Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 1W. Blackwood and Sons, 1851 - 415 páginas |
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... hands of the Nova Scotia merchants - while all the circumstances taken together will doubtless , in the end , make them the chief purveyors of fish both to Europe and America . At pre- sent , they complain of the bounties given by their ...
... hands of the Nova Scotia merchants - while all the circumstances taken together will doubtless , in the end , make them the chief purveyors of fish both to Europe and America . At pre- sent , they complain of the bounties given by their ...
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... hand and out with your nets , as we are off to the next harbour to - morrow , and don't wait for such lazy fellows as you be . ' " * A ready market for this fish is found in the United States ; and the absolute as well as comparative ...
... hand and out with your nets , as we are off to the next harbour to - morrow , and don't wait for such lazy fellows as you be . ' " * A ready market for this fish is found in the United States ; and the absolute as well as comparative ...
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... of acres , of which five and a quarter millions are granted to private parties , and four and a quarter still remain in the hands of the provincial Government . It does not grow corn 14 FOOD PRODUCE OF THE PROVINCE . enough for its.
... of acres , of which five and a quarter millions are granted to private parties , and four and a quarter still remain in the hands of the provincial Government . It does not grow corn 14 FOOD PRODUCE OF THE PROVINCE . enough for its.
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... hand , it is certain , from the quantity of food actually imported , that more than 60,000 , or one - fifth of the population , must be maintained by what the province itself produces . I conclude , therefore , that Dr Gesner's estimate ...
... hand , it is certain , from the quantity of food actually imported , that more than 60,000 , or one - fifth of the population , must be maintained by what the province itself produces . I conclude , therefore , that Dr Gesner's estimate ...
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... hands , of the Nova Scotian . A farmer on the South Mountains will cut down lum- ber on his farm , and will convey it with his own horses to the shores of the bay . With or without the aid of a carpenter , he will lay down the lines of ...
... hands , of the Nova Scotian . A farmer on the South Mountains will cut down lum- ber on his farm , and will convey it with his own horses to the shores of the bay . With or without the aid of a carpenter , he will lay down the lines of ...
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Notes of North America: Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 1 James Finlay Weir Johnston Visualização integral - 1851 |
Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 1 James Finlay Weir Johnston Visualização integral - 1851 |
Notes of North America: Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 1 James Finlay Weir Johnston Visualização integral - 1851 |
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