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ances, will become morose and dissatisfied, con- 

 stantly pining after the land of their birth, and 

 ultimately relapsing into morbid and often dissipated 

 habits, producing unhappiness and discomfort among 

 all those with whom they are thrown in contact. 

 Retired military and naval men, professional persons 

 advanced in years, all whose habits of life have 

 become formed, had better be satisfied to reside at 

 home, however parsimoniously they are compelled to 

 live, to risking the chance of being successful across 

 the ocean. Many such people, having large families, 

 believe it a duty they owe their children thus to 

 expatriate themselves. They know by experience 

 that education is expensive in England, and they 

 are well aware that it is difficult to obtain suitable 

 employment for their progeny. This I grant, but 

 the same objection is applicable to Canada ; and 

 worse still, there are very few young gentlemen 

 brought up in the bush who do not relapse into the 

 condition of boors, or worse still become even utter 

 blackguards. Nor is this to be wondered at, when 

 too frequently they have no other society but that of 

 teamsters, woodchoppers, Indian traders, and half- 

 breeds. Life in a frontier cabin, though it may be 

 free and independent, with a certain amount of 

 romance, is unfortunately idle. A youngster, after 

 living it for some years is as unqualified for settled 

 mercantile or professional pursuits as the retired 

 veteran soldier to become a laborious artisan. I 

 know Canada from east to west, from the shores of 



