all honours, and escorted to the Eagle hotel, where we were treated sumptuo

P it. It is a custom on board the Canadian steamers for gentlemen to
call for a pint of wine at dinner, or for a bottle,
according to the strength of the party; but it is a custom more
honoured in the breach than the observance; for sherry and port are
the usual stock, both fiery as brandy, and costing the moderate price
of seven
shillings and sixpence a bottle, the steward having laid the same in
at about one shilling and eight pence, or at most two shillings. Why
this imposition, the only one you meet with in