off; the oxen almost flying; their chains rattling as they went. This
clanking sound, to which the hateful pack were unaccustomed, made them
pause whenever they came close upon the oxen, whilst the latter
redoubled their speed, till at length these gallant racers left the
wolves behind, and finding themselves within a short distance of home,
never stopped till they brought the brave little fellow safely to his
own door.

He had felt afraid but once; and that was when those dismal yells first
broke upon his ear--and _never_ lost his presence of mind. He trusted
in God, and used the means within his reach for his preservation, and
arrived safe at last.

Few boys would have displayed so much sense and spirit--but the boy is
almost always the father of the man; and what James was then, he is
now.



CHAPTER XV.

FORMATION OF THE CANADA COMPANY. -- INTERVIEW WITH MR. GALT. -- HIS
PERSONAL DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTER. -- GUELPH. -- DR. DUNLOP. -- MY
MEDICAL SERVICES AT GUELPH. -- DR. DUNLOP AND THE "PAISLEY BODIES." --
AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER. -- AN UNFORTUNATE WIFE.

I REMEMBER on my first visit to the mouth of the river Maitland, now
the site of Goodrich, a bridle-path for seventy miles through the
trackless forest was the only available communication between the
settlements and Lake Huron. This was only twenty-four years ago. This