Glasgow was then, as now, the centre of Scottish industry, and it is to Glasgow that the penniless Highlanders flock in large numbers for work and residence.

Here was a suitable field for the Emigration Agent, and accordingly one of their countrymen, Captain Roderick McDonald, was sent thither.

The way to Canada was long, the country unknown, and it required all his persuasion and the power of the Gaelic tongue--an open Sesame to an Highlander's heart--to persuade many to join the Colonists' bank.

It required more.
The Highlander is a bargainer, as the Tourist in the Scottish Highlands knows to this day.

Captain Roderick McDonald was compelled to promise larger wages to clerks and laborers to induce them to join.