Dear Brother, Mother and Sister,

We left the Broomielaw on Wednesday May 26th at 4 o’clock p.m. being towed. down to the tail of the Bank opposite Greenock that evening. May 27th lay at the tail of the Bank all day, no hands on Board to work the Vessel, the Captain went on Shore and procured the requisite number. May 28th set sail at one o’clock morning got near to Ailsa Craig by 12 o’clock a.m. contrary winds, tacked near the above spot all day. Captain Hastie told the Mate to bring up the Tobacco that the passengers might get it but behold there was none. This caused great disappointment as there were none who had provided, themselves with the weed, great cry against Walkinshaw who had told the passengers that they would get plenty when down the river and some of them had even paid for it before leaving Glasgow, most of the passengers very sick, very bad water on board the casks being old Trackell ones, it was the colour of porter. The Captain said he had challenged them two or three days before sailing but as the Custom Officers and Walkinshaw had passed. them he had no more to do with them. May 29th fresh breeze got past Ailsa Graig and when opposite Enniskillen on the Irish Coast a small boat came along side with three men and a boy and threw up some fish for which they received two peices of beef and a bottle of run. The Vessel going at the rate of five knots per hour. May 30th Sunday almost a dead calm great sickness amongst us. I was not sick myself. May 31st a sweet breeze saw a Whale breathing up the spray within a gunshot of us. June 1st. a most terrific storm. The Captain has sailed boy and man these 30 years and never saw the like in this season. We could get no vitels cooked great fear of going to the bottom all passed a sleepless night. June 2nd. storm still continues impossible to cook or to walk on the deck without holding on by the ropes. June 3rd. storm continues the water running down the hatches. I have often heard and read about the waves of the sea running mountains high but never saw them before. We cannot see above ten yards from the Vessel for the waves. We appear to be in a deep hole or valley with mountains on each side. We have run far North it is very cold. The small boat that hung at the stern has been washed away. June 4th storm abated had a fine day all on deck. June 5th dead calm. Sunday June 6th dead calm till 4 p.m. when a breeze. Vessel going 4 knots per hour. Great sickness among the passengers but thank God we are all pretty well. June 7th a fine day but little wind. June 8th fine day going 4 knots. June 9th a fine day going 6 knots saw a great number of whales. June 10th little wind, saw a vessel going to America. June 11th good day and a little warmer. June 12th calm a great number of whales playing about the vessel. June 13th Sunday we are only about one fourth part of our way. June 14th going 7 knots but far out of her way the Captain going to put us upon an allowance of water. He is afraid we will be 6 or 7 weeks. June 15th strong gale. June 16th passed a bad night the gale still continuing all the sails but one are in and the helm lashed, lashed. We cannot keep our feet either on deck or below without a good hold. The sea is dashing over her in torrents. We are in a very uncomfortable situation. June 17th storm continued all night but died away gradually. The Captain says he never saw such weather at this time of the year and he blames it all upon Dr. Burns who came on board the vessel at the Broomielaw, it is as cold as a day in December. June 18th a favourable breeze vessel going 8 knots all well. June 19th a good breeze in our favour going 7 knots but very cold. June 20th saw an ice berg about one mile in length and one hundred and sixty feet high. It was a beautiful sight. There was one of the passenger’s wife bore a child. Provisions getting very scarce water 8 gills in 24 hours. One of the sailors very bad with the ague I work in his place and get my provisions very well and my family has plenty all the rest very badly of came in sight Newfoundland but it was very far north and we had to sail almost round it. We have been 3 weeks on the coast of it, sometimes within one mile of it it being so calm a breeze sprung up this day. July 9th we came in sight of New Brunswick Nova Scotia. The captain sent out the long boat to get water and provisions. They got loan of John’s gun but they never returned. What came of them I do not know but I lost the gun. Provisions very scarce, one half pound of biscuit for every adult in 24 hours with 8 gills of water so you see that we could not get very fat. The woman that had the child died for want of cordials, her child died and one older that was mother and two children thrown over board. We landed in Quebec after a passage 9 weeks and 2 days. When we landed in Quebec we went straight to the steamboat and engaged with the Captain to take my family up to Montreal for 14/-, which is 17/6 currency. Stopped one night in Montreal. I went in search of Magdalene's aunt or cousins but did not find them. I went to the Emigration Agent about the 50 acres of land. He was very anxious that I would go to the Eastern District or to the Queensbush. I wanted to go to Lake Huron but he told me that they had stopped giving any there so I gave that up. I went to the Canal Office and engaged for to take us to Kingston for £2 or £2:10/. currency and 6/- or 7/6 currency for our luggage up the Redeau Canal. We were 8 days on our passage. Robert took very badly in the boat with the water in the head. We landed in Kingston but could not get a house to stop in. I went and took our passage to Toronto from that to Hamilton for £1:lO/-, got a house in Hamilton, got a doctor to Robert but he told me that he could do nothing for him for the water was formed but he thought that he might live ten or twelve days so I went to Dewelft which is 30 miles up. I was 5 days when I came back Robert was dead 3 days before I came back but was not buried. I buried him in the Scotch burying ground in Hamilton. John Droue and Robert Campbell came and took us to Newhop where I have rented two storey house and one acre of land for one year for sixteen dollars. They advised me to commence the weaving for some time so I bought as much wood at the sawmill for one dollar as made all things, loom, lay, wheel, and Magdalene is happier now than ever she was in her life. John is harrowing for 1 dollar the week and board. Little John is with John Droue. He gets 3 dollars per month. James winds my pirns. Magdalene keeps the house and attends her cow but she is not a good milker. I bought the cow at a vandoo or roup. I have 15 months to pay it. I have four swine, I got one from John McKerra and two from Trafoord Campbell and one from Robert Campbell. I have to pay l4 1/4 dollars, that is £2:17/— for the cow. I have 2 cocks, 2 hens, plenty of meat and milk and all health and      and 10 webs in the house. I get a York shilling per yard, that is a sixpence. The greatest loss is for reeds and they cannot be got here. They are all set on forts 400, 450, 500, 600, 700 and for lining 800. The webs is all 46 inches broad.

No more at present but remains

Your loving Brother
James Good.

Newhop, September 23 1841