GENERAL PREFACE. in 



RESIDENCE, ten months in this Island and two 

 months in Pennsylvania, in whipty { wpnt back 

 to the first ridge of mountains. In the course 

 pf the THREE PARTS, of which this work will 

 consist, each part making a small volume, every 

 thing which appears to jne useful to persons 

 intending to come to this country shall be com 

 municated; but, more especially that which 

 may be useful to farmers; because, as to such 

 matters, I have ample experience. Indeed, this 

 is the main thing ; for this is really and truly 

 a country of farmers. Here, Governors, Legis* 

 laiors, Presidents, all are farmers. A farmer 

 here is not the poor dependent wretch that a 

 Yeoman-Cavalry man is, or that a Treason^ 

 Jury man is. A farmer here depends on nobody 

 but himself and on his own proper means; and, 

 if he be not at his ease, and even rich, it must 

 be his own fault. 



4. To make men clearly see what they may 

 do in any situation of life, one of the best modes, 

 if not the very best, is, to give them, in detail, 

 an account of what one has done oneself in that 

 same situation, and how and when and where 

 one has done it. This, as far as relates to 



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