VI INTRODUCTION 



monuments in Wisconsin. These two portions of the Ap- 

 pendix consist of matter suitable to the body of the 

 work : — and to many readers will have more interest than I 

 dare to hope for the original matter. The only reason for 

 placing them in the Appendix is that they are not original 

 matter. This will be a sufficient apology to most readers 

 for the length of the Appendix. 



The design of the work is to make an instructive volume 

 for the library — and at the same time, though not strictly a 

 guide, yet more useful to the emigrant than a book of mere 

 details can be, by imparting to him those general ideas of 

 the country which will be always of no less value than a 

 knowledge of minute particulars in relation to certain places. 



