ach,
for it is from Liverpool that we had better embark. I shall first write
to our purser for what information he can procure, and obtain all I can
at Liverpool from other people. As soon as I have anything to
communicate, I will write."

"Write as soon as you arrive, Alfred, whether you have anything to
communicate or not; at all events, we shall know of your safe arrival."

"I will, my dear mother."

"Have you money, Alfred?"

"Yes, quite sufficient, father. I don't travel with four horses."

"Well, then, we will remain here to pack up, Alfred; and you must look
out for some moderate lodgings for us to go into as soon as we arrive at
Liverpool. At what time do the ships sail for Quebec?"

"Just about this time, father. This is March, and they will now sail
every week almost. The sooner we are off the better, that we may be
comfortably housed in before the winter."

A few hours after this conversation, Henry and Alfred left the Hall upon
their several destinations. Mr and Mrs Campbell and the two girls had
plenty of employment for three or four days in packing up. It was soon
spread through the neighbourhood that they were going to emigrate to
Canada; and the tenants who had held their farms under Mr Campbell, all
came forward and proffered their waggons and horses to transport his
effects to Liverpool, without his being put to any expense.

In the meantime a letter had been received from Alfred, who had not been
idle. He had made acquaintance with some merchants who traded to
Canada, and by them had been introduced to two or three persons who had
settled there a few years before, and who were able to give him every
information. They informed him what was most advisable to take out; how
they were to proceed upon their landing; and what was of more
importance, the merchants gave him letters of introduction to English
merchants at Quebec, who would afford them every assistance in the
selecting and purchasing of land, and in their transport up the country.
Alfred had also examined a fine timber-ship, which was to sail in three
weeks; and had bargained for the price of their passage, in case they
could get ready in time to go by her. He wrote all these particulars to
his father, waiting for his reply to act upon his wishes.

Henry returned from Oxford, having settled his accounts, and with the
produce of the sale of his classics and the other books in his pocket.
He was full of spirits, and of the gre