Roughing It In The Bush, By Susanna Moodie











































































































































 -  Afterwards a small legacy of about 700 pounds fell into my
hands, and had I contented myself with this farm - Page 292
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Afterwards A Small Legacy Of About 700 Pounds Fell Into My Hands, And Had I Contented Myself With This Farm,

And purchased two adjoining cleared farms containing two hundred acres of land of the finest quality which were sold far

Below their value by the thriftless owners, I should have done well, or at all events have invested my money profitably. But the temptation to buy wild land at 5s. an acre, which was expected to double in value in a few months, with the example of many instances of similar speculation proving successful which came under my notice, proved irresistible.

In 1832 emigration was just at its height, and a great number of emigrants, several of whom were of the higher class, and possessed of considerable capital, were directed to the town of C - -, in the rear of which extensive tracts of land were offered to settlers at the provincial government sales. Had this extensive emigration continued, I should have been enabled to double my capital, by selling my wild lands to settlers; but, unfortunately, the prevalence of cholera during that year, and other causes, gave such a serious check to emigration to Canada that it has never been renewed to the same extent since that time. Besides the chance of a check to emigration generally, the influx of strangers is often extremely capricious in the direction it takes, flowing one year into one particular locality, and afterwards into another. Both these results, neither of which was foreseen by any one, unfortunately for me, ensued just at that time.

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