and fifty other persons, also going out to settle in Canada.

They felt very strange at first; and when the ship began to roll from
side to side, and to dip her head into the big seas, they did not know
what was going to happen; but it soon got smooth again, and though they
were nearly a month at sea, they were not the worse for the voyage. The
ship was some days sailing up a large river, called the Saint Lawrence,
which runs right across Canada, from west to east. They only went up
part of the way in her, as far as Quebec, a fine city, built on a steep
hill. They thought the high mountains very fine on the sides of the
river, and wondered at the curious places where settlers had built their
houses. Wherever there was a level spot on the side of the mountains,
some quite high up, there was sure to be one or more fields, an orchard,
and a cottage. They were told that these were the farms of French
people, whose fathers had come over to the country many years ago, when
it was owned by France; and that a great many French still live in the
east part; but that in the west, where they were going, the inhabitants
are nearly all English, or Scotch, or Irish. They found that there was
an agent at Quebec, a government officer, as well as at every large
town, whose business it is to tell newly arrived emigrants all about the
country, how to get up to where they want to go, and to help those who
want it.

Michael and his friends went up to Montreal, another large city, in a
big steamer. From Montreal they went on sometimes in a railway; then in
a small steamer on a river, then on a canal; then across two or three
lakes, and again on a river and canal; and then they landed, and went
across country in a wagon, and for some miles over a lake, and along a
river, in an open boat, till at last they reached the place where Mr
Forster's brother lived. Here Michael and John engaged themselves to
serve two settlers, at good wages, for a year; their wives were to cook
and wash; their cottages and food were found them; while the children
were to go to school, and to help in harvest and other times when they
were wanted. Michael and John agreed that they had good reason to be
satisfied with the change they had made.

For two years Michael and John worked on steadily for their masters, as
did their wives and elder children, getting good wages, and spending
very little. They were employed in clearing the ground; that is,
chopping do