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To delineate the compound character he has derived from 

 this heterogeneous stock is beyond my power. The Cana- 

 dian is simply an Englishman, who has learnt by expe- 

 rience to take care of himself instead of depending upon 

 his Government to do it for him. The native-born Ameri- 

 can is a slight, sallow, lanky man, with poor muscular 

 development. He is like the weakly child who has all 

 gone to head, and neglecting boyish games has stuffed 

 his brain at the expense of his body. The Canadian is 

 robust and strong, and presents as favourable a type of 

 the Anglo-Saxon race as can be met with in any part 

 of the world. This wide difference of physique arises 

 from two causes: 1. Climatic conditions. The climate 

 of the United States, taken as a whole, is undoubtedly 

 not favourable to the development of a robust and vigorous 

 manhood. The climate of Canada, on the other hand, 

 like that of northern Europe, matures a hardy and 

 powerful race of men. 2. The native-born American, as 

 a rule, comes of a stock that has had servants to do its 

 hard work for it hewers of wood and drawers of water 

 from Africa, from China, and from Ireland. He directs 

 their labours ; his brain expands in the action, his limbs 

 shrink from want of exercise. These traits are reproduced 

 in his children, and exaggerated in the third generation. 

 The native-born Canadian, on the contrary, is sprung from 

 a well-grown and muscular parentage, and preserves the 

 type. He is not the " tenth transmitter of a foolish face," 

 but he is the transmitter of a sound mind in a sound 

 body. 



It might be supposed that the society of Americans 

 would charm Canada into union with the United States. 



