Excerpt from Journal of an Excursion to the United States and Canada in the Year 1834: With Hints to Emigrants; And a Fair and Impartial Exposition of the Advantages and Disadvantages Attending Emigration<br><br>I have been told, and I believe it, that there are land companies in America, who pay certain individuals in the mother coun try considerable sums Of money to write flattering accounts about the country, on the same principle as Day and Martin, and other equally Shining characters, keep in their employ a poet to celebrate the praise of the article in which they deal.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.