A few words to the emigrant who may be desirous 

 mating our shores the land of his adoption. To him 

 — the agriculturist, the farm-laborer, the mechanic, the 

 artisan, of every description — we are prepared to say, 

 welcome ; and to assure him, that by industry and at- 

 tention to his different pursuits, he will attain that social 

 comfort and independence which are, and should be, the 

 desire of every honest mind; and that by choosing the 

 route via the River St. Lawrence he will be wafted to 

 our shores in less time, at less expense, and with more 

 comfort, than by any other route ; that on his arrival 

 not only will he be free from the land-sharks that infest 

 other sea-ports on the Atlantic sea-board ; but he will he 

 cared for, and directed to those localities where he will be 

 sure of obtaining instant employment; every facility being 

 afforded him by the Government Emigration Agent, 

 A. Buchanan, Esq., who is ever ready to give assistance 

 where it may be required. 



Being disinterested, and only desirous of directing my 

 countrymen aright, and of saving them much time, labori 

 and expense ; to say nothing of a thousand other annoy- 

 ances, I can only repeat — should your destination be the 

 British North American Provinces — or the Northeastern or 

 Western States of America, — by all mbans choose the 

 St. Lawrence eottte. 



The great and just cause of complaint is, that the "Press'' 

 of the mother country, is, or appears to be, ignorant of the 

 great mineral and agricultural resources of the Canadas ; 

 and even of our geographical position. I have often had 

 cause to blush when reading the unjust and erroneous 

 remarks that have appeared in some of the leading 



