lx description of emigrants 
Far, therefore, be it from me to dispute a single 
expression of regret to which they may give utter- 
ance. It must, however, be remembered that the 
deepest feelings of anguish are providentially al- 
leviated in time. Our heaviest misfortunes are 
frequently repaired by industry and caution. 
The sky clears up, as it were : new interests en- 
gage the attention, and the cares of a family or 
the improvement of a newly acquired property 
engross those moments which would otherwise be 
spent in vain and unprofitable regrets. 
It cannot be doubted that persons such as I 
have described, whose conduct has hitherto been 
regulated by prudence, and whose main object is 
to provide for their children, are the most valuable 
members of every community, whether young 
or old. To such men few countries hold out 
greater prospects of success than New South 
Wales; for the more we extend our enquiries, 
the more we shall find that the success of the 
emigrant in that colony depends upon his pru- 
dence and foresight rather than on any collateral 
circumstance of climate or soil ; and to him who 
can be satisfied with the gradual acquirement of 
competency, it is the land of promise. Blessed 
with a climate of unparalleled serenity, and of 
