468 REMARKS 0N EMIGRATION.

of an American village. First, a saw-mill, a grist- mill, and a blacksmith’s shop appear; then a school- house, and a place of worship ; and, in a little time, the village doctor, and pedlar with his wares, intro- duce themselves.

Few habitations can be more rude than those of the first settlers, which are built of logs, and covered with bark or boards, but many in the United King- dom are far less comfortable. The most that an emigrant can do the first year, is to erect his habita- tion, and cut down the trees on as much ground as will be sufficient to plant ten or twelve bushels of potatoes, and to sow three or four bushels of grain. If his means will allow him to carry to the land he commences on, as much provisions as will support himself and family until he raises a crop, he will find it an object of the greatest importance, as it will enable him to overcome the difficulties of his situation, without leaving his farm to labour for others. ,

Much valuable time is wasted in working among the old settlers for provisions ; and if the emigrant should even succeed in getting articles of food on credit, it will long be a drawback on his industry.

In the course of five years, an industrious man may expect, and should have, twelve acres under cultivation, one horse, two or three cows, a few sheep and pigs, and sufficient food for himself and family. In ten years, the same man, with perseve- rance and frugality, ought to have from twenty-five to thirty acres under improvement, to possess a pair