Cobourg is the county-town for the counties of Northumberland and
Durham, which comprehend the following townships: Darlington, Clarke,
Hope, Hamilton, Haldimand, Cramache, Murray, Seymour, Percy, Alnwick,
South Monaghan, Cavan, Manvers, and Cartwright. The soil of most of
these townships is of excellent quality, particularly the fronts of
Hamilton, Haldimand, and all Cavan, being generally composed of a deep
rich loam.

These townships are well watered by numerous spring creeks, bounded to
the north and east by the river Trent, Skugog and Rice Lakes; and to
the south, for about sixty miles, by Lake Ontario. The chief towns are
Cobourg, Port Hope, and Bournauville. As I shall have occasion in
another place to speak more fully respecting these counties, I shall
take my readers again on board the "Shamrock."

Our captain having to land some goods at Cobourg, we were detained
there all night. He invited a few friends to pass the evening. A jolly
set of fellows they were, and they initiated me into the mysteries of
brewing whiskey-punch, a beverage I had never before tasted, and which
I found very palatable. The song and the joke went round till the small
hours warned us to retire.

On Sunday morning, June the 5th, I landed at the Big-bay (Windsor), in
Whitby, and after bidding adieu to my fellow-voyagers commenced my
journey to my friends in Darlington on foot. Whitby, at the time of
which I am speaking, was only partially settled, and chiefly by
Americans. This township is justly considered one of the best between
Toronto and Kingston. At present the township is well settled and well-
cultivated. Nearly all the old settlers are gone, and their farms have,