Practical Notes Made During a Tour in Canada: And a Portion of the United States, in MDCCCXXXIWilliam Blackwood, 1833 - 379 páginas |
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Página 31 - Each family had a cow, fed in a common pasture at the end of the town. In the evening they returned all together, of their own' accord, with their tinkling bells hung at their necks, along the wide and grassy street, to their wonted sheltering trees, to be milked at their master's doors.
Página 31 - The cool, the fragrant, and the dusky hour," clothed in the plainest habits, and with minds as undisguised and artless. These primitive beings were dispersed in porches grouped according to similarity of years and inclinations. At one door young matrons, at another the elders of the people, at a third the youths and maidens, gaily chatting or singing together, while the children played round the trees, or waited by the cows, for the chief ingredient of their frugal supper, which they generally ate...
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Página 348 - THERE is nothing of more importance to Emigrants on arrival at Quebec, than correct information on the leading points connected with their future pursuits. Many have suffered much by a want of caution, and by listening to the opinions of interested designing characters, who frequently offer their advice unsolicited, and who are met generally about wharfs, and landing places frequented by strangers.
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Página 301 - ... latitude. The southern parts have mild winters, and the spring opens as early as in any part of the United States in the same latitude. The position of the northern parts must subject it to a Canadian temperature. The winter commences here early in November; and does not terminate except with the end of March.