Letters from Canada, Written During a Residence There in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 406 halaman |
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... feet from the sur- face of the sea ; their breadth and depth in the water must , of course , have been immense . From the comparative speci- fic gravity of ice and water , the body of ice under water must have been rather more thanths ...
... feet from the sur- face of the sea ; their breadth and depth in the water must , of course , have been immense . From the comparative speci- fic gravity of ice and water , the body of ice under water must have been rather more thanths ...
Halaman 24
... feet high ; at 8.37 miles you can see the top of an object 40 feet high . In order that one object may be seen at double the distance of another , it must be four times higher . The Peak of Teneriffe is from thirteen to fourteen thousand ...
... feet high ; at 8.37 miles you can see the top of an object 40 feet high . In order that one object may be seen at double the distance of another , it must be four times higher . The Peak of Teneriffe is from thirteen to fourteen thousand ...
Halaman 26
... feet long ; of the flat fish genus , resembling a sole , but rather longer in proportion ; the back , like that of the sole , is black ; and the belly white . He is assisted in his attack on the whale by the sword - fish . It would seem ...
... feet long ; of the flat fish genus , resembling a sole , but rather longer in proportion ; the back , like that of the sole , is black ; and the belly white . He is assisted in his attack on the whale by the sword - fish . It would seem ...
Halaman 27
... feet below the bends by a sword - fish : the sword had pierced the copper sheathing , and bottom plank , to the ceiling inside ; the sword was broken short off outside ; it had been driven in with such force as to splinter the plank and ...
... feet below the bends by a sword - fish : the sword had pierced the copper sheathing , and bottom plank , to the ceiling inside ; the sword was broken short off outside ; it had been driven in with such force as to splinter the plank and ...
Halaman 39
... considerable magnitude ( as large as the Thames at Rich- mond ) , is seen precipitating itself in a body over a perpendicular precipice of 246 feet . It is allowed to be one of the finest waterfalls in the world . The eye then runs 39.
... considerable magnitude ( as large as the Thames at Rich- mond ) , is seen precipitating itself in a body over a perpendicular precipice of 246 feet . It is allowed to be one of the finest waterfalls in the world . The eye then runs 39.
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Halaman 352 - 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.
Halaman 350 - 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...
Halaman 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!
Halaman 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...
Halaman 402 - 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.
Halaman 352 - 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.
Halaman 405 - And the three commissioners so appointed, shall be sworn, impartially to examine and decide the said question, according to such evidence as shall respectively be laid before them on the part of the British government and of the United States.
Halaman 352 - Mississippi ; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude : south by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Halaman 401 - 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...
Halaman 351 - 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...