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C anada.
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Manufactures
and Com- '
merce.
Climate and
Seafons.
B R I T I S H P LOS'S E S S I ONS i
r f f S g S i the,like of a th o uM
M o n «ore. remarkable from I j f c . p o W w k t h a t . t t P J ^ S iB m r
£ | L -The forte of Niagara m l Detroit M fem to ethe^oufhe® fide.
I S i M S ^ n W ^ I p ? 5 f t i s betweeo-Qoebee »nd Montreal,-aitd: re ehrifls.refrU^ole ,(oii: he
refo'it of.rhe
- k is confidered a s ,« g t lu id town im Bntifli .Amenga. ,
M B iH B M S i for the American Joyalifts, bub .cpn^ws ~qniy ,ppy
W r e d i fcattered h o ^ s : i t is g g g ^ M
Montreal t o w a r d s , ^
. The midcipalexports, are Tors and
and American ginfengrt • ‘The imports are Spirits, fugar,
fait, 'and provisions for the.
artiHeS ' | |
k Mr! W e l i^ b o l s agfeatsif f rer o f ice? dephas the^Canadian^
mate in the moft favourable colours, and g ®
though confiderably further to the north,
N i a n d . , .But even by } ; the extremes- of l | | | W l
* See Weld, vol. ii f f i f j
on the Britilh fide of the rive'r Niagaih, being the
* Weld, B; « «• • ,»n etn- intereftine Eiffbry o f the fur trade,’ which fed to:the inland dif-
% Mr; In .^66 G ur^penetrLdas far.as^ tB purhoF.on.the Salkalhaw.n,
covenes tn’North Amcr Rh 7p ete/ Eond ;s 'raid.to.have,difcovered the Slave lake about 1780.
or river, Bouibqn of Ae French. ¥ 10» ^ h s t iv « dSfedibffed were’rb6,ooo, 1
The North weft Company was mm J e , generally »retained;! -Mrs
™ S T a n i .w i th l i t t l e b e n e f i t to thep^bBc The flow
°fthe A~ I S aWi
S s , h « expreffed ftrong oppofeion to the monopoly of th.8 company. a in
625
In,January,'the iy^tend^^tJn^fc^t.isdmpoffibljq, to -he. out of doors Canada.
fpr, any time without the rifk ,o£ what^fe ca^effia froft-bitfe,i which, en -
dangers the limb : and, theI W;arnv,d'i^f#vals onl^ mp.reafe, the fepf^tion
apd)$djeopardy. t, RutlwinteY, ,as ^aij^^efffiurg^is ffie feafon ofamufe-
ipent ;- and |hg fledges^ draw,4'sW'.We^9hr^wo hoifgs^affggd|a, pleafapt
and Ippedy, CQnveyance» ^Several' $eves; are .placed injh^Ja^M, ^whence'
flu'es pafs to thcjapaiitments ;tlandi there) ar^dojubl&f windows and doors.
On, going.abroad the fwhQl^fbody.^i^d^red; with furs* -except- the .pyqs
and npfe,“j'r Jn5May the tha^'generally/c'omeSj fuddenly-K the ice on the
riyej,,burfting;.with the npife o f qann-on,, and ,it§ fjWjTagp -tot the,, fea is
•teatfifc, ©Jpecjaliy when a pile;,of ice.’^raffiiss^agdnft a.ro'ck^ ; Springes
fommer: >and> fvegetatibn- mftahth‘rfei<^ji[s),'11 ‘ The months of September is
on’e of the'm,6ife’.pleafenr.^‘,
The face*of,the country is generally} mountainous, and;i^ip®dy i baf. Faceofthe
there'are favahnasi ,anrd ..gflairisj of great beauty, ^Hi^ly towprdsjl^pppfv Gountry‘
Canada. -/In the lower provinqo tbe^loil kmOftly^ (ipufiitsTof ^Ip'ofa'sloiland
hlackifli earth of ten. or twelve inches,'j|pc'umbejat, oh “ cold, elay. ? Tigris -Agriculture^
thtn mould is howevef very, .fertile,, and, manure* wa,s feUhmrafc upver
lufedgbty the r French f^ttlers^; but of'Jate* mari-haaffeeuVernplefyedi, and
•i S3 found in Biwkifiderable quantities* ©n the Ihores pftJi'eTiriver; Sts ^ Law-*
r en pec T A ’little: toba'eco is cultivated» for' private ufe j; withrmanyi&iilinary
vegetables, and confiderable crops* of.grain,',wheat ;t^eing reckoned
among the .exports*: a kind of .vine-.isiiiadigCnotis, but the grapes,are-
four,!<!and* little larger than currantsLf'+ Rafpberxies. are alfo indigenous 5
andithere are good currants and goofeberkips. t Aig^eafe.variety of trees':
i-^found the forefts; pehch;» oak, elm, afh,< pitiesf^camo,re,-cheftiun ?
walnut, &e. The fugaf’maple tree 'alfoiabdiihfls,,'Vand{the fdgar'fegpner
rally ufed in the country, j1 Of this tree there are kwp kinds,idae^fwimp
ahd the' mountain maple. Mr. Wdd-pointsv®ut fpnie difficulties ihlthe i
tenures of land, which ought’to be removed j as fea fuch a dimate*-there *
i§"no Pccafion fora barrier agafhft colonization. j ^ , » 'f
• An earthquake,' 1663, 'is 'faid to have overwKehried a cl>aln o f. free-ftone niojii'Btalns f move
than 300 miles long. Morfje, p. 62, from the- American Mufeum/ iii. 292. It is to be wilhed
that this faftwere better fubftantiated and fuch a fcenc could haMyj have efcaped the notice of
recent .ttavellerai 1 1
1 Weld, i 381. This kind of vine probably ‘gave ’name to the Norwegiaiv Vinlandi L’ ; -
T O , II. 41, | Thei