The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, Volumen1Samuel Mills, 1809 |
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... called the Four Brothers , and to the westward of the Islands called the Grand Isle , and Long Isle , or the Two Heroes , and to the westward of the Isle la Mott , to the forty fifth degree of north latitude . This line is about one ...
... called the Four Brothers , and to the westward of the Islands called the Grand Isle , and Long Isle , or the Two Heroes , and to the westward of the Isle la Mott , to the forty fifth degree of north latitude . This line is about one ...
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... called the Green Mountains ; and with great propriety their name has been assigned to the State . The altitude of mountains , has been one of the 26 NATURAL AND CIVIL CHAPTER II MOUNTAINS Their Direction, Altitude, Tops, Caverns, the ...
... called the Green Mountains ; and with great propriety their name has been assigned to the State . The altitude of mountains , has been one of the 26 NATURAL AND CIVIL CHAPTER II MOUNTAINS Their Direction, Altitude, Tops, Caverns, the ...
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... called evergreens ; pine , spruce , hemlock and fir ; intermixed with shrubs and bushes . The powers of vegetation regularly diminish , as we approach the summit of an high mountain ; the trees degenerate in their dimensions , and ...
... called evergreens ; pine , spruce , hemlock and fir ; intermixed with shrubs and bushes . The powers of vegetation regularly diminish , as we approach the summit of an high mountain ; the trees degenerate in their dimensions , and ...
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... called the French river , and by the Indians , Winooski . It rises in Cabot , about fourteen miles to the west of Connecticut river , and thirty miles to the east of the heights of the green mountains . southerly branch rises in ...
... called the French river , and by the Indians , Winooski . It rises in Cabot , about fourteen miles to the west of Connecticut river , and thirty miles to the east of the heights of the green mountains . southerly branch rises in ...
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... called moose wood . In sum- mer , they keep pretty much in families . In the winter , they herd together to the number of twenty or thirty , in a company : They prefer the coldest places ; and when the snow is deep , they form a kind of ...
... called moose wood . In sum- mer , they keep pretty much in families . In the winter , they herd together to the number of twenty or thirty , in a company : They prefer the coldest places ; and when the snow is deep , they form a kind of ...
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Página 152 - Chatsworth, with the print of the toad upon it, and tradition of the manner in which it was found. In the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, there is an account of a toad found alive and healthy in the heart of a very thick elm, without the smallest entrance or egress.
Página 140 - Swallow was iu a torpid state, but being held in their hands, it revived in about half an hour. The place where this Swallow was dug up was every day covered with the salt water, which at every high tide, was four or five feet deep. The time when this Swallow was found was the latter part of the month of February...
Página 24 - Champlain, thence through the middle of the deepest channel of Lake Champlain, to the eastward of the Islands called the Four Brothers, and the westward of the Islands called the...
Página 317 - Canada; and immediately, in token of friendship, we hung up the kettle, and took up the hatchet, and with one consent, assisted Colonel Nicholson, in making preparations on this side the lake : but at length, we were told our great queen, by some important affairs, was prevented in her design at present, which made us sorrowful, lest the French, who had hitherto dreaded us, should now think us unable to make war against them.
Página 22 - Declare the Western Banks of the River Connecticut, from where it enters the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, as far North as the forty-fifth Degree of Northern Latitude, to be the Boundary Line between the said two Provinces of New Hampshire and New York.
Página 317 - We were mightily rejoiced when we heard our great queen had resolved to send an army to reduce Canada, and immediately, in token of friendship, we hung up the kettle, and took up the hatchet, and with one consent assisted Colonel Nicholson in making preparations on this side the lake; but at length we were told our great queen, by some important affairs, was prevented in her design at present, which made us sorrowful, lest the French, who had hitherto dreaded ut<, should now think us unable to make...
Página 202 - In conversation they are sprightly ; but solemn and serious in their messages relating to public affairs. Their speakers deliver themselves with surprising force and great propriety of gesture. The fierceness of their countenances, the flowing blanket, elevated tone, naked arm, and erect stature, with a half circle of auditors seated on the ground, and in the open air, cannot but impress upon the mind a lively idea of the ancient orators of Greece and Rome.
Página 392 - Here we were fully in expectation that the disturbance would have concluded; and our little army began to move; but in a short time we saw the front division driven back, and discovered that we were entirely encircled by the savages. We expected every moment that the guard, which the French, by the articles of capitulation, had agreed to allow us would have arrived, and put an end to our apprehensions; but none appeared.
Página 24 - Champlain; then through the middle of deepest channel of Lake Champlain to the eastward of the islands called the Four Brothers, and the westward of the islands called the Grand Isle and Long Isle, or the Two Heroes, and to the westward of the Isle La Motte to the line in the 45th degree of north latitude; established by treaty for the boundary line between the United States and the British Dominions.
Página 21 - River, at three miles distance, on the north side thereof, beginning at the Atlantic Ocean and ending at a point due north of Pautucket Falls, and a straight line drawn from thence, due west, till it meets with His Majesty's other Governments.