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... soil , and the seeds it contained , seemed to have been quickened by the passage of the fire . Ferns and fire ... soils of a more propitious character , derived from those gyp- sum - bearing and red sandstone rocks which have been ...
... soil , and the seeds it contained , seemed to have been quickened by the passage of the fire . Ferns and fire ... soils of a more propitious character , derived from those gyp- sum - bearing and red sandstone rocks which have been ...
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... soil of this more favoured part of Nova Scotia . It is not all , how- ever , of equal quality . Three kinds of land are distinguished in this and the adjoining province . First , dyke - land — the rich alluvial deposit of these waters ...
... soil of this more favoured part of Nova Scotia . It is not all , how- ever , of equal quality . Three kinds of land are distinguished in this and the adjoining province . First , dyke - land — the rich alluvial deposit of these waters ...
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... soil I saw , for the first time , the sweet fern , Comptonia aspleni folia , which I became well acquainted with in my after journeys in New Brunswick . It rejoices in light , sandy , almost useless soils , of which I know scarcely any ...
... soil I saw , for the first time , the sweet fern , Comptonia aspleni folia , which I became well acquainted with in my after journeys in New Brunswick . It rejoices in light , sandy , almost useless soils , of which I know scarcely any ...
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... soil , which , like that of so many other trap rocks , is said by Dr Gesner to be rich and fertile . The granites ... soils . Between these ridges runs a long valley , widening towards the Bay of Minas , and affording at that extre- mity ...
... soil , which , like that of so many other trap rocks , is said by Dr Gesner to be rich and fertile . The granites ... soils . Between these ridges runs a long valley , widening towards the Bay of Minas , and affording at that extre- mity ...
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... soils bearing only the white birch . Endless pine forests covered the sandstone soils , where drift from other for- mations , or the sorting action of flowing water , had not modified their natural character . Through the first twenty ...
... soils bearing only the white birch . Endless pine forests covered the sandstone soils , where drift from other for- mations , or the sorting action of flowing water , had not modified their natural character . Through the first twenty ...
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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.