. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. Between ^ebec and Lorette, 15 5; pretty flat, and interfeded now and then by a clear rivulet. The roads arc very good, broad, and lined with ditches on each fide, in low grounds. Further fron> the town, the
. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. Between ^ebec and Lorette, 15 5; pretty flat, and interfeded now and then by a clear rivulet. The roads arc very good, broad, and lined with ditches on each fide, in low grounds. Further fron> the town, the land rifes higher and higher, and confifts as it were o'f terraces, one above another. This rifing ground is, however, pretty fmooth, chiefly without ilones, and covered with rich mould. Un- der that is the black lime-date, which is fo common hereabouts, and is divided into fmall fhivers, and corroded by the air. Some of the flrata were horizontal^ others perpendicular; I have likewife found fuch perpendicular flrata of lime-ftates in other places, in the neighbourhood of ^ebec. All the hills are cultivated ; and fome are adorned with fine churches, houfes, and corn-fields. The meadows are commonly in the vallies, though fome were likewife on eminencies. Soon after we had a fine profpedt from one of thefe hills, ^ebec appeared very plain to the eaflward, and the river St. Lawrence could likewife be feen ; further diflant, on the fouth-eafl fide of that river, appears a long chain of high mountains, running generally parallel to it, though many miles diftant from it. To the weft again, at fome diftance from- the rif)ng lands where we were, the hills chang- ed Z. Wk. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779. London : Printed for the editor; and sold by T. Lowndes . ..
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