INTKODUCTION. 



IT is impossible to over-value the provinces of 

 Great Britain lying in North America beyond the 

 Atlantic wave. They have attracted, and will con- 

 tinue to attract, the greatest attention, as the hope 

 and the home of the emigrant. A haven of rest, 

 after honourable toil, will be found there by those 

 who are debarred, by the competition in "the old 

 country," from realising their cherished dreams of 

 independence. The eastern townships of Lower 

 Canada will receive and occupy the wanderer ; 

 Canada west has many modes of employing him, 

 its resources are being so rapidly developed by 

 steam and rail. The dark forests of New Brunswick, 

 kced with bright rivers, were not created to be 



