Letters from Canada, written during ... 1806, 1807, and 1808 |
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... cultivated vale , or crowded city . But on the ocean even , we meet with occurrences which highly excite our curiosity , and merit our attention . Our approach to the Ame- rican shore ; our crossing the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; our ...
... cultivated vale , or crowded city . But on the ocean even , we meet with occurrences which highly excite our curiosity , and merit our attention . Our approach to the Ame- rican shore ; our crossing the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; our ...
Side 32
... method taken in this part of the world to clear and prepare the land for cultivation . We see the forest burning at a great distance , and in a variety of situ- ations . One cannot help regretting this apparent waste of 32.
... method taken in this part of the world to clear and prepare the land for cultivation . We see the forest burning at a great distance , and in a variety of situ- ations . One cannot help regretting this apparent waste of 32.
Side 33
... cultivate ; and you see a new forest grown up in many places , while the old charred ' trunks of lofty trees still remain nearly the same as when first burnt ; for it is the quality of charcoal to preserve what it surrounds from ...
... cultivate ; and you see a new forest grown up in many places , while the old charred ' trunks of lofty trees still remain nearly the same as when first burnt ; for it is the quality of charcoal to preserve what it surrounds from ...
Side 36
... cultivation ; no more wood being left than is necessary for fuel and other domestic purposes . This , in the course of time , will be the case with almost all of them , as the soil of many is very good . ་ The magnitude of the river now ...
... cultivation ; no more wood being left than is necessary for fuel and other domestic purposes . This , in the course of time , will be the case with almost all of them , as the soil of many is very good . ་ The magnitude of the river now ...
Side 37
... cultivation . Yet still the strip of cultivated ground , viewed from the river , is so small , compared with the high wood- covered mountains in the back ground of the picture , that it is scarcely enough to take off the appearance of ...
... cultivation . Yet still the strip of cultivated ground , viewed from the river , is so small , compared with the high wood- covered mountains in the back ground of the picture , that it is scarcely enough to take off the appearance of ...
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Side 350 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Side 288 - Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile, or else deep snow and ice...
Side 350 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Side 64 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Side 99 - Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still, thro...
Side 348 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Side 400 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Side 187 - ... the United States, and such goods and merchandize shall be subject to no higher or other duties than would be payable by His Majesty's subjects on the importation of the same from Europe into the said territories. And in like manner, all goods and...
Side 399 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Side 349 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie...