construction;--it was in these
words, 'I'll be ---- if you get one foot of land here;' and thereupon the
parties joined issue. On this, war was declared against him by his
Excellency in Council, and every means were used to annoy him here, and
misrepresent his proceedings at home; but he stood firm, and by an
occasional visit to the Colonial Office in England, he opened the eyes of
ministers to the proceedings of both parties, and for awhile averted the
danger. At length, some five years ago, finding the enemy was getting too
strong for him, he repaired once more to England, and returned in triumph
with an order from the Colonial Office, that nobody was in any way to
interfere with his proceedings; and he has now the pleasure of
contemplating some hundreds of miles of the best roads in the province,
closely settled on each side by the most prosperous farmers within its
bounds, who owe all they possess to his judgment, enthusiasm, and
perseverance, and who are grateful to him in proportion to the benefits he
has bestowed upon them, though in many instances much against their will
at the time. I spent a fortnight with him some eighteen months ago; and
certainly one of his levees with his settlers would, if as well reported,
be quite as amusing as one of those Mornings at Bow Street--that about the
time I left London were styled, by some wag, the leading articles of the
Morning Herald."

Chapter VII. describes the operation of the _Lumber Trade_, which has been
carried on as follows:

"A person, possessed of little or no capital and inflated with the spirit
of speculation, hires a number of hands, and purchases a quantity of
provisions (on credit), and betakes himself to the woods. His terms with
his men are to feed them, supply them with what necessaries they may
require, and pay them when he sells his raft."

Chapter VIII. enumerates the _Religious Sects_, and Chapter IX. consists
of _Odds and Ends_. From the latter we quote:

"Very erroneous notions are current in England with regard to the taxation
of the United States. The truth is, that though America is lightly taxed
in comparison with England, it is by no means to be considered so when
compared to most of the continental nations. The account usually rendered
of American taxation is fallacious. It is stated, that something under six
millions sterling, or about 10_s_. per head on an average, pays the whole
army, navy, civil list, and interest of debt of the United