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trious emigrant, without capital, will thrive even in this 

 more stony part of their district; and that, though he 

 must bear privations, yet they never knew a failure. 

 Here, too, the praise of superior industry and perse- 

 verance was awarded to the emigrant in comparison 

 with the provincial-born native. This opinion from the 

 mouths of natives is certainly very provoking, since I 

 can sincerely say, after a very long tour in the province, 

 that, In my opinion, a finer-looking body of yeomanry is 

 not to be seen In any part of the world. The first pro- 

 vincial-born generation shoots up tall and handsome 

 men and women, pleasant to look upon. It maybe that 

 the more slender form Is inclined less to steady labour, 

 and that, with the bodily figure, the habits and tempers of 

 the descendants of Industrious settlers change also. But 

 where men are submitted to so many new Influences, 

 as they are In this new country, it Is very difficult to 

 specify or distinguish how much of any observed change 

 of habits is due to each. 



The Kenebecasis, below Hampton, widens into a series 

 of lakes, which, at the distance of about twenty miles, 

 open out into the St John River a few miles above its 

 mouth. Along the borders of this expanded river, inter- 

 vale and marsh lands occur. Every old upland farm 

 possesses more or less of each of these varieties, which 

 are especially esteemed for the quantity of hay they 

 yield. In wet seasons, when the river Is high, the 

 intervale and upland give abundance of fodder; while 

 in dry seasons, when the upland is parched, the water 

 sinks below the level of the marsh lands, which then 

 become accessible, and yield a coarse and rushy, but 

 nutritive hay. 



One farm of this kind, now on sale, seven miles 

 below Hampton, consisting of 200 acres in all — of which 

 30 acres are marsh and intervale, and 80 cleared upland, 

 and which cuts 40 tons of hay — Is valued at £600 



