Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire ...: From the Official Records of the Colonial OfficeW.H. Allen and Company, 1839 - 906 páginas |
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... coast Yallah's Hill , which is within the point of the same name , is only 2,706 feet . The greater proportion of the mountains are of conical form , with steep declivities , approaching very near the shore on the N. coast , and leaving ...
... coast Yallah's Hill , which is within the point of the same name , is only 2,706 feet . The greater proportion of the mountains are of conical form , with steep declivities , approaching very near the shore on the N. coast , and leaving ...
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... coast , on which coast Falmouth , 20 miles east of Montego Bay , is also situate . The other places worth notice are Carlisle and Bluefield Bays on the S. and Marthabræ and Lucea harbours on the N. coast . The chief headlands of the ...
... coast , on which coast Falmouth , 20 miles east of Montego Bay , is also situate . The other places worth notice are Carlisle and Bluefield Bays on the S. and Marthabræ and Lucea harbours on the N. coast . The chief headlands of the ...
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... coast it is tem- perate , the medium at Kingston throughout the year being 80 F. and the minimum 70. As the country is ascended the temperature of course decreases ; eight miles from Kingston the maximum is 70 , and at the distance of ...
... coast it is tem- perate , the medium at Kingston throughout the year being 80 F. and the minimum 70. As the country is ascended the temperature of course decreases ; eight miles from Kingston the maximum is 70 , and at the distance of ...
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... coast is moderately good ; on the other , or N. E. side , it is fortified with a reef of rocks , between which and the shore , in smooth water , the inhabitants have their craals , or pens , for keeping turtle in . The soil towards the ...
... coast is moderately good ; on the other , or N. E. side , it is fortified with a reef of rocks , between which and the shore , in smooth water , the inhabitants have their craals , or pens , for keeping turtle in . The soil towards the ...
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... coast ; a group of finely wooded flat or round topped hills the centre ; and a chain of fertile evergreen downs the S. coast of the island . The fecundity of the soil , its gigantic and magnificent vegetation , ( compared with which the ...
... coast ; a group of finely wooded flat or round topped hills the centre ; and a chain of fertile evergreen downs the S. coast of the island . The fecundity of the soil , its gigantic and magnificent vegetation , ( compared with which the ...
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Página 259 - American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlements, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors or possessors of the ground.
Página 145 - 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, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron, thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that...
Página 145 - 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...
Página 259 - The King of Great Britain, in ceding the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon to France, regards them as ceded for the purpose of serving as a real shelter to the French fishermen, and in full confidence that these possessions will not become an object of jealousy between the two nations ; and that the fishery , between the said islands and that of Newfoundland shall be limited to the middle of the channel.
Página 145 - Bay, including all the territory to the westward and southward of the said line, to the utmost extent of the country commonly called or known by the name of Canada...
Página 258 - But it shall be allowed to the subjects of France to catch fish, and to dry them on land, in that part only, and in no other besides that, of the said island of Newfoundland, which stretches from the place called Cape Bonavista to the northern point of the said island, and from thence running down by the western side, reaches as far as the place called Point Riche.
Página 333 - Union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little State in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India through all revolutions and changes which they have suffered, and it is in a high degree conducive to their happiness and to the enjoyment of a great portion of freedom and independence.
Página 259 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Página 259 - His Britannic Majesty will give orders that the French fishermen be not incommoded in cutting the wood necessary for the repair of their scaffolds, huts, and fishing vessels.
Página 259 - Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use...