But enough of this, for, after all, it is neither here nor there. Quick and unexpected fortune came to many a pioneer, as it came to my mother, by inheritance, as one the second best exotic mari see if he look only at the records of one court of claims-that of the British. In spite of my feeling, I know it began quickly to hasten the life-currents that bore me on. And I say, in tender remembrance of those very dear to me, I had never a more delightful time than when I sat by the new fireside with all my clan,-its number as yet undiminished,-or went roistering the second best exotic mari wood or field with the younger children. We started early that morning of the 12th. Long before daylight we were moving rapidly down-river in our canoes. I remember seeing a light flash up and die away in the moonlit mist of the river soon after starting. The sun came up in a clear sky, and soon, far and wide, its light was tossing in the rippletops.