prosperity of the Western Province.

If the facts and suggestions contained in the following pages should
prove useful and beneficial to the emigrant, by smoothing his rough
path to comfort and independence, my object will be attained, and my
first literary effort will not have been made in vain.



CONTENTS
OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.
Embarkation for Canada. -- Voyage out. -- Sea-life. -- Icebergs. --
Passage up the St. Lawrence. -- Quebec. -- Memorials of General Wolfe.
-- Cathedral. -- Hospitality. -- Earthquakes. -- Nuns. -- Montreal. --
Progress up the Country. -- My Roman Catholic Fellow-traveller. --
Attempt at Conversion. -- The Township of Whitby.

CHAPTER II.
Arrival at Darlington. -- Kind Reception. -- My Friend's Location. --
His Inexperience. -- Damage to his Land by Fire. -- Great Conflagration
at Miramichi. -- Forest Fires. -- Mighty Conflagration of the 6th of
October. -- Affecting Story of a Lumber-foreman. -- His Presence of
Mind, and wonderful Preservation. -- The sad Fate of his Companions.

CHAPTER III.
Inexperience of my Friend. -- Bad State of his Land -- Fall Wheat. --
Fencing. -- Grasses. -- Invitation to a "Bee." -- United Labour. --
Canadian Sports. -- Degeneracy of Bees.