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Page vii
... land , but the just administration of just laws ; such as they have in general experienced under the Whig government ; and this system steadily persevered in will , after a lapse of time and O'Connell , quiet , con- ciliate , and ...
... land , but the just administration of just laws ; such as they have in general experienced under the Whig government ; and this system steadily persevered in will , after a lapse of time and O'Connell , quiet , con- ciliate , and ...
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... Land , there was every reason to believe the natives were unacquainted with the use of canoes ; a fact ex- tremely embarrassing to those who indulge themselves in speculating on the genealogy of nations ; because it reduces them to the ...
... Land , there was every reason to believe the natives were unacquainted with the use of canoes ; a fact ex- tremely embarrassing to those who indulge themselves in speculating on the genealogy of nations ; because it reduces them to the ...
Page 48
... lands . The soil upon the sea - coast has not been found to be very productive , though it improves in partial spots in the interior . The climate is healthy , in spite of the prodigious heat of the summer months , at which pe- riod the ...
... lands . The soil upon the sea - coast has not been found to be very productive , though it improves in partial spots in the interior . The climate is healthy , in spite of the prodigious heat of the summer months , at which pe- riod the ...
Page 49
... land in cultivation , 4,000 . The temptation to salt pork , and sell it for Government store , is probably the reason why the breed of hogs has been so much kept under . The increase of cul- tivated lands between the two periods is ...
... land in cultivation , 4,000 . The temptation to salt pork , and sell it for Government store , is probably the reason why the breed of hogs has been so much kept under . The increase of cul- tivated lands between the two periods is ...
Page 53
... land to obtain labourers . In the one , land is scarce , and men plenty ; in the other , men are scarce , and land is plenty . To disturb this natural order of things ( a practice injurious at all times ) must be particularly so where ...
... land to obtain labourers . In the one , land is scarce , and men plenty ; in the other , men are scarce , and land is plenty . To disturb this natural order of things ( a practice injurious at all times ) must be particularly so where ...
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