Letters from Canada Written During a Residece in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808, Shewing the Present State of Canada, Its Productions, Trade, Commercial Importance and Political Relations: Illustrative of the Laws, the Manners of the People, and the Peculiarities of the Country and Climate : Exhibiting Also the Commercial Importance of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, & Cape-Breton and Their Increasing Ability, in Conjunction with Canada, to Furnish the Necessary Supplies of Lumber and Provisions to Our West-Indian IslandsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 406 من الصفحات |
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... staves - rafts of wood - ships annu- ally built in Canada - pot and pearl ashes - fish- eries of the St. Lawrence - the fur trade - iron forges of Canada - manufactures of soap and can- dles , leather , hats , and snuff - maple sugar ...
... staves - rafts of wood - ships annu- ally built in Canada - pot and pearl ashes - fish- eries of the St. Lawrence - the fur trade - iron forges of Canada - manufactures of soap and can- dles , leather , hats , and snuff - maple sugar ...
الصفحة 170
... derable quantity of lumber , staves , punch- con - packs , hoops , horses , and salt - fish of a variety of kinds . She supplies Great Britain with wheat occasionally ; and , what is likely to be of great importance , the fo- 170.
... derable quantity of lumber , staves , punch- con - packs , hoops , horses , and salt - fish of a variety of kinds . She supplies Great Britain with wheat occasionally ; and , what is likely to be of great importance , the fo- 170.
الصفحة 171
... staves to any amount , and of as good quality as usually come from Hamburgh , Stettin , and Dantzig . This cannot fail to be of great conse- quence , when we happen to be excluded from the Russian dominions , and from the Baltic ports ...
... staves to any amount , and of as good quality as usually come from Hamburgh , Stettin , and Dantzig . This cannot fail to be of great conse- quence , when we happen to be excluded from the Russian dominions , and from the Baltic ports ...
الصفحة 172
... Staves - - · · 429 tierces 1286 barrels 1704 quintals 90- 1930 10 0 90- - 5807 0 17 6 1491 0 0 3534 pieces · 40- 7068 0 0 1190 ditto 35- 2084 0 0 840124 at 251. per 1200 17502 11 8 Stave ends , & c . Pine boards and planks 9205 at 101 ...
... Staves - - · · 429 tierces 1286 barrels 1704 quintals 90- 1930 10 0 90- - 5807 0 17 6 1491 0 0 3534 pieces · 40- 7068 0 0 1190 ditto 35- 2084 0 0 840124 at 251. per 1200 17502 11 8 Stave ends , & c . Pine boards and planks 9205 at 101 ...
الصفحة 180
... Staves , pipe 55800 L. 30 0 Ditto , hogsheads Potash - 248000 per ditto 3669 bar . 11007 cwt . 7 10 Muscovado sugar 215 lbs . - 40 O 0 Loaf ditto 35 lbs . 1 Mapple ditto 500 lbs . 0 Honey 899 lbs . 1 Molasses 45 gallons 3 0 Snuff 134 ...
... Staves , pipe 55800 L. 30 0 Ditto , hogsheads Potash - 248000 per ditto 3669 bar . 11007 cwt . 7 10 Muscovado sugar 215 lbs . - 40 O 0 Loaf ditto 35 lbs . 1 Mapple ditto 500 lbs . 0 Honey 899 lbs . 1 Molasses 45 gallons 3 0 Snuff 134 ...
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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الصفحة 348 - 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.
الصفحة 346 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz, that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 348 - 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.
الصفحة 99 - Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still, thro...
الصفحة 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!
الصفحة 398 - 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.
الصفحة 397 - 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...
الصفحة 401 - States, who may be respectively appointed and authorized to manage the business on behalf of the respective Governments. And both parties agree to consider such decision as final and conclusive, so as that the same shall never thereafter be called into question, or made the subject of dispute or difference between them.
الصفحة 347 - 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...