72 TORONTO. 



It is a noble country certainly, and one day 

 may rise to immense importance ; but behind, 

 as it is in cultivation, and neglected as it has 

 been by the government at home, and defi- 

 cient as it yet is in capital, its progress in im- 

 provement must, to all present appearance, 

 necessarily be slow. 



It will thus be understood that while I would 

 recommend the States to the choice of British 

 emigrants, in preference to Upper Canada, I 

 am induced to do so entirely from a conside- 

 ration of existing circumstances j as I do not 

 doubt the time may come when, from the in- 

 crease of population the enlargement of pre- 

 sent towns, and the growth of others the 

 establishment of railways and other means of 

 internal communication and access to markets 

 and the accomplishment of numerous other 

 desiderated improvements which it is in the 

 power of Government to introduce and en- 

 courage, the Province will acquire attractions 

 for emigrants, of which it is yet destitute, and 

 afford those advantages which the States now 

 exclusively present to them. 



On the 8th of June I took leave of my 



