(3, p. 60.)

In the early part of our Colony’s history, I think the beginning of the second year, the letters received by some land agents from their absentee constituents were, in some respects, rather amusing, as they displayed the great expectations such landowners entertained in reaping almost immediate benefits from their recent purchases of their land orders. One, for instance, writes to his agent, (Mr. Child,) thanking him for the great care he had taken in selecting his land, observing also, that as one section contains a great deal of very valuable timber, and another of an abundance of flax, he hoped that he would see to dispose of them to the best advantage, so that he might be able to realise from them a handsome profit.