The transition was easy from England to her colonies.

Every facility was afforded them for transportation, and the wise policy which encouraged their settlement in the new countries was amply rewarded by the results.

Altogether, the Huguenots were a much better sort of people than those who usually constituted the mass of European emigrants.

The very desperation of their circumstances was a proof of their virtues.

They were a people of principle, for they had suffered everything for conscience sake.