the agricultural districts, and their population, for the guidance of those persons who may be looking out for farms; and of the situation and population of towns, with a view to aid immigrants in the selection of homes. It is difficult to write with absolute correctness of those countries whose rapid development outruns the printer and publisher. Since this volume was put in the hands of the compositor, numerous corrections have been made; and, between that time and this, new town-sites have been laid out, and other improvements commenced, which do not appear in these pages. But these slight omissions do not affect the general faithfulness of their contents; the whole constituting an amount of information which could only be obtained, otherwise, by a considerable expenditure of time and money.
The beautiful and favored region of the North-west Coast is about to assume a commercial importance which is sure to stimulate inquiry concerning the matters herein treated of. I trust enough is contained between the covers of this book to induce the very curious to come and see for themselves.
Portland, March, 1872.
