Minnesota and the Far WestW. Blackwood and Sons, 1855 - 306 sider Oliphant acted as secretary to Lord Elgin during the negotiation at Washington of the reciprocity treaty with Canada. He then accompanied Lord Elgin to Quebec. There he was appointed superintendent of Indian affairsE, and made a journey to Lake Superior and back by the Mississippi to Chicago. |
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... forests , as though a mountain six thousand feet were not the slightest obstacle to a locomotive in search of the ... forest opened up by means of this railway must prove a source of great wealth to the inhabitants ; while the line ...
... forests , as though a mountain six thousand feet were not the slightest obstacle to a locomotive in search of the ... forest opened up by means of this railway must prove a source of great wealth to the inhabitants ; while the line ...
Side 11
... forest . Sometimes an acre or two of stumps marks the industry of some enterprising settler ; but stiff uninteresting pine - trees are everywhere , either form- ing interminable avenues or log cabins . But if the process of passing from ...
... forest . Sometimes an acre or two of stumps marks the industry of some enterprising settler ; but stiff uninteresting pine - trees are everywhere , either form- ing interminable avenues or log cabins . But if the process of passing from ...
Side 22
... forest of masts and a desert of rafts . In the upper , people live so close together that the most distant party is round the corner ; and it does not take ten minutes to hunt up a recusant member of the House of Commons , on the ...
... forest of masts and a desert of rafts . In the upper , people live so close together that the most distant party is round the corner ; and it does not take ten minutes to hunt up a recusant member of the House of Commons , on the ...
Side 37
... forests hitherto almost unexplored . The voyage from Coburg to Toronto occupies between eight and nine hours . The country between these places is thickly inhabited , while the popula- tion of Toronto itself has increased with wonderful ...
... forests hitherto almost unexplored . The voyage from Coburg to Toronto occupies between eight and nine hours . The country between these places is thickly inhabited , while the popula- tion of Toronto itself has increased with wonderful ...
Side 38
... forest , and watered by noble rivers , possessing a fertile soil , contiguous to one of the largest markets in the world , which is ever increas- ing , and to which it has a free and unrestricted access , the capitalist here finds a ...
... forest , and watered by noble rivers , possessing a fertile soil , contiguous to one of the largest markets in the world , which is ever increas- ing , and to which it has a free and unrestricted access , the capitalist here finds a ...
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Side 245 - The proceeds of all lands that have been, or may hereafter be, granted by the United States to the State for the support of a university, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called "The University Fund...
Side 309 - There is no map in this noble Atlas upon which we might not be tempted to write largely. Almost every one suggests a volume of reflection, and suggests it by presenting, in a few hours, accurate truths which it would be the labour of a volume to enforce in words, and by imprinting them, at the name time, upon the memory with such distinctness that their outlines are not likely afterwards to be effaced. The