"...after taking some refreshment on the table Rock we went 3 miles to the Chippiwa Fort admiring the Rapids all the way - the Chippiwa River, which falls here into the St. Lawrence is a dull, muddy River running thro a flat swamp country..." |
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| - July 30th, 1792 |
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"I walked two miles thro' the woods below the Mountain to see a spring which has been lately discovered which is said to cure lameness blindness & every disorder - the water tastes like Ink & looks very dark, it smells very sulphureous & so does the earth all around it extremely strong of Brimstone." |
| - September 11th, 1795 |
"...we dined alone for the first time since we left Quebec, the Govr having no business to attend to & the weather delightful we crossed the water & drank tea on a pretty green bank, from which there is a good view of Navy Hall & we enjoyed this half holiday amazingly. |
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| - June 27th, 1793 |
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"Went out early in the boat with Capts. Darling & Smith. The latter brought me a thermometer I had been long wishing for, and the Governor bought it of an officer going to England; almost immediately it fell out of my hand and was broken, to my great vexation ." |
| - August 26th, 1795 |