Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the United States of America, in the Year 1823, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824 |
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... SETTLEMENT , UPPER CANADA . Bold rise the mountains , rich the gardens glow , Bright lakes expand , and conquering rivers flow ; Mind , mind alone , without whose quickening ray The world's a wilderness , and man but clay , - Mind ...
... SETTLEMENT , UPPER CANADA . Bold rise the mountains , rich the gardens glow , Bright lakes expand , and conquering rivers flow ; Mind , mind alone , without whose quickening ray The world's a wilderness , and man but clay , - Mind ...
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... Settlement 103 Colonel Thomas Talbot's eccentric habits 105 Preference of the Township of London 106 Progress towards this point of Settlement 107 The Country on the River Ouse - Villages belonging to the Indians of the Six Nations 108 ...
... Settlement 103 Colonel Thomas Talbot's eccentric habits 105 Preference of the Township of London 106 Progress towards this point of Settlement 107 The Country on the River Ouse - Villages belonging to the Indians of the Six Nations 108 ...
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... Settlement - Niagara , or Fort George , taken by the Americans - Retaliation of the British Falls of Niagara Supposed to be once at Queenstown Anecdote of an Indian and of Two White Men Noise of the Falls · Chippawa - Lake Erie - Long ...
... Settlement - Niagara , or Fort George , taken by the Americans - Retaliation of the British Falls of Niagara Supposed to be once at Queenstown Anecdote of an Indian and of Two White Men Noise of the Falls · Chippawa - Lake Erie - Long ...
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... settlement , -the thick brush - wood on some points of the banks , and the beautiful diversity of the more minute parts of inanimate creation which fill up the interstices , → exhibit altogether such an assemblage of every thing ...
... settlement , -the thick brush - wood on some points of the banks , and the beautiful diversity of the more minute parts of inanimate creation which fill up the interstices , → exhibit altogether such an assemblage of every thing ...
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... settlement . Colonel Cockbourne endeavoured to persuade my father to relinquish his intention of proceeding to Upper Canada , and to accept of a settlement in the Lower Province . He pointed out the great advantages , which , he alleged ...
... settlement . Colonel Cockbourne endeavoured to persuade my father to relinquish his intention of proceeding to Upper Canada , and to accept of a settlement in the Lower Province . He pointed out the great advantages , which , he alleged ...
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acquainted acres afford American animals appearance arrival banks Bay of Quinte bear beautiful become birds British called Canadians cataract clear climate cloudy colour compelled continue cultivated degree emigrants English equal exceedingly excellent exertions expence extensive Falls farmer favourable feet flesh forests formed Fort Erie frequently Gore District Government heard height honour Horse-fly hundred immediately inches Indian inferior inhabitants insects kind labour Lake Erie Lake Ontario land Lawrence Lower Canada ment miles mind Montreal Musquito native nature nearly never Niagara Niagara river North observed persons Port Talbot possess produce quantity Quebec Queenstown rain at night render respect river River Ouse river Thames scarcely seen seldom settled settlement settlers shores situation snow soil species squirrels sufficient Summer superior tail Talbot Talbot Settlement thing timber tion townships trees Upper Canada Upper Province Western Districts whole wild Winter woods
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