An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Količina 4compiler ; H.D. Symonds and J. Ridgeway, 1799 - 510 strani |
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... sea boisterous . This river is the only one upon which any fettlements of note are as yet formed . A river has been lately furveyed , by the deputy Surveyor General of Canada , from its entrance into the Bay of Kenty , near Cardaraqui ...
... sea boisterous . This river is the only one upon which any fettlements of note are as yet formed . A river has been lately furveyed , by the deputy Surveyor General of Canada , from its entrance into the Bay of Kenty , near Cardaraqui ...
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... Sea fowls they kill with lances , which they throw to a great diftance with furprising dexterity . Their manner of catching whales is quite different from that practifed by the Europeans : about fifty perfons , men and wo men , fet out ...
... Sea fowls they kill with lances , which they throw to a great diftance with furprising dexterity . Their manner of catching whales is quite different from that practifed by the Europeans : about fifty perfons , men and wo men , fet out ...
Stran 60
William Winterbotham. keep out water . Thus accoutred they leap into the sea , and begin to flice off the fat , even under water , before the whale is dead.- They have many different ways of killing feals ; namely , by striking them with ...
William Winterbotham. keep out water . Thus accoutred they leap into the sea , and begin to flice off the fat , even under water , before the whale is dead.- They have many different ways of killing feals ; namely , by striking them with ...
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... sea- fon of the whale fishery . - The ftone about this place is chiefly a kind of marble , which diffolves eafily in the marine acid . There were no appearance of minerals of any kind , nor any figns of an- cient or modern volcanoes ...
... sea- fon of the whale fishery . - The ftone about this place is chiefly a kind of marble , which diffolves eafily in the marine acid . There were no appearance of minerals of any kind , nor any figns of an- cient or modern volcanoes ...
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... sea coaft , latitude 29 ° 45 ' ; is of an oblong figure , and interfected by four streets , which cut each other at right angles . The town is for- tified with bastions , and inclofed with a ditch : it is likewife defended Travels ...
... sea coaft , latitude 29 ° 45 ' ; is of an oblong figure , and interfected by four streets , which cut each other at right angles . The town is for- tified with bastions , and inclofed with a ditch : it is likewife defended Travels ...
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Stran 28 - 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...
Stran 27 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Stran 27 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
Stran 27 - 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...
Stran 27 - 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...
Stran 29 - IT is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Stran 30 - ... his Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of the American inhabitants...
Stran 26 - In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. It having pleased the Divine Providence to dispose the hearts of the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, George the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Arch-Treasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, &c...
Stran 71 - And whereas it frequently happens that vessels sail for a port or place belonging to an enemy without knowing that the same is...
Stran 50 - And it is agreed, that the subjects or citizens of each of the contracting parties, their vessels or effects, shall not be liable to any embargo or detention on the part of the other, for any military expedition or other public or private purpose whatever.