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does not know that they would respect him infinitely more 

 if he showed a disposition to do likewise. That most ter- 

 rible of misfortunes, genteel poverty, so prevalent in the 

 old country, is almost unknown in the new. Keeping up 

 appearances, so far from being of any use to him, damns 

 our friend B. Colonists do not welcome the arrival of non- 

 producers to their shores, and look with suspicion upon 

 the little devices by which men without the reality seek 

 to surround themselves with the semblances of comfort. 



It would be impossible to lay down a precise code of 

 rules for the newly-arrived immigrant ; but there are 

 certain general maxims which under ordinary circum- 

 stances, be he poor or rich, he will do well to recollect. 

 In the first place, as we have seen, he should be in no 

 hurry to invest his money in land or in any other specu- 

 lation. If he belongs to the working classes, let him place 

 his money (if he has any) in bank, and work for wages for 

 a year or two. He will thus acquire experience at his 

 employer's expense, and not at his own ; and at the con- 

 clusion of a short period of profitable labour he will be 

 able, if possessed of ordinary shrewdness, to invest his 

 savings to good advantage. The immigrant with capital 

 will also find it to his advantage to spend a certain time 

 in looking about him before he makes his venture, and he 

 must guard against allowing a comfortable house, a pretty 

 prospect, society, sport, or any other non-essential, to in- 

 fluence him in his choice of a homestead. It is no doubt 

 very hard on the man who is fond of society to banish 

 himself in the bush ; but the same necessity which drove 

 him to emigrate ought to reconcile him to his banishment. 

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