An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova-Scotia, Volume 2J. Howe, 1829 |
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... head may often be seen above the mists by which it is encir- cled . The great inequality in the surface of Nova- Scotia is the cause of the existence of numerous lakes , which are scattered over it in every direction . Some of them are ...
... head may often be seen above the mists by which it is encir- cled . The great inequality in the surface of Nova- Scotia is the cause of the existence of numerous lakes , which are scattered over it in every direction . Some of them are ...
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... head of the Shu- benaccadie river they almost reach the Harbor of Halifax , and afford such an extensive inland naviga- tion , that a company has been formed to complete the junction by means of a Canal . Between Wind- sor and the ...
... head of the Shu- benaccadie river they almost reach the Harbor of Halifax , and afford such an extensive inland naviga- tion , that a company has been formed to complete the junction by means of a Canal . Between Wind- sor and the ...
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... head , is Melville Island , the former abode of unfortunate prisoners of war . There are about ten buildings upon it , which , together with a garden , nearly cover its surface . The principal one is the pri- son , a long wooden house ...
... head , is Melville Island , the former abode of unfortunate prisoners of war . There are about ten buildings upon it , which , together with a garden , nearly cover its surface . The principal one is the pri- son , a long wooden house ...
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... head to St. Margaret's Bay , are , with very few exceptions , covered with rocks , the shore Iron bound , and not a tree to be seen for many miles . At the first settlement of the Country , this portion of the Coast was clothed with a ...
... head to St. Margaret's Bay , are , with very few exceptions , covered with rocks , the shore Iron bound , and not a tree to be seen for many miles . At the first settlement of the Country , this portion of the Coast was clothed with a ...
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... Head Harbour , an anchorage of the first order , and so perfectly safe that a fleet might be moored side by side , unaffected even by a hurricane . DARTMOUTH . - Opposite to Halifax , on the eastern side of the harbour , which is there ...
... Head Harbour , an anchorage of the first order , and so perfectly safe that a fleet might be moored side by side , unaffected even by a hurricane . DARTMOUTH . - Opposite to Halifax , on the eastern side of the harbour , which is there ...
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Acadians acres afford agricultural Annapolis Annapolis County Antigonish appearance Arichat August Basin Bason Bay of Fundy beautiful beds bour branch Bras Bras d'Or Lake British Canseau Cape Breton Cape North cattle Clunch coal field coast Colonies contains coun Court cultivation Cumberland distance District Ditto east eastern emigrants England entrance erected export extends feet fish fishery formed French Government Governor granted Greywacke Gulf of St Guysborough Halifax harbour head houses Indians inhabitants Ironstone Island Isle Madame July June lake land latter Lawrence Lunenburg marsh ment mouth navigable nearly Nova-Scotia Number of bushels Pictou population Port Port Hood Province quantity river road rocks sandstone Scotia settled settlement settlers Shale Shelburne ships shore Shubenacadie Shubenacadie river side situated soil strait strata Sydney three miles tide timber tion town township tract trade Truro upland veins vessels village western whole Windsor winter wood
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Page 327 - ... the king and parliament of Great Britain will not impose any duty, tax, or assessment whatever, payable in any of His Majesty's colonies, provinces and plantations in North. America or the West Indies ; except only such duties as it may be expedient to impose for the regulation of commerce...
Page 177 - ... bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by the Indian Ocean and its dependencies, including the islands adjacent to the mainland within 100 nautical miles from the coast.
Page 386 - Goods shall be imported into, nor shall any Goods, except the Produce of the Fisheries in British Ships, be exported from, any of the British Possessions in America by Sea. from or to any Place other than the United Kingdom, or some other of such Possessions, except into or from the several Ports in such Possessions, called " Free Ports," enumerated or described in the Table following; (that is to say,) Table of Free Ports.
Page 2 - Our said Province hath anciently extended, and doth of Right extend as far as the River Pentagouet or Penobscot, it shall be bounded by a line drawn from Cape Sable across the entrance of the Bay of Fundy, to the mouth of the River St. Croix, by the said River to its source, and by a line drawn due north from thence to the Southern Boundary of Our Colony of Quebec.
Page 308 - Charter governments, in the nature of civil corporations, with the power of making bye-laws for their own interior regulation, not contrary to the laws of England ; and with such rights and authorities as are specially given them, in their several charters of incorporation.
Page 327 - Trade is an extended and complicated consideration: it reaches as far as ships can sail or winds can blow: it is a great and various machine. To regulate the numberless movements of its several parts, and combine them into effect, for the good of the whole, requires the superintending wisdom and energy of the supreme power in the empire.
Page 301 - ... over the laity in any case, but only a power to regulate the behaviour of the clergy who are in Episcopal Orders, and to correct and punish them according to the...
Page 1 - Vizt. to the Northward, Our said Province shall be bounded by the Southern Boundary of Our Province of Quebec as far as the Western extremity of the Bay des Chaleurs ; To the Eastward by the said Bay and the Gulph of St.
Page 377 - Speculative reasoners, during that age, raised many objections to the planting of those remote colonies ; and foretold that, after draining their mother country of inhabitants, they would soon shake off her yoke, and erect an independent government in America...
Page 104 - And that the Students in the said College shall have liberty and faculty of taking the degrees of Bachelor, Master and Doctor in the several Arts and faculties...