16 INTRODUCTION* 



request of a great number of persons there, 

 who from different parts of the United 

 Kingdom (and particularly England) have 

 emigrated with the intention of purchasing 

 lands in that country. The great advan- 

 tages held out by the different authors, and 

 men travelling from America with commis- 

 sion to sell land, have deluded persons of all 

 denominations, with an idea of becoming 

 land-owners and independent. They have, 

 however, been most lamentably disappoint- 

 ed; particularly the farmers, and all those 

 that have purchased land: for, notwith- 

 standing the low price at which the Ameri- 

 can lands are sold, the poverty of the soil is 

 such, as to make it not to pay for labour ; 

 therefore, the greater part have brought 

 themselves and their families to total ruin. 



The only consolation they enjoy is, that 

 all around them are in the same situation ; 



