An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova-Scotia, Volume 2J. Howe, 1829 |
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... soil , clothed with a thin and stunted growth of Birch and Spruce . The southern margin is rugged and broken , with very prominent features , deep indents and craggy islands , and ledges inserted in the sea ; either formed by nature to ...
... soil , clothed with a thin and stunted growth of Birch and Spruce . The southern margin is rugged and broken , with very prominent features , deep indents and craggy islands , and ledges inserted in the sea ; either formed by nature to ...
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... soil and the seeds of trees con- tained in it , and a long period elapses before it is a- gain clothed with a new growth of wood , which in many instances is altogether of a different kind from that with which it was previously covered ...
... soil and the seeds of trees con- tained in it , and a long period elapses before it is a- gain clothed with a new growth of wood , which in many instances is altogether of a different kind from that with which it was previously covered ...
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... soil , sometimes distinctly , but often intermingled with each other . In winter , when the ground is covered with snow , the appearance of the evergreen is peculiarly agree- able , and refreshes the eye when fatigued with the uniform ...
... soil , sometimes distinctly , but often intermingled with each other . In winter , when the ground is covered with snow , the appearance of the evergreen is peculiarly agree- able , and refreshes the eye when fatigued with the uniform ...
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... soil . This passage , which gradually contracts in width to a quarter of a mile , is obstructed by a sand bar , and is only used by small vessels . The north end of this strait is protected by a stone tower , called the eastern battery ...
... soil . This passage , which gradually contracts in width to a quarter of a mile , is obstructed by a sand bar , and is only used by small vessels . The north end of this strait is protected by a stone tower , called the eastern battery ...
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... soil was thus exhibited to view , and the settlers , disap- pointed and discouraged , desisted for many years , from making any further attempt at cultivation . At a subsequent period , Governor Lawrence , finding that the inhabitants ...
... soil was thus exhibited to view , and the settlers , disap- pointed and discouraged , desisted for many years , from making any further attempt at cultivation . At a subsequent period , Governor Lawrence , finding that the inhabitants ...
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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...