PREFACE. 



FROM habitual pursuits, the writer, in his 

 visit to the other side of the Atlantic, would 

 most probably have found his attention pe- 

 culiarly attracted by agricultural matters. 

 But one of the principal objects of his visit, 

 having been to assist a near relative to deter- 

 mine whether an intended purchase of land, 

 for a permanent residence, should be made in 

 the United States or in Upper Canada, he 

 was still the more particularly induced to en- 

 quire into the situation of rural affairs in these 

 countries. 



He accordingly investigated them with con- 

 siderable care, and noted those more promi- 

 nent and important points which appeared 

 sufficient to convey a general view of Trans- 

 atlantic agriculture. 



