"En fro what partie of the earth that men då outher aboven or benethen, it seemeth always to that dwellin there that they gow more right than other folk."

SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE.

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ON

NORTH AMERICA

AGRICULTURAL, ECONOMICAL,

AND SOCIAL

BY

JAMES F. W. JOHNSTON

M.A., F.R.S.S.L. & E., F.G.S., C.S., &c.

READER IN CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM

TWO VOLUMES

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WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON

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