Notes of North America: Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Svazek 1W. Blackwood and sons, 1851 - Počet stran: 2 |
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Strana 12
... comparatively recent periods , they have been little better ; while what England has been may be inferred from the fact that , in an old- farmed district in Northumberland , I have myself known of six hundred cart - loads of trap ...
... comparatively recent periods , they have been little better ; while what England has been may be inferred from the fact that , in an old- farmed district in Northumberland , I have myself known of six hundred cart - loads of trap ...
Strana 22
... comparatively smiling , district . But even at this low level , and so near the waters of the broad bay , the drought had seared and yel- lowed the usually luxuriant herbage ; and had I not come from a far more arid region , it would ...
... comparatively smiling , district . But even at this low level , and so near the waters of the broad bay , the drought had seared and yel- lowed the usually luxuriant herbage ; and had I not come from a far more arid region , it would ...
Strana 23
... comparatively fertile , and free from stones . The most improved of this kind of land , however , with farm - buildings attached , rarely sells so high as £ 10 an acre . The wild or wilderness land is granted by Government at about 3s ...
... comparatively fertile , and free from stones . The most improved of this kind of land , however , with farm - buildings attached , rarely sells so high as £ 10 an acre . The wild or wilderness land is granted by Government at about 3s ...
Strana 24
... comparatively worthless land . On this poor soil I saw , for the first time , the sweet fern , Comptonia aspleni folia , which I became well acquainted with in my after journeys in New Brunswick . It rejoices in light , sandy , almost ...
... comparatively worthless land . On this poor soil I saw , for the first time , the sweet fern , Comptonia aspleni folia , which I became well acquainted with in my after journeys in New Brunswick . It rejoices in light , sandy , almost ...
Strana 36
... comparatively unprosperous circumstances in which they have recently been placed . In so far as I have myself been able to ascertain the facts of the case , I think , with many patriotic colonists , that the welfare of these North ...
... comparatively unprosperous circumstances in which they have recently been placed . In so far as I have myself been able to ascertain the facts of the case , I think , with many patriotic colonists , that the welfare of these North ...
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