Transcription:

haunted by a yearning to be back again. So we [Gunn and Edward Heylyn] ran back for 5 or 6 miles at locomotive speed, he saved time by half a second and we parted. I walked back in the lonely wintry evening, the sun having that day shewn his face for the first time for a fortnight, and now setting over the western rocks; reached my little boarding-house, ate an extensive meal, and to bed by 10.

7. Fridy. Took stage for Lewiston, in company with a pleasant American, (rejoicing in the name of Cuddiback, and his wife, who sang songs all the way, I sometimes relieving her. Myself and her husband crossed to Queenstown Heights and had a glorious view for a hundred miles and more, all around, the blue Ontario, Canada, and New York State. After two hours or more tedious waiting the Toronto boat arrived, and stepping aboard I found myself in England again! Portraits of the Queen, Prince Albert, V R’s, all sorts of home associations. Previous to our starting there chanced an episode almost worthy of “Uncle Tom.” A good-humored civil-spoken negro came to sell apples, and nearly all his stock were soon disposed of. Said he “Peddling apples is’nt a very great trade gentlemen, but it’s more honorable than selling flesh and blood! I’m a better man than a slave-