New Brunswick; with notes for emigrants. Comprehending the early history, an account of the Indians, settlement ... / By Abraham Gesner.

  • Abraham Pineo Gesner
Date:
1847
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: New Brunswick; with notes for emigrants. Comprehending the early history, an account of the Indians, settlement ... / By Abraham Gesner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vailing diseases of St. John was supplied by Dr. LivinesTonE of that place: to him and other Gentlemen in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Author presents his sincere thanks for the interest they have taken in this Work. To exhibit the geography of the Province advantageously, a Map has been prepared that embraces Nova Scotia, Cape Bre- ton, Prince Edward’s Island, and part of Canada, and which also shows the line between New Brunswick and the United States as established by the late Treaty of Lord Ashburton. The scenery of the Province, and several subjects, are illustrated by very correct drawings, for which the Author expresses his best thanks to J. E. Wootrorp, Esq., of Fredericton. Comprehensive Notes for Emigrants have been introduced in the body and at the close of the Work, and such details have been given as will direct them in their settlement in the Pro- vince. In the topographical descriptions, pains have been taken to convey correct representations in regard to the nature of the climate, soil, fisheries, timber, minerals, sites for manufactures, and other physical resources. Neither Railways nor any other extensive public works have ever been introduced into New Brunswick, although the period has arrived when her population, trade, and industry call for increased facilities of overland transportation. Remarks on the contemplated Railway between Halifax and Quebec, and others, have been offered, and the Author’s views respecting the several Lines proposed are the result of actual observation of the coun- try they are intended to intersect. From the nature of the Work, the Chapters on the Geology and Natural History of the Province are necessarily brief. The former is condensed from the Author’s more voluminous Reports, and both are intended to be practically useful, rather than to appear as scientific descriptions. In 1783, the population of all the British Colonies in North America was only 193,000; in 1836, it was 1,651 ,000; by care- a
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