Letters from Canada, Written During a Residence There in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808 |
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... tion ; but curiosity kept me on deck . The waves ran tremendously high , and the ship seemed ready to be swallowed up . One moment you are elevated , and mount the briny swell ; you are then sunk down , im- mersed in the deep , shut up ...
... tion ; but curiosity kept me on deck . The waves ran tremendously high , and the ship seemed ready to be swallowed up . One moment you are elevated , and mount the briny swell ; you are then sunk down , im- mersed in the deep , shut up ...
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... tion of a Braham , which is exquisite , are sounds vastly inferior in their power of pleasing to the shout of Land - a - head , after having been tossed and buffeted across the Atlantic Ocean . Here we are , on the 20th May , in sight ...
... tion of a Braham , which is exquisite , are sounds vastly inferior in their power of pleasing to the shout of Land - a - head , after having been tossed and buffeted across the Atlantic Ocean . Here we are , on the 20th May , in sight ...
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... tion an increased quantity of water . When it gets so far to the north as the banks of Newfoundland , it meets with a cold at- mosphere , which cools and condenses the warm air , and renders it incapable of re- taining all the water it ...
... tion an increased quantity of water . When it gets so far to the north as the banks of Newfoundland , it meets with a cold at- mosphere , which cools and condenses the warm air , and renders it incapable of re- taining all the water it ...
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... tion of the river now becomes more intri- cate , from the number of islands , banks , and shoals , which abound . At Bique there is good anchorage ; and the frigates which come to convoy the Canada ships home , do not in general go ...
... tion of the river now becomes more intri- cate , from the number of islands , banks , and shoals , which abound . At Bique there is good anchorage ; and the frigates which come to convoy the Canada ships home , do not in general go ...
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... tion to the fur trade , to exploring the in- terior of the country , cultivating the friend- ship of the Indians , and spreading the Roman catholic religion , than to the im- provement of the country in agriculture , and the promotion ...
... tion to the fur trade , to exploring the in- terior of the country , cultivating the friend- ship of the Indians , and spreading the Roman catholic religion , than to the im- provement of the country in agriculture , and the promotion ...
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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...