An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova-Scotia, Volume 2J. Howe, 1829 |
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... occur , nothing can exceed the desolation and dreariness of their appearance . The fire , while it burns the stem of the tree , seldom con- sumes it , but hardens and preserves it from decay , and it not unfrequently maintains its erect ...
... occur , nothing can exceed the desolation and dreariness of their appearance . The fire , while it burns the stem of the tree , seldom con- sumes it , but hardens and preserves it from decay , and it not unfrequently maintains its erect ...
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... occurred among the respectable part of the Merchants , during the whole of the administration of his Excellency Sir James Kempt , a period of eight years . It is difficult to estimate , with any degree of accuracy , the extent of its ...
... occurred among the respectable part of the Merchants , during the whole of the administration of his Excellency Sir James Kempt , a period of eight years . It is difficult to estimate , with any degree of accuracy , the extent of its ...
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... occur of a similar nature and strength to those on the River Philip . It is said there exist no material obstacles in the river to the conveyance of the mineral and fossil productions of these settle- ments to the line of the Canal ...
... occur of a similar nature and strength to those on the River Philip . It is said there exist no material obstacles in the river to the conveyance of the mineral and fossil productions of these settle- ments to the line of the Canal ...
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... occur salt springs , similar to those of the river Philip ; but no rock salt has hitherto been found connected with their sources ; whether it exists beneath the sandstone formation is not known , as no attempt to penetrate it has ever ...
... occur salt springs , similar to those of the river Philip ; but no rock salt has hitherto been found connected with their sources ; whether it exists beneath the sandstone formation is not known , as no attempt to penetrate it has ever ...
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... occurs on the Macan . Lime is also found in the vicinity of Amherst , at the River Philip , and at Macan and Napan . Although its va- lue in Agriculture is not unknown to the inhabitants , it has not been often applied to that purpose ...
... occurs on the Macan . Lime is also found in the vicinity of Amherst , at the River Philip , and at Macan and Napan . Although its va- lue in Agriculture is not unknown to the inhabitants , it has not been often applied to that purpose ...
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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...