(The North-wester in these parts is equivalent to the South-easter elsewhere, and may impress a guest unfavourably.)

The wind was at south-west,the nor-wester of that hemisphere,and it was fresh and howling enough, on the other side of the island.

This continued to increase until the day following, during which the vessel had passed Cleveland, the place of my destination, and was driving before a furious north-wester towards Detroit, at the head of the lake.

Reconstruction days were as trying to Key Westers as to others all over the devastated land of Dixie.