Ixx HINTS TO EMIGRANTS. 
and wait patiently till lie can better afibrd to 
employ labour ; above all, let him avoid embar- 
rassing himself by the purchase of any super- 
fluous or unnecessary comfort. I consider that 
man has already failed, who runs into debt in 
the first instance, or who exhausts his means in 
the purchase of large herds, from the vain ex- 
pectation that their increase will clear him. 
The time was when those idle speculations were 
occasionally attended with success, but such is 
not now the case. The energies of the agricul- 
turist are directed to their proper channel, and 
if the few are unable to make rapid fortunes, the 
many have escaped inevitable ruin. No farm in 
a state of nature can be expected to yield any 
return of consequence for the first year. It is 
incumbent on a settler to provide for his esta- 
blishment, or to retain the means of providing 
for it as circumstances may require. 
Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney 
as in England. Horses and cattle are cheaper. 
It requires little, therefore, to stock a farm in a 
reasonable manner. On the other hand, the 
climate is so mild that the want of a house is 
scarcely felt, and a temporary residence easily 
constructed. On the whole I am convinced, 
