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 broth; 1 bottle of vinegar to correct the taste of the water served out; some safe medicines as castor oil, epsom salts, rhubarb, pills, &c.; and some oatmeal baked into hard, well-fired, flat cakes, and prepared on the griddle, (not in the oven) will be used by those accustomed to this kind of fare. All these articles should be well packed in a convenient manner for occasional access. The proportions required for a family, in which case there will be less waste, may be estimated from what is here given. If any provisions be left, they can be sold on landing, and more suitable necessaries and refreshments provided, such as butchers' meat and bakers' bread, which are eagerly longed for after a tedious voyage.

Many emigrants have had reason to regret the expenditure of money before embarkation that would have been of much use to them on their arrival. Besides articles of use and convenience, others have been purchased on speculation, without reference to the demands, tariff or manufacture of the country to which they are brought. These little transactions prove, in most instances, complete failures, and never can be safely entered upon, if not by a person of intelligence who has resided in the United States, and knows the quality of articles, and the prices they will bring in that country. The more cumbersome tools of mechanics, and especially those of agriculturists should not be brought, as these can be procured at cheap rates in the United States; besides, the agricultural implements of the old country are in a general way altogether unsuited to the farming operations of the new world.

The time selected for emigration is also of