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HINTS TO EMIGRANTS. 
It is to be feared that those who emigrate to 
New South Wales, generally anticipate too great 
facility in their future operations and certainty 
of success in conducting them ; bat they should 
recollect that competency cannot be obtained 
without labour. Every trade — every profession, 
in this respect, is subject to the same law — the 
lawyer, the physician, the tradesman, and the 
mechanic. This labour is required at our hands, 
even in an old community ; how much more then 
is it called for in a new, where the ingenuity of 
men is put to trial to secure those means of ac- 
complishing their ends which here are abun- 
dant. Now, it appears to me but consistent, 
that he who is obliged to leave his native coun- 
try from want of means to hold his station there, 
can hardly expect to find, or rather to secure, 
abundance elsewhere without some exertion. 
Every man who emigrates should proceed with 
a conviction on his mind, that he is about to 
encounter years of labour and privation. He 
will not then be disappointed at partial reverses, 
and will be more thankful for unexpected pros- 
perity. I feel persuaded the tone of mind has 
a great deal to do with success, because it in- 
fluences the conduct of the individual. Supposing, 
