I intend
starting out next week to look at land. We have
planned out our route. It will extend over 1000 or
1500 miles. We visit Niagara first, but more of
this hereafter. I heard some first-rate speeches [illegible]
The members for Toronto, Quebec, Kingston, Ottawa, and
Goderick spoke. I like Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa
best. They were eloquent. Always in French. I will
describe the town of Toronto, and American hotels
to-morrow. It is too late now, being a quarter to three
and I am getting tired. I shall give you an account
of my next journey daily, as I have done on the
voyage and since. With love to each. Valete.

Saturday-Night. This morning we paid our hotel bill
and sallied off to our lodgings, which we like better than
the hotel. One feels more at home. The landlady a
Mrs. Dunlop, is a Scotchwoman, a good, motherly dame.
It has been very hot to-day, but I have not felt it at
all, as I have quite a treasure in my linens. Rossin
Hotel is a very large one, twice or three times as large