in practice, as good an average yield will be obtained, as in any
country in the world.

"The following average of ten years for the Huron tract, has been
published:--Wheat, 25 bushels; barley, 30 bushels; oats, 40 bushels;
rye, 30 bushels; potatoes, 250 bushels per acre. Swedish turnips,
mangel-wurzel, and other roots of a similar kind, are not yet
sufficiently cultivated, to enable an average yield to be given; but it
may very safely be said, that, with similar care, culture, and
attention, the produce will not be less per acre than in England.
Indeed, it may be said with truth to apply to every grain except beans,
which do not thrive well in the Canadian climate."



CHAPTER XXI.

THE KING PROCLAIMED IN THE BUSH. -- FETE AND BALL IN THE EVENING. -- MY
YANKEE FELLOW-TRAVELLER. -- AWFUL STORM. -- MY LONELY JOURNEY. --
MAGICAL EFFECT OF A NAME.

I WAS busy in the storehouse one afternoon, when Mr. Prior entered with
a newspaper in his hand, which he had just received from the old
country.

"I see by this paper, Strickland, that George IV. is dead; and that his
Majesty King William IV. has been proclaimed. Now, I think, we must
give the workmen a holiday on this memorable occasion."

"In what manner do you intend to celebrate the day?" was my rejoinder.