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do. 101 15 Bacon and Hams do. 307 0 Bran and shorts tons, 231 11 Water-lime do. 441 7 Rags do. 3 0 Hemp do. 500 11 Wool do. 15 9 Leather do. 9 17 Cheese do. 1 2 Marble do. 1 10 Stone cords, 738-1/2 Firewood do. 3,251 Tan bark do. 957 Cedar posts do. 69 Hoop timber do. 16 Knees do. 184 Small packages No. 459 Pumps do. 102 Passengers do. 3,261-1/2 Sleighs do. 2 Waggons do. 177 Pails do. 136 Horses do. 2 Ploughs do. 25 Thrashing-machines do. 18 Cotton bales, 25 Fruit-trees bundles, 268 Sand cubic yards, 10,778 Schooners No. 2,121 Propellers do. 484 Scows do. 1,671 Boats do. 4 Rafts do. 118 Tonnage 327,570 Amount collected L25,573 3s. 10-1/4d. CHAPTER IX. The Great Fresh-water Seas of Canada. A sentimental journey in Canada is not like Sterne's, all about corking-pins and _remises_, monks and Marias, nor is it likely, in this utilitarian age, even if Sterne could be revived to write it, to be as immortal; nevertheless, let us ramble. The Welland Canal naturally leads one to reflect on the great sources of power spread before the Canadian nation; for, although it will never, never be _la nation Canadienne_, yet it will inevitably some day or other be the Cana
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