Letters from Canada, Written During a Residence There in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808 |
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... lately granted by government to admiral Sir Isaac Coffin . The islands are valuable only as a fishing station . These islands are inhabited by the French who left Acadia ( now Nova Scotia ) after it was secured by France to Britain by ...
... lately granted by government to admiral Sir Isaac Coffin . The islands are valuable only as a fishing station . These islands are inhabited by the French who left Acadia ( now Nova Scotia ) after it was secured by France to Britain by ...
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... lately been erected , which commands the ground to a consi- derable distance from the walls ; at the extent of the range of this battery , martello towers are about to be erected , which will sweep the plains of Abraham , and prevent ...
... lately been erected , which commands the ground to a consi- derable distance from the walls ; at the extent of the range of this battery , martello towers are about to be erected , which will sweep the plains of Abraham , and prevent ...
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... lately told me , that he went into the woods in Upper Canada with his gun , in the near neighbourhood of his own house . In pursuing his game he penetrated deeper into the wood than he had been accustomed to do , and finally lost ...
... lately told me , that he went into the woods in Upper Canada with his gun , in the near neighbourhood of his own house . In pursuing his game he penetrated deeper into the wood than he had been accustomed to do , and finally lost ...
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... lately been edited here : the evi- dent intention of which is to raise the Ca- nadian character , and detract from that of the English . It is natural enough for the Canadians to wish to appear in the most re- spectable light possible ...
... lately been edited here : the evi- dent intention of which is to raise the Ca- nadian character , and detract from that of the English . It is natural enough for the Canadians to wish to appear in the most re- spectable light possible ...
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... lately been made to build a bridge across -it failed . The masses of ice which came down the river when the winter broke up , carried the bridge away . The attempt however will be renewed upon a different plan , and , it is to be hoped ...
... lately been made to build a bridge across -it failed . The masses of ice which came down the river when the winter broke up , carried the bridge away . The attempt however will be renewed upon a different plan , and , it is to be hoped ...
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Page 352 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Page 350 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 64 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 290 - Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile, or else deep snow and ice...
Page 402 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Page 352 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 405 - And the three commissioners so appointed, shall be sworn, impartially to examine and decide the said question, according to such evidence as shall respectively be laid before them on the part of the British government and of the United States.
Page 352 - Mississippi ; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude : south by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Page 401 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 351 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie...