Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 1W. Blackwood and Sons, 1851 - 415 páginas |
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... fields . - Bilberry swamp . - Farm and opinion of an Aberdonian . - Raspberry hay . - Mare's - tail cut for hay . - Boistown . - Great fire of 1825. - Gloomy landscape.- Fires in the forest . - Nakedness of the cleared land . - Success ...
... fields . - Bilberry swamp . - Farm and opinion of an Aberdonian . - Raspberry hay . - Mare's - tail cut for hay . - Boistown . - Great fire of 1825. - Gloomy landscape.- Fires in the forest . - Nakedness of the cleared land . - Success ...
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... Clearings and accommodations by the way . Great Metapediac Lake . - Little lake . - Burned forests and bridges . - Noble's . - First green fields . - Home associations . xvi CONTENTS . - -Scotch settlers . Yankee adventurers .
... Clearings and accommodations by the way . Great Metapediac Lake . - Little lake . - Burned forests and bridges . - Noble's . - First green fields . - Home associations . xvi CONTENTS . - -Scotch settlers . Yankee adventurers .
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... field upon M'Nab's Island , where the people were assembled , were music and dancing parties in differ- ent places ; swings and refreshment stalls , whites of all grades , and darkies of different shades ; but I saw neither intoxication ...
... field upon M'Nab's Island , where the people were assembled , were music and dancing parties in differ- ent places ; swings and refreshment stalls , whites of all grades , and darkies of different shades ; but I saw neither intoxication ...
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... fields in other parts of the same island , indicate that , within comparatively recent periods , they have been little better ; while what England has been may be inferred from the fact that , in an old- farmed district in ...
... fields in other parts of the same island , indicate that , within comparatively recent periods , they have been little better ; while what England has been may be inferred from the fact that , in an old- farmed district in ...
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... field of growing Indian corn ; and , as we stopped to change horses , had an opportunity of walking into and examining ... fields were burned up , and displayed one universal brown . The hay crop had almost entirely failed , and how to ...
... field of growing Indian corn ; and , as we stopped to change horses , had an opportunity of walking into and examining ... fields were burned up , and displayed one universal brown . The hay crop had almost entirely failed , and how to ...
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acres agricultural already appears Atlantic average banks Bay of Fundy beautiful beds British Brunswick buckwheat Buffalo bushels Canada West cent chiefly clay cleared colony considerable crops cultivated culture descended distance district emigrants England English Erie Canal Europe export Falls farm farmers feet fertile flat flour forest French Canadian grain hitherto horses important improvement increase Indian corn interest intervale Island Kamouraska Kingston labour Lake Erie Lake Ontario land less limestone Lower Canada manure miles Montreal mountains mouth natural neighbourhood Niagara North America Nova Scotia oats population potatoes produce profitable province quantity Quebec region rent Restigouche rich ridges Rimouski river road Rochester rocks rocky Roman Catholic rural salt sandstone seed seen settled settlers shales shores soil St John St Lawrence surface tion town trees turnips upland Upper Canada valley western New York wheat whole winter
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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.