Excerpt from A Subaltern's Furlough, Vol. 1 of 2: Descriptive of Scenes in Various Parts of the United States, Upper and Lower Canada, New-Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, During the Summer and Autumn of 1832
I much regretted that circumstances would not per mit a longer stay in so attractive a portion of the globe, and do not hesitate to recommend those who are at a loss how to kill time during the summer months to make a similar trip. If their expectations are not too sanguine, they will be amply repaid for the slight inconvenience of rough seas and rough roads, by not only becoming acquainted with an inte resting people, but by the Opportunity which will be afforded them of Viewing some Of the most stupendous natural curiosities as well as some of the finest speci mens Of art in the world.
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