Tales of the Colonies, Vol. 1 of 3

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tales of the Colonies, Vol. 1 of 3: Or, the Adventures of an Emigrant The increasing difficulty of maintaining a family in England, in Which the competition for mere subsistence has become so keen; and the still greater difficulty of providing for children When their maturer years render it imperative on the parent to' seek for some profession or calling on Which they may rely for their future support, has excited among all classes a strong attention towards the colonies of Great Britain, Where fertile and unclaimed lands, almost boundless in extent, await only the labour of man to produce all that man requires. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.