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_Goderich Hotels-Eagle's Nest-Doctor Dunlop-Cheap Dinner-Search for an East Lothian Farmer-Goderich-Poverty of Settlers-Canada Company-State of Goderich Settlement-Journey to London-Mr T***-Aux Sable Creek-Ship-builder from Essex-Negro Settlement-Notices of Nature-Robinson Hotel-Mode of Travelling-Huron Track Roads-London-St Thomas-Port Stanley-Emigrants from Argyleshire-Dirty Beds-Agricultural Notices._
On arriving at Goderich, we could not get admittance to Reid's hotel, unless my friend and I would occupy half a bed, which induced us to drive to that of Mr Fisher, where we slept uncomfortably on the floor, the landlady telling us, while preparing the pallet, that Goderich was a poor place. While partaking of tea, served up after the fashion of the States, I imagined the sugar had been put into the pot, as there was none visible in the apartment, but next morning I discovered it was mixed with the cream. Fisher's hotel was crowded with workmen of all descriptions, and by way of kindness, I suppose, we were invited to breakfast with the family. My shoes had long remained uncleaned, and I got them blackened here by paying 3d. sterling, which was unprofitably spent money, as a few minutes' walking in dewy grass rendered them as brown as before.