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The Yellow Briar A Gory of the Irish on the Countryside
This excerpt follows Patrick Slater describing a rambling journey through Ontario towns Port Credit and Port Misery, with reflections on fate, justice, and rural life. The narrator details sightings of ships on Lake Ontario, interactions with a Scottish tavern waitress, and scenes along the Credit River as he works as a mariner amid farm and harbor life.
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Patrick Slater
Berbie
Bobbie
Tob O'New Pitaligo
Letitia
Beb
Bob
Voman
Iroquoia
Huron-Ontario
Upper Canada
Lake Huron
Credit River
Lake Ontario
Niagara Peninsula
Port Credit
Robert Lynde Mart
Toronto
Hallowe'en Nee