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case, he commonly labours for provisions, or other necessaries, among the old inhabitants.

A new settler, to be enabled to settle at once on his farm, and not to be afterwards obliged to work for others, in order to get provisions for his family, should have from fifty to eighty pounds in cash; this sum would include the probable purchase-money of the land, and the cost of necessary supplies. He should carry with him to his new farm, if his family consists of five persons,

Fifty bushels potatoes, - - L2 10. 0 Two barrels flour, - - - 3 10 0 One barrel rye, Indian, or oatmeal, - 1 6 0 One barrel mackerel, and one barrel herrings, 2 0 0 Half barrel beef, — - - 1 l5 0 Five gallons molasses, - - 0 12 6 Three gallons rum, - - - 0 12 0 Three pounds of tea, - - - 0 15 0 Twelve pounds sugar, - — 0 8 0 One milch cow, - - . - 5 0 0

Two axes, four hoes, one saw, one or two planes,

one adze, twenty or thirty pounds nails, two

pots, one kettle, some tea-mugs, gridiron, fry- ing-pan, and some earthenware, - 10 0 0 L28 8 6

He should, besides this, have as much money as will purchase seed.

The majority of settlers, however, have nothing but their indus- try to begin with ; and, although they certainly suflfer greater hard- ships, generally succeed as well as those who have a little means.

The old inhabitants would willingly allow an emigrant to settle on any part of their woodlands for six or eight years, in considera- tion of the improvements he should make. This, however, would be a most imprudent plan for the new settler. In Prince Edward Island, leases can still be had of good wood-lands from the present proprietors, for nine hundred and ninety-nine years, at from one shil- ling to two shillings per acre annual-rent; and I believe these terms to be as favourable as any now to be had in America, especially when we consider the superior advantages of this colony. Woodlands can