THE

EMIGRANT'S INTRODUCTION

TO AN ACQUAINTANCE WITH

The British American Colonies,

AND

THE PRESENT CONDITION AND PROSPECTS

OF

THE COLONISTS;

BY

S. S. HILL, Esq.

Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it.-GENESIS.

Hath Britain all the sun that shines? Day, night,

Are they not but in Britain ?-CYMBELINE.

London:

PARBURY AND CO. 8, LEADENHALL-STREET.

1837.

W. LEWIS AND SON,

Printers,

Finch-Lane, London.

TO THE

MAGISTRATES AND LANDLORDS

OF THE

OVER-POPULOUS DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM,

This Humble Attempt,

TO SPREAD INFORMATION UPON A SUBJECT

DEEPLY AFFECTING

THE INTERESTS OF THE PEASANTRY IN PARTICULAR,

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY THEIR MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

PREFACE.

THE principal aim of this Treatise, is to assist the investigations of those whose declining fortunes have suggested the necessity of Emigration, or whose brightest prospects at home, fall short of the certain results of prudence and persevering industry in the colonies.

The plan which has been followed, was chosen from a conviction that the character of those best adapted and usually most disposed to emigrate, had not been sufficiently considered by writers on this subject. The most popular works have, in general, been made too exclusive by their application to one province only, or by their dimensions and high price; or, where these objections do not exist, the remarks which they contain, in most instances, apply to the Emigrant's situation after