An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova-Scotia, Volume 2J. Howe, 1829 |
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... cultivated valley of the Annapolis River , the diversified and picturesque country of Horton and Cornwallis ; the richness , extent , and variety , of the views in the vicinity of Windsor ; the unrivalled beauty of Mahone Bay , with its ...
... cultivated valley of the Annapolis River , the diversified and picturesque country of Horton and Cornwallis ; the richness , extent , and variety , of the views in the vicinity of Windsor ; the unrivalled beauty of Mahone Bay , with its ...
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... cultivation of these allotments , an excise duty was imposed upon all spirituous liquors consumed in the Province , out of which a bounty of 20 shillings was paid for every acre of ground clear- ed and enclosed . The inhabitants ...
... cultivation of these allotments , an excise duty was imposed upon all spirituous liquors consumed in the Province , out of which a bounty of 20 shillings was paid for every acre of ground clear- ed and enclosed . The inhabitants ...
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... cultivation , at an expense of twenty - two pounds ten shillings per acre . Since that time , and especially within the last twenty years , the greater part of the land in the vicinity of the Capital , has been enclosed with stone walls ...
... cultivation , at an expense of twenty - two pounds ten shillings per acre . Since that time , and especially within the last twenty years , the greater part of the land in the vicinity of the Capital , has been enclosed with stone walls ...
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... cultivation . Forests of hemlock , spruce and pine , intermingled with small bodies of hard wood , and separated by extensive barrens , cover the shore of the great Lake , and the wide and broken hills , that rise abruptly from the east ...
... cultivation . Forests of hemlock , spruce and pine , intermingled with small bodies of hard wood , and separated by extensive barrens , cover the shore of the great Lake , and the wide and broken hills , that rise abruptly from the east ...
Page 39
... cultivated upland - 390 acres , and of cleared in- terval -- 200 acres . Several orchards were also in full vigour , and some of them still produce fruit . The greater part of this land lies in the lower village , for in the upper , or ...
... cultivated upland - 390 acres , and of cleared in- terval -- 200 acres . Several orchards were also in full vigour , and some of them still produce fruit . The greater part of this land lies in the lower village , for in the upper , or ...
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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 Church 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 limestone Lunenburg marsh ment mouth nature navigable nearly Nova-Scotia Pictou population Port Port Hood Province quantity river road rocks sandstone Scotia settled settlement settlers Shale Shelburne ships shore 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