Eighty Years' Progress of British North America: Showing the Wonderful Development of Its Natural Resources, Giving, in a Historical Form, the Vast Improvements Made in Agriculture, Commerce, and Trade, Modes of Travel and Transportation, Mining, and Educational Interests, Etc., Etc., with a Large Amount of Statistical Information, from the Best and Latest AuthoritiesHenry Youle Hind, Thomas C. Keefer, John George Hodgins, Charles Robb, Moses Henry Perley, William Murray L. Stebbins, 1864 - 776 halaman |
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... extent . Barns were removed when the accumulations before the door impeded entrance or exit , and the old primitive forms of plows , harrows and all other farming implements and vehicles , were retained , with a wholesome horror of ...
... extent . Barns were removed when the accumulations before the door impeded entrance or exit , and the old primitive forms of plows , harrows and all other farming implements and vehicles , were retained , with a wholesome horror of ...
Halaman 69
... extent in consequence of the calamitous civil war which is now wasting the energies of our brethren across the international boundary . The exportation of planks and boards to the United States is one of the most important Canadian ...
... extent in consequence of the calamitous civil war which is now wasting the energies of our brethren across the international boundary . The exportation of planks and boards to the United States is one of the most important Canadian ...
Halaman 74
... extent of the North American continent , and forming part of the British possessions known as the North - West Territory , or Rupert's Land . The Basin of Lake Winnipeg extends from the 90th to the 118th meridian . Its most easterly ...
... extent of the North American continent , and forming part of the British possessions known as the North - West Territory , or Rupert's Land . The Basin of Lake Winnipeg extends from the 90th to the 118th meridian . Its most easterly ...
Halaman 80
... extent , as the ancient rocks from which the gold must have been derived have not been observed on that side . A great future lies before the valley of the Saskatchewan ; it will become the granary of British Columbia , the vast pasture ...
... extent , as the ancient rocks from which the gold must have been derived have not been observed on that side . A great future lies before the valley of the Saskatchewan ; it will become the granary of British Columbia , the vast pasture ...
Halaman 96
... extent enjoys so much excellent water - power with such ample supplies of timber and minerals to work up , or to apply to any kind of manufacture to which water- power is applicable . It is a region rich in iron , lead , plum- bago ...
... extent enjoys so much excellent water - power with such ample supplies of timber and minerals to work up , or to apply to any kind of manufacture to which water- power is applicable . It is a region rich in iron , lead , plum- bago ...
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Halaman 444 - Church by one archbishop, and eight bishops ; and the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in connection with the Church of Scotland, by annual synods, presided over by moderators.
Halaman 279 - ... our Rum doth as little hurt as your Brandy and in the opinion of Christians is much more wholesome : however to keep the Indians temperate and sober is a very, good and Christian performance but to prohibit them all strong liquors...
Halaman 302 - ... and creeks of the said sea-coasts and shores of the United States and of the said islands...
Halaman 423 - No person shall require any pupil in any such school to read or study in or from any religious book, or to join in any exercise of devotion or religion objected to by his or her parents...
Halaman 424 - Scriptures are read daily. such clergymen or his authorized representative may give religious instruction to the pupils of his own church, provided it be not during the regular hours of the school.
Halaman 423 - ... hope, namely, that that Father's kingdom may come ; that he has a duty which — like the sun in our celestial system — stands in the centre of his moral obligations, shedding upon them a hallowing light which they in their turn reflect and absorb — the duty of striving to prove by his life and conversation the sincerity of his prayer that that Father's will may be done upon earth as it is done in heaven.
Halaman 562 - The lakes of New Brunswick are numerous and most beautiful; its surface is undulating — hill and dale — varying up to mountain and valley. It is everywhere, except a few peaks of the highest mountains, covered with a dense forest of -the finest growth.
Halaman 556 - ... poisoned by the alkali formed by the ashes precipitated into the river, now lay dead, or floundering and gasping on the scorched shores and beaches ; and the countless variety of wild fowl and reptiles shared a similar fate.
Halaman 388 - Public School" in each of the eight districts into which Upper Canada was then divided ; and granting £800 per annum, or £100 per school as the annual salary of the teacher in each district — the teacher to be nominated by the trustees, but appointed by the governor.* * In order to give effect to this Act, Lieut-Governor...
Halaman 82 - ... cleared of its forest growth, but abounds with the most luxuriant herbage, and generally possesses a deep, rich soil of vegetable mould. The winter of this region is not more severe than that of Lower Canada. The snow is never very deep, and in the wildest tracts the natural pasture is so abundant that horses and cattle may be left to obtain their own food during the greater part of the winter. This perennial supply of food for cattle might have been predicted from the fact that the North Saskatchewan...