Excerpt from Dundas, or a Sketch of Canadian History: And More Particularly of the County of Dundas, One of the Earliest Settled Counties in Upper Canada Gentle Reader, be entreated to revert to a custom somewhat obsolete and read my Preface. The author trusts that no labored apology is required at his hands, for the present humble attempt to gather together, and to present to the inhabitants of Dundas County, a variety of details chiefly connected with its history, many of which are more familiar to individual residents of the district than they are to himself. Yet a word or two of explanation may reasonably be sought for, as to the motives which prompted the attempt, and as to the data upon which the statements are founded. In respect to the motives, it may be asked what has induced a farmer to forsake his plough and to venture, an unknown wanderer, into the luckless paths of literature? 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.