450 REMARKS ON EMIGRATION. agues, nor lake fevers, while the climate of Canada generates both. The proximity of these countries to plentiful fish¬ eries is of great benefit to new settlers, who are ena¬ bled to procure at an easy rate, or with little trouble, what may constitute, for some time, one of the prin¬ cipal articles of food. Herring, cod, salmon, mack¬ erel, and many other varieties of fish, abound in the rivers and along the coasts. In Canada, it is true, the lands are equally fertile, and, in some respects, superior to those of the lower provinces ; but the distance to the unoccupied districts, with the consequent expense of carriage and fatigue of travelling, are much greater ; while the inland parts, at the same time, want the benefit of fisheries, and the immediate markets for the produc¬ tions of the soil, which the maritime colonies possess. The last inconvenient objection will, however, in a great measure, soon disappear, as the canals now cutting to avoid the cataracts and rapids, and the roads which are gradually extending to the remote settlements, will facilitate the carriage of luggage and goods; and the produce of the soil will also, in con¬ sequence, find a readier market. The emigrant who directs his course to Canada , a country which has for some years afforded an asylum for some thousands of poor settlers, need not apprehend the want of fertile land, nor, after two or three years, the necessaries and many of the conveniencies of life. Yet notwithstanding the vast tracts of unoccupied land, he will, in order to secure