64 INDUSTRIOUS lEISH SETTLERS., 



with tliem, henceforth appeared as virtues in the ejes 

 of my fellow-traveller, in whose honour the Woodstock 

 charivari had been got up by the Woodstock Orangemen. 

 These families, however, were really industrious, had 

 good crops, and appeared to be thriving. One of the 

 settlers, called MacLachlan, had eleven children, and a 

 farm of 200 acres, of which 60 were cleared. He had 

 cut 10 tons of hay, and had some of the best oats and 

 potatoes I had seen in the province. He had been in 

 the country four years, and had cleared all with his own 

 hands : I suppose that means with the help of his chil- 

 dren, for all can do something. He said an emigrant 

 who had £20 in his pocket, after paying for his land, 

 would he easy. He only required a little to carry him 

 on till his first crops were gathered. His own 200 acres, 

 with the 60 cleared, he said, might now be worth £100. 

 There were many excellent hard-working Scotch and 

 Irish farmers in the neighbourhood, he added ; the natives 

 — native-bora he meant — were too lazy, and liked lum- 

 bering better. Indeed, the more I saw of North America 

 all over, the more I was satisfied that an indolent man 

 will do better at home than on the new continent; but 

 industry and patience are sure to be rewarded with com- 

 petence and a comfortable living. 



Another Irishman had been three years in the country, 

 and a third only one year. All were happy, and had 

 excellent crops, with new-chopped land burning for 

 those of next year. One of these had paid £50 for his 

 200 acres, because a little of it had been cleared. The 

 Government price is 3s. currency an acre, and 3d. for 

 surveying, payable in four instalments, or 20 per cent 

 discount for ready money ; so that 1000 acres would 

 cost £120 to Government, and £12 to the surveyor. 



These Irish settlers struck me as representing industry 

 personified. I saw many others of the same nation, 

 afterwards, of whom I could not speak so well. The 



