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. 



