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Show ... -6 Jj 'f RAVELS TIIROUGrl UPPER CANAD A: f <ll trirlg , hut of a Luger ii:t.", ;,nd t! cir HcD1 in fLlvour differs lit tle from that of the g,,glifh phcaf.111t. They arc difrc rcnt in many rcfj ,rcl , both from thl..! partritlo-c a 1d pheaC1nt found in Maryland and in the midd le !late.;, h1 1t in none more fo th an in th eir wonderful tamends, or rn.tl:cr Hu pidi ty. .Ccforc the t1 ck took to flight I fhot three birds fin nly from uJf one tree, and had I bnt b en acquainted with b the proper me thod of proceedin g at the time, it is ponibl · I might have Owt them all in turn. It fcems y u mufl: always begin by !hooting the bird th:lt fits 10\vefl: on the tree, and fo proceed upwards, in which caJc the furvi vors are not at all alarm ed. Ignorant, however, of this ferret, I fhot at one of the uppcrmo( \: birds, and the difl:urbance that he m.tdc in falling through the br.:::wchcs .on which the others were pcrchctl put the Hock to flight ii)Jtn c di ~ tcly. On r ·turning from our r<tmblc in the woods to the margin of the l.tkc, we were ~\~ rcc.tbly furprifed to find the wind quite favourable for proii cuting our voyage, and in a few minutes afterwards heard the iignal gun, and raw the {hip's boat coming for the purpofe of taking u from fl1ore. 'vV e got on board in time for dinner, but did not pro. ccd on our voyage until midnight; [o high a fca ilill continued running in the lake, that the captain thought it impruuent to venture out of the bay before tlut time. In the morning we fonnd ourielves under the rich l1olcl lands on the fouthcrn fide of the L1ke; the water was {inooth, the 1l<.y fcre nc, and every one felt plcafi d with the voy.1ge. It was on this day that we beheld the cloud over th Falls of Nia,5ara, as I before mentioned, :lt the great difl:ancc .of fi fty-fuur mil 'S. Lake Erie is of an elliptical form; in length about three hundred miles, and in br adth, at the widefi part, about niucty. The depth of water in this lake is not more than twenty fathoms, and in calm weather vcfie ls may fccurely ride at nnchor in any part of it; but when fiormy, the anchorage in an open part of th ' 1 ke is not fafe, the f111ds at bottom 11ot being firm, <dlli tlJe anc..hOi·s apt ti1crefore to lofe theiL' hold. \tVhenever there is a g.de of winJ he '" ;ttcrs immediately become turbid, owjnE to the q anti y of yello v fi,nd that is waG1 d up from the bottom of the lake; in calm weather the water is clear, and of a deep grceniih LAKE E R I E . 337 e-rcenifh colour. The northern fhore of the Ldcc is very rod·y, as likewife are the fhores of the iDands, of which there • rc feveral clufl: rs towards the wcfl:crn extremity of the lake; but along mofl: parts of th fouthern ihore is a fine gravelly beach. The height of the land bordering on the lake is very unequal; in ferne pbces long ranges of Il:eep mountains rife from the very edge of the water; in others the !hares arc fo .flat and io low, that when the bkc is raifcd a little above its u[ual level, in confeq ucnce of a fl:rong gale of wind fetting in towards the ihorc, the country is deluged for miles. A young gentleman, who was .[; nt in a bateau with difpat hes acrofs the lake, not long before we pa11cd through the country, perin1ed, with feveral of his party, owing to an inundation of this fort that took place on a low part of the fhon;. I mufl: here obfervc, that when you navigate the Jake in a bateau, it is cuftomary to keep as clofe as poilible to the land; and whene\Yer there is a11y danger of a ilorm, you run the vdld on fhore, which may b done with fafety, as the bottom of it is perfetl:Jy fl.1 t. I before mentioned the pe-culiar advantage of a bateau over a keel boat in this refpett. The young gentleman alluded to YYas coaO:ing along in thi ~> manner, when a violent :il.ot·m fuddenly arofc. The bateau WJS inO:antaneoufly turned tow: u·ds the fhorc; unfortunately, however, in running her upon the beach fome mili Janagement took place, and D1e ovcrfct. The waves had already begun to break in on the Dwre with prodigiou impetuolity:; each one of them rolled farther in than the preceding one; the party took alarm, and infi ad of making as fl:rcnuous exertion as it was fuppofed they might have made, to right the bateau, they took a few nccdlarics out of her, and at-tempted to fave themfelves by flight; but (o r,1pidly did the water flow after them, in confequencc of the incrcafing fl:orm, that before they could proceed far enough up the country to gain a plac8 of fafcty, tl1cy w re all overwhelmed by it, two alone excepted, who 1Htcl the prcfcnce of mind and ability to climb a lofty tree. To the very great irregularity of the height of the lands on both fides of it, is attributed the frequency of ilorms on Lake Erie. The fhor ·s of Lake On- · tario are lower and more uniform than thofe of ~tny of tho other-lakes; Xx and |