to those other places where it seems alike more profitable and more pleasant to pass one's life. Still, caution is necessary; it is a step that will make or mar your life. Think well before you decide on "quitting the ills you have, to fly to others you know not of." You must, to do better, find a market where your aptitude for a special occupation will command a better rate of remuneration. A few years ago we heard so much about the Cape Colony; if they could only get out there, people thought their fortunes were made. I had a letter from a customer at King William's Town, in November 2nd, 1883, in which lie says: "It is cruel to betray men out here, for when they come they find everything ready made. In fact, the large stores are glutted with all kinds of American goods, such as ready-made doors of every description, mouldings, and window sashes, saddlery, and ready-made clothing. Even carriages come from America, all descriptions, ready made. Instead of there being a dozen or so of journeymen tailors and saddlers, there ought to be fifty; the same with the carpenters, carriage-makers, &c. Good tradesmen come here, and the steady men all leave as soon as they have saved enough money. I hear from Cape Town things are in a much worse state there than here. They have even opened soup kitchens,-there are so many out of work,-a thing I never heard of before, since I have been in the colony." I mention this, that caution may be exercised, as too many think they have only to leave the old country, and there will be plenty of profitable work to be had. In the colonies, as here, it will all depend upon whether you are capable to do the work required to be done. When a physician has a patient whose