MOST LIKELY TO PROSPER. 
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unusual freedom from disease, the settler has 
little external cause of anxiety, little apprehen- 
sion of sickness among his family or domestics, 
and little else to do than to attend to his own 
immediate interests. I should wish to illustrate 
the observations by two or three instances of 
their practical bearing and tendency. 
It was on my return from my second expe- 
dition, that I visited Lieut. ****** ^ho 
resides in the southern parts of the colony. The 
day after my arrival, he took me round his pro- 
perty, and explained the various improvements 
he had made, considering the small means with 
which he had commenced. At this part of our 
conversation, we came within view of his house, 
a substantial weather-board cottage. “ I trust,” 
said I, turning to him, “you will excuse the ques- 
tion I am about to ask ; for your frankness em- 
boldens me to propose it, and on your answer much 
of the effect of what you have been saying will 
depend. In effecting these various improve- 
ments, and in the building of that house, have 
you been obliged to embarrass yourself, or are 
they free from incumbrance?” — “Your ques- 
tion,” he said, “ is a reasonable one, and I will 
answer it with the frankness you are kind 
