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... consists of cod - fish . The day after my arrival at Halifax , I drove round the peninsula on which the city stands , and up the north- west arm - an inlet or creek , by which the peninsula is formed , and which runs inland from the bay ...
... consists of cod - fish . The day after my arrival at Halifax , I drove round the peninsula on which the city stands , and up the north- west arm - an inlet or creek , by which the peninsula is formed , and which runs inland from the bay ...
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... consists of an outer and an inner bay , both of great extent . The inner bay , which is completely land - locked , is as yet little frequented , even by boats ; and one laments to see so many fine sites for houses and clearings , on ...
... consists of an outer and an inner bay , both of great extent . The inner bay , which is completely land - locked , is as yet little frequented , even by boats ; and one laments to see so many fine sites for houses and clearings , on ...
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... consists of granite and of , more or less , meta- morphic ( Silurian and Cambrian ) slates . The surface of the former has been crumbled by the action of the weather sufficiently to form over the greater part of the North Mountains a ...
... consists of granite and of , more or less , meta- morphic ( Silurian and Cambrian ) slates . The surface of the former has been crumbled by the action of the weather sufficiently to form over the greater part of the North Mountains a ...
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... consist partly of this low intervale and partly of upland . The soils in general are light and loamy , as we should expect in a sandstone country ; and , therefore , adapted to the culture of Indian corn , which in this part of the ...
... consist partly of this low intervale and partly of upland . The soils in general are light and loamy , as we should expect in a sandstone country ; and , therefore , adapted to the culture of Indian corn , which in this part of the ...
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... consists of a thousand acres in all , of which two hundred are cleared , and eight hundred in forest , chiefly soft ( pine ) , but some of it hardwood . It contains land of three kinds . First , an island in the river of eighty acres ...
... consists of a thousand acres in all , of which two hundred are cleared , and eight hundred in forest , chiefly soft ( pine ) , but some of it hardwood . It contains land of three kinds . First , an island in the river of eighty acres ...
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Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 1 James Finlay Weir Johnston Visualização integral - 1851 |
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Página 419 - Every step in Scotland Is historical; the shades of the dead arise on every side; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of chivalry and song."— Mtackwwid'e Mayasiite.
Página 196 - Having provided himself with a home, he commenced translating the record, by the gift and power of God, through the means of the Urim and Thummim ; and being a poor writer, he was under the necessity of employing a scribe to write the translation as it came from his mouth.
Página 195 - a curious instrument, called by the ancients the Urim and Thummim, which consisted of two transparent stones, clear as crystal, set in the two rims of a bow.
Página 421 - An extraordinary work, which has earned for itself a lasting place in the literature of the country, and within a few years found innumerable readers in every part of the globe. There is no book extant that treats so well of the period to the illustration of which Mr Alison's labours have been devoted. It exhibits great knowledge, patient research, indefatigable industry, and vast power.
Página 419 - Miss Strickland has not only been fortunate in the selection of her subject, but she has sustained to the full the high reputation for research which her previous writings have acquired. Her choice has indeed been evidently directed to that period when Scottish history assumes the highest interest, and connects itself most closely with the sympathies of the present day.