We Were Nearly Four Days In Making The Trip.

The line of boats of which the Lady Franklin is one, carries the mail at fifty dollars a trip.

During the boating season I believe the fare varies from seven to ten dollars to St. Paul.2 This season there have been two lines of boats running to Minnesota. All of them have made money fast; and next season many more boats will run. The "Northern Belle" is the best boat this season, and usually makes the trip up in two days. The advertised time is thirty hours.

[1 Three weeks after this trip the Lady Franklin was snagged, and became a total toss.]

[2 The following is a table of distances from Galena to St. Paul:

Dubuque,

24

Dunleith,

1

25

Potosi Landing,

14

39

Waupaton,

10

49

Buena Vista,

5

54

Cassville,

4

58

Guttenberg,

10

68

Clayton,

12

80

Wyalusing,

5

85

McGregor's,

6

91

Prairie du Chien,

4

95

Red House,

5

100

Johnson's Landing,

2

102

Lafayette,

30

132

Columbus,

2

134

Lansing,

1

135

De Soto,

6

141

Victory,

10

151

Badaxe City,

10

161

Warner's Landing,

6

167

Brownsville,

10

177

La Crosse,

12

189

Dacotah,

12

201

Richmond,

6

207

Monteville,

5

212

Homer,

10

222

Winona,

7

229

Fountain City,

12

241

Mount Vernon,

14

255

Minneiska,

4

259

Alma,

15

274

Wabashaw,

10

284

Nelson's Landing,

3

287

Reed's Landing,

2

289

Foot of Lake Pepin,

2

291

North Pepin,

6

297

Johnstown,

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