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... enter- prising travellers of this and other countries . But it may be safely asserted that there is at present no work in the English language , which can claim the merit even of attempting to combine these scattered materials , and to ...
... enter- prising travellers of this and other countries . But it may be safely asserted that there is at present no work in the English language , which can claim the merit even of attempting to combine these scattered materials , and to ...
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... enters the continent between the peninsula of Paraguana and Cape Chichibacoa , and is connected with the lake of Maracaibo ; the Gulf of Darien forms the most southern part of the sea , and extends between 75 ° and 80 ° W. long . to 8 ...
... enters the continent between the peninsula of Paraguana and Cape Chichibacoa , and is connected with the lake of Maracaibo ; the Gulf of Darien forms the most southern part of the sea , and extends between 75 ° and 80 ° W. long . to 8 ...
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... enters the northern extremity of the Juan de Fuca Sound , on the coast of the Pacific . Its course is very rapid , and it has cataracts at six places , which are quite impassable for boats . Its course is about 600 miles . The coast ...
... enters the northern extremity of the Juan de Fuca Sound , on the coast of the Pacific . Its course is very rapid , and it has cataracts at six places , which are quite impassable for boats . Its course is about 600 miles . The coast ...
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... enters the basin west of Lake Champlain . The country inclosed by these lines must be considered as an exten- sive basin , which constitutes one of the most striking natural features of North America . Though the most western angle is ...
... enters the basin west of Lake Champlain . The country inclosed by these lines must be considered as an exten- sive basin , which constitutes one of the most striking natural features of North America . Though the most western angle is ...
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... enters the Gulf of St. Lawrence . At the mouth of the river Saguenay it is 18 miles wide , and at Cape de Monts , or Mont Pelée , it is 25 miles wide . At this point the coast trends to the north , and the river soon widens to 70 miles ...
... enters the Gulf of St. Lawrence . At the mouth of the river Saguenay it is 18 miles wide , and at Cape de Monts , or Mont Pelée , it is 25 miles wide . At this point the coast trends to the north , and the river soon widens to 70 miles ...
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30 miles Acadian mountains Amazonas Atlantic banks boundary branch Brazil called canal Cape Caribbean Sea Chippewyan Mountains climate coast colony considerable consists contains cotton course covered cultivated declivity distance districts divided east eastern elevation exports extends falls farther feet fertile Guatemala Gulf Gulf of Honduras Gulf of Mexico harbour high lands hills hilly Indians inhabitants island Isthmus Lake Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario Lawrence lower Lower Canada maize Mexico miles long miles wide Mississippi mouth navigable nearly Nicaragua North America north-east north-eastern north-west northern numerous occupy Orinoco Pacific Paraguay parallel Paranà peninsula plain population port portion principal produce province quantity rain range region ridges rises river rocks rocky runs season separated settlements shores Sierra soil south-east south-west southern extremity square miles Strait sugar surface table-land town tract trees tribes United valleys vessels western whole width
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Page 425 - From the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz, that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of 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...
Page 445 - Bay; and also all such Territories, Islands, and Countries, which have, since the tenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, been made Part of the Government of Newfoundland, be, and they are hereby, during his Majesty's Pleasure, annexed to, and made Part and Parcel of, the Province of Quebec...
Page 447 - ... proclamation, that we have, in the letters patent under our great seal of Great Britain, by which the said governments are constituted, given express power and direction to our governors of our said colonies respectively, that so soon as the state and circumstances of the said colonies will admit thereof, they shall, with the advice and consent of the members of our council, summon and call general assemblies...
Page 16 - Muir glacier, its measurement and movement, are derived wholly from Professor Wright's notes. Roughly speaking, the Muir glacier may be said to occupy an amphitheatre which has the dimensions of about twenty-five miles from north to south, and thirty miles from east to west. The opening of this amphitheatre at Muir Inlet is toward the south southeast. It is two miles across from the shoulder of one mountain to the other at the outlet. Into the amphitheatre pour nine glaciers, and the sub-branches...
Page 429 - Degrees of Northern Latitude, on the Eastern bank of the River Connecticut...
Page 250 - The Legislature consists of a Senate and House 'of Representatives. The senate is chosen by the counties, and the number chosen by each county depends upon its quota of tax.
Page 227 - Georgia, Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin...
Page 527 - Southland there are several large islands, which are separated from it by a strait nearly 120 miles in length, and from a quarter of a mile to a mile wide.
Page 358 - ... are sold to the Indians. A coarse butcher's knife is one skin, a woollen blanket or a fathom of coarse cloth, eight, and a fowling-piece fifteen. The Indians receive their principal outfit of clothing and ammunition on credit in the autumn, to be repaid by their winter hunts; the amount intrusted to each of the hunters varying with their reputations for industry and skill, from twenty to one hundred and fifty skins.
Page 375 - The government lies between 43° 20' and 47° 5' N. lat., and between 59° 50' and 66° 30' W. long. It is bounded on the south and east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and on the .west by the Bay of Fundy, the Province of New Brunswick, and Northumberland Strait.