. 請 double purpose of sitting and reclining :-or rather, so as frequently to keep the body in a state of involuntary accubation. Our whole amount of personal baggage, beside a camp-bed and a case of books and magazines, might have been compressed within the compass of a moderately capacious travelling trunk; and our outfit of provisions, and the luggage of the canoemen, were ordered with the same economical view to the capacity of our bark, and the acceleration of its movements. A linen marqué, a few instruments necessary for making observations upon such branches of science, as we purposed noticing, the tools and utensils necessary for cooking and encampment, and the requisite gum and wattap for repairs to the canoe, completed the outfit. An oil cloth, which could be spread in a few moments over all, secured the packages against sudden showers, or the effects of waves breaking in. A small ensign ® was affixed to the stern, giving a national character to the equipment; which it can scarcely be deemed improper to add, was liberal without being cumbersome, and united the advantages of speed and economy, without wholly sacrificing comfort. ga "Let school-taught pride dissemble all it can, GOLDSMITH. TRAVELS, &c. CHAPTER I. Departure. Scenery along the Detroit River. Encounter a gale on Lake Erie. Enter Maumee Bay. Notices of Natural History.-Native Lead. Tide in the Lakes. Maumee River. Fort Maumee-Anecdote of its Reconnoisance by General Wayne. Fort Meigs,-Facts respecting its Siege. Maumee Village. Dudley's Defeat. Mineralogy. Historical Observations on the Harmer's Campaign and Defeat. Indian Wars. I EMBARKED with His Excellency Governor Cass, at the city of Detroit, on the third of July. It was a few minutes past twelve o'clock, A. M. when we quitted the shore, directing our course toward Lake Erie. The day was one of the most sultry which is experienced in this latitude, and the reflection of the sun's rays from the parched and dusty shore, united to the exercise and bustle of a departure, produced a lassitude, from which we experienced the most grateful relief, the moment we passed out into the stream, and felt the increased motion of a gentle breeze. The wind, though light at first, very soon freshened, |