MONEY A SETTLER SHOULD HAVE. Ill 



the crops have failed so many years, few in this settle- 

 ment are in debt. Oatmeal porridge and milk twice 

 a-day, and oatmeal cakes, are the prevailing diet. Odds 

 and ends, as he called sugar, tea, ^c, are obtained by 

 the sale of butter and cheese. 



Since the failure of the potato, the bush-bean — a pro- 

 lific French or kidney bean, of which many varieties are 

 cultivated in the United States — has been much grown 

 in this district. It comes a fortnight earlier than the 

 potato, is very prolific, and, when green, is an excellent 

 substitute for the potato. The dry bean is usually baked 

 with pork. This vegetable would probably succeed Avell 

 in our climate, and as a substitute for the potato, if only 

 in part, is well deserving of a trial among us. 



Mr M'Lean thinks a man would do well in Northum- 

 berland, who could come over with £50 in his pocket, 

 and better with £100. But he ought not to have too 

 much, if he is to labour contentedly, and to prosper. He 

 had himself only £5 when he settled, besides three carts 

 and a year's provisions. 



If these statements of Mr M'Lean are got by heart by 

 the intending emigrant to the wilderness parts of North 

 America, he will require little other guidance to comfort, 

 prosperity, and contentment. 



Three miles farther, over a flat coal sandstone country, 

 brought us to the Black River, which also empties itself 

 into the Miramichi Bay, has good heavy land along its 

 banks, and a prosperous agricultural settlement. The 

 next twelve miles to the Bay-du-Vin Biver, is over a 

 poor sandy country, with occasional patches of cold clay 

 and of peat bog, resting on the flat impervious sand- 

 stones. 



The Bay-du-Vin Settlement consists of about a dozen 

 Irish families, who have a school and Catholic chapel. 

 The schoolmaster said he had forty boys at school, but 

 the parents were poor, and paid little ; so that his chief 



