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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... vessel arriving while the ri- ver was full of ice - state of the ice in the spring -vegetation under the snow - return of the fea- thered tribes - the land not so deeply penetrated by the frost as might be imagined — the causes 1 ...
... vessel arriving while the ri- ver was full of ice - state of the ice in the spring -vegetation under the snow - return of the fea- thered tribes - the land not so deeply penetrated by the frost as might be imagined — the causes 1 ...
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Hugh Gray. unpleasant manner , from the rolling and pitching of the vessel . Besides , the abo- minably jarring discordant sounds with which one is constantly annoyed on board ship , are intolerable , particularly in the middle of the ...
Hugh Gray. unpleasant manner , from the rolling and pitching of the vessel . Besides , the abo- minably jarring discordant sounds with which one is constantly annoyed on board ship , are intolerable , particularly in the middle of the ...
Halaman 6
... vessel is strong and good , prepare you for the next gale . Confidence grows fast upon you , and you cease to be surprised that seamen , who know these things , and who have escaped so many storms , should become callous , in a great ...
... vessel is strong and good , prepare you for the next gale . Confidence grows fast upon you , and you cease to be surprised that seamen , who know these things , and who have escaped so many storms , should become callous , in a great ...
Halaman 11
... with which these immense masses of ice are constantly surrounded and constantly fed ; for during the night the vapour is frozen , and adds to the height of the whole mass . A vessel to leeward of one of these float- ing 11.
... with which these immense masses of ice are constantly surrounded and constantly fed ; for during the night the vapour is frozen , and adds to the height of the whole mass . A vessel to leeward of one of these float- ing 11.
Halaman 12
Hugh Gray. A vessel to leeward of one of these float- ing islands is surprised , sometimes before it is seen , with a sudden and unlooked for degree of cold ; and I am assured that it is extremely dangerous to approach them . There are ...
Hugh Gray. A vessel to leeward of one of these float- ing islands is surprised , sometimes before it is seen , with a sudden and unlooked for degree of cold ; and I am assured that it is extremely dangerous to approach them . There are ...
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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...