settlers were
obliged to go into or toward Upper Canada, where, although the land was
better, the distance from Quebec and Montreal, and other populous parts,
was much greater, and they were left almost wholly to their own
resources, and almost without protection. I mention all this, because
things are so very different at present: and now I shall state the cause
which induced this family to leave their home, and run the risk and
dangers which they did.

Mr. Campbell was of a good parentage, but, being the son of one of the
younger branches of the family, his father was not rich, and Mr.
Campbell was, of course, brought up to a profession. Mr. Campbell chose
that of a surgeon; and after having walked the hospitals (as it is
termed), he set up in business and in a few years was considered as a
very able man in his profession. His practice increased very fast; and
before he was thirty years of age he married.

Mr. Campbell had an only sister, who resided with him, for their father
and mother were both dead. But about five years after his own marriage,
a young gentleman paid his addresses to her; and although not rich, as
his character was unexceptionable, and his prospects good, he was
accepted. Miss Campbell changed her name to Percival, and left her
brother's house to follow her husband.

Time passed quickly; and, at the end of ten years, Mr. Campbell found
himself with a flourishing business, and at the same time with a family
to support, his wife having presented him with four boys, of whom the
youngest was but a few months old.

But, although prosperous in his own affairs, one heavy misfortune fell
upon Mr. Campbell, which was the loss of his sister, Mrs. Percival, to
whom he was most sincerely attached. Her loss was attended with
circumstances which rendered it more painful, as, previous to her
decease, the house of business in which Mr. Percival was a partner
failed; and the incessant toil and anxiety which Mr. Percival underwent
brought on a violent fever, which ended in his death. In this state of
distress, left a widow with one child of two years old--a little
girl--and with the expectation of being shortly again confined, Mrs.
Percival was brought to her brother's house, who, with his wife, did all
he could to soften down her grief; but she had suffered so much by the
loss of her husband, that when the period arrived, her strength was
gone, and she died in giving birth to a second daughter. Mr. and Mrs.
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