OBSERVATIONS. 
417 
Cc tier, who cannot entirely relinquish the me - 
* c moria temporis acti;” that is, as he parti¬ 
cularly mentions in another passage, f<r he will 
find their manners and conversation far more 
agreeable than those of the Americans/' and 
from being chiefly in their company, he will not 
be so often tormented with the painful refec¬ 
tion, that he has not only left, but absolutely 
renounced his native country, and the menvd.om 
he once held dear above all others, and united 
himself, in their stead, vdth people whose vain 
boasts and ignorant assertions, however harsh 
and greeting they may sound to his ears, he 
must listen to without murmuring. 
Now in Canada, particularly in Lower Ca¬ 
nada, in the neighbourhood of Quebec and 
Montreal, an English settler would find him¬ 
self surrounded by his countrymen; and al¬ 
though his moderate circumstances should have 
induced him to leave England, yet he would 
not be troubled with the disagreeable reflection 
that he had totally renounced his native land, 
and swore allegiance to a foreign power; he 
would be able to consider with heartfelt satis¬ 
faction, that he was living under the protec¬ 
tion of the country wherein he had drawn his 
first breath; that he was contributing to her 
prosperity, and the welfare of many of his coun¬ 
trymen, while he was ameliorating his own 
fortune. 
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