I have not been sick at all: I wish I had - but I
ought to be thankful for a great deal of comfort in this long journey.
"I shall open this if anything worth recording takes place before we
reach New York. If not, the receipt of this will tell you that we are
'safely landed.' I shall, however, write again from New York before I
leave it for Boston - but I shall only remain a portion of a day and a
night at New York."
"ST. LAWRENCE HALL, MONTREAL.
"Sunday, August 18.
"From New York I went on, via Long Island Sound, to Boston,
where I arrived at 7 a.m. on Friday. I stayed there all day, in
conference with Mr. Baring's agent, Mr. Ward, and went on to Montreal,
in the evening, via Lowel, Concord, and Rouse's Point. I engaged
a double berth in a sleeping car, and slept pretty well and pretty
comfortably from about 10 till 5 - with sundry breaks, caused as
hereafter stated. I got to Montreal at 10 - washed, breakfasted, and
then did a hard day's work, and dined at 7, with the internal
satisfaction that I had done a good day's duty, and had a good appetite
for both food and drink - the latter, however, moderate - only one pint
and one cup of coffee and one cigar after - the first cigar which I have
smoked since leaving England.
