Preface.

The object of this pamphlet is to draw the attention of farmers and others to the fact that Tobacco culture will in all probability become one of the best paying industries in this Colony. I have pointed out the only and surest means of procuring the seeds of first-class plants. I have touched clearly, concisely, and truthfully upon planting, the bad quality of cigars sold in these colonies, the way they are made, and the class of material of which they are composed. After I have visited the tobacco lands up North, I intend to enlarge this pamphlet, for then I shall be qualified to write from personal knowledge as to the capabilities of the soil for planting purposes. In the meantime, if this little canoe is sufficiently buoyant to float over the broad waters, and avoid shipwreck, I am content. Sae, flow gently, sweet Afton, and dunna droon it.^*