PREFACE. V 



will there be discovered any country, however forbidding, en 

 tirely destitute of attraction. Authors of Travels, &c. are 

 often the cause, yet unintentionally, probably, of the forma 

 tion of such wild fancies. &quot; Countries,&quot; as Goldsmith ob 

 serves, &quot; wear different appearances to travellers of different 

 circumstances. A man who is whirled through Europe, 

 (or any country) in a post-chaise, and the pilgrim that walks 

 the tour on foot, will form very different conclusions.&quot; The 

 little incidents and particulars which will be found in this 

 Journal, may appear in themselves but trifling, yet, collec 

 tively, with the frequent and familiar comparisons made of 

 things in America to similar ones in England, they will give 

 more striking and correct ideas than general observations 

 and disconnected statements. &quot; Trifles discover characters 

 more than actions of importance. &quot; 



Perseverance alone can ensure success ; the emigrant to 

 either the United States or Canada must work to prosper, 

 or bring that property with him to purchase land cleared 

 and cultivated, with which he might have enjoyed comfort 

 at home. On having a grant of land that is in a state of 

 nature, much is to be done before he can even find a shel 

 ter, and he must wait for the seasons for his crops. It is 

 in the New World as in the Old, connections must be 

 formed before prosperity can be ensured ; but the difficulty 

 in doing this is not so great as it is in England, from the 

 rapid increase of population, each seeking mutual assistance 

 and correspondence with their establishments, agricultural 

 and commercial ; therefore, if a person is industrious, and 

 so fortunate as to have a family capable of joining in his 

 labours, and living in the bonds of affection, there can be 

 no doubt that he will prosper ; that his declining years may 

 be passed in ease ; and his descendants be in possession of 

 ample affluence. 



