Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 1W. Blackwood and Sons, 1851 - 415 páginas |
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... the United States possess really correct and precise agricultural infor- mation are very local and limited ; while the majority are insensibly inclined to give faith to exaggerations viii PREFACE . upon this as upon other topics ,
... the United States possess really correct and precise agricultural infor- mation are very local and limited ; while the majority are insensibly inclined to give faith to exaggerations viii PREFACE . upon this as upon other topics ,
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... little a word for it ; acres of them is too small a tarm to give a right notion ; miles of them , perhaps , is more like the thing ; * Gesner's Industrial Resources , p . 124 . 10 SHOALS AND EXPORTS OF MACKEREL . and , when.
... little a word for it ; acres of them is too small a tarm to give a right notion ; miles of them , perhaps , is more like the thing ; * Gesner's Industrial Resources , p . 124 . 10 SHOALS AND EXPORTS OF MACKEREL . and , when.
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... give a value to the compar- atively unproductive margins of this wide inner lake . A ride of ten miles brought us to Sackville , at the head of the lake , where we stopped to breakfast . In passing over these first ten miles on a new ...
... give a value to the compar- atively unproductive margins of this wide inner lake . A ride of ten miles brought us to Sackville , at the head of the lake , where we stopped to breakfast . In passing over these first ten miles on a new ...
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... give a fair idea of those of the Bay of Minas , and of the other broad creeks which communicate with the Bay of Fundy ; only the American waters are scarcely so dark in colour , and the mud they deposit is of a redder hue . The frequent ...
... give a fair idea of those of the Bay of Minas , and of the other broad creeks which communicate with the Bay of Fundy ; only the American waters are scarcely so dark in colour , and the mud they deposit is of a redder hue . The frequent ...
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... give an opinion upon its agricultural capabilities . I trust that the result of my tour has been to inspire new hopes and awaken new con- fidence in the food - producing and population - sustaining powers of the land of this valuable ...
... give an opinion upon its agricultural capabilities . I trust that the result of my tour has been to inspire new hopes and awaken new con- fidence in the food - producing and population - sustaining powers of the land of this valuable ...
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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.