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a desirable farm, have to proceed a great distance into the back country, apart from society, and with- out the conveniencies to be found only 1n 3. populous neighbou1hood. He must not, however, be discou- 5s

raged if he suffexs much more, from the time he lands ;' at Quebec or Montreal, until he plants himself and> family 1n the woods, than he experienced in removing}; to America from the land of his forefathers. Every 5’ succeeding year will open more cheering prospects to him; the emigrants who arrive after him will settle beyond him in the Wilderness, and he will soon observe houses, villages, and corn-fields, occupying the place of gloomy and boundless forestsfile

It has, unfortunately, been the fate of the majority of those Who have emigrated to Canada, to encoun- ter severe hardships after landing. It must, at the same time, be. mentioned, in justice to the govern- ment of the province, and to the gentlemen of Que- ' bee and Montreal, that the emigrants have not only received kind and liberal assistance to enable them to proceed to the upper province, but that the great- est care has been taken of the sick poor. among them at the hospitals.

The districts of land still unoccupied in LOWer Canada will accommodate an immense population. On the lands through which the river Saguenay and its streams flow, Scotch Highlanders, from the upper parts of Perth, and the inland parts of Argyle, Inver- ness, Ross, Caithness, and Sutherlandshire, might

* Note B.