The next morning I left Coldwater ; and my horse having
met with an accident, I was obliged to leave it and proceed to
Lake Simcoe on foot. John Jones, a kind Indian, accompanied
me, and carried my portmanteau. From the Narrows, I con-
tinued my journey in a bark canoe, with Mr. Hewson, to Kem-
penfeldt Bay. The weather was warm ; the ice had disappeared ;
the breezes were gentle and refreshing, and the scenery along
the northern shore of the lake, though rather monotonous, was
very pleasing and entertaining. Several of the Settlers near
the lake are rapidly improving their farms, and their dwellings
present a very neat appearance. We stopped at the Ulluse of
Mr. M'Vittie, and also called at Mr. Monck's ; and I baptized a
child at each of these places. Before we reached Mr. O'Brien's
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longer manage the canoe, I walked on foot to Captain Oliver's at
Kempenfeldt Bay.
On Sunday the 20th, I officiated twice at Barrie ; seven
persons received the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and one
child was baptized. The congregation amounted to about sixty
people, in the morning, and to about half that number in the
evening. The next morning, I visited a young man who was
very ill of a typhus fever, who died on the day following. I had
much conversation with him on religious subjects, and his
answers to such questions as he was asked were satisfactory.
