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procure great quantities. These persons were so situated, that, in their own family, they had the means of procuring nearly all the necessaries, and even many of the luxuries of life. It was a very beautiful sight, to see ten fine orderly children sitting round the table with their father and mo- ther, who were still in the prime of life, and living independently of the uncertainties of commerce. The eldest daughter appeared to be about 16 years old. One of the sons, who was but a boy, enter- tained me with full account of his having lately killed a bear, as it was in pursuit of his father's hogs. The English government, in order to encourage the settlement of Upper Canada, grant to new settlers, 200 acres of land for heads of families, and 50 acres additional for each child; reserving to the crown the minerals and the white pines. D. P. gave me the perusal of his grants, from which I gathered the conditions. Some little ex- pense attends the grants in the fees of office, though but trifling, and their tax amount to a very small sum per annum for each 100 acres. 12th Month, 3d. I left Black Creek; and the morning being clear and calm, the scenery around was beautiful. After riding about 10 miles on the banks of Lake Erie, I came to Fort Erie, where I got some refreshment at the inn, and proceeding a little further, I got into the ferryboat, in com-pany with an old drunken Indian, and his squaw.