Excerpt from The Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters From the Wife of an Emigrant Officer Dr. Dun'lop, it is true, has published a witty and Spirited pamphlet, The Backwoodsman, but it does not enter into the routine of feminine duties and employment, in a state of Emigration. Indeed, a woman 's pen alone can describe half that Is requisite to be told of the internal management of a domicile in the backwoods, In order to enable the outcoming female emigrant to form a proper judgment of the trials and arduous duties she has to encounter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.