North America, Its Agriculture and Climate: Containing Observations on the Agriculture and Climate of Canada, the United States, and the Island of Cuba |
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... distance of ten miles from town . On first landing in America , I was struck with the small stature of the men and women , and also with the paleness of their faces . The great extremes of temperature in the United States seem to ...
... distance of ten miles from town . On first landing in America , I was struck with the small stature of the men and women , and also with the paleness of their faces . The great extremes of temperature in the United States seem to ...
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... distance from Marshfield , was buried the first white man born in New England . In the same retired spot are mouldering the ashes of Daniel Webster , whose memory is fondly cherished by the people of this district . The country betwixt ...
... distance from Marshfield , was buried the first white man born in New England . In the same retired spot are mouldering the ashes of Daniel Webster , whose memory is fondly cherished by the people of this district . The country betwixt ...
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... distance of eight miles . Six active little horses were soon dashing along a very rough road recently cut out of the primeval forest . I was struck with the wanton luxuriance of nature , not so much shown in the size of the timber as in ...
... distance of eight miles . Six active little horses were soon dashing along a very rough road recently cut out of the primeval forest . I was struck with the wanton luxuriance of nature , not so much shown in the size of the timber as in ...
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... distance looked nearly as white as chalk . There was no appearance of any pines or vegetation coming up to cover what was wasted by the fire . The reclothing of the ground at this great eleva- tion will evidently be a slow process . How ...
... distance looked nearly as white as chalk . There was no appearance of any pines or vegetation coming up to cover what was wasted by the fire . The reclothing of the ground at this great eleva- tion will evidently be a slow process . How ...
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... distance of thirty - five miles ; the first eight miles lay over a road made two years ago through the forest . There were mere patches in cultivation , and that only for a small part of the way . The Indian corn was quite parched by ...
... distance of thirty - five miles ; the first eight miles lay over a road made two years ago through the forest . There were mere patches in cultivation , and that only for a small part of the way . The Indian corn was quite parched by ...
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