. American history:. e on Nova Scotia, from which period until1827 the government of the island was administered bynaval commanders appointed to cruise on the fishing sta-tion, but who returned to England during the 1827 the government has been administered byresident governors ; and in 1832, at the earnest solicita-tion of the inhabitants, a representative assembly wasgranted them. 7. °The present British settlements are in the south-eastern part of the island. St. John, the capital, is sit-uated on the most eastern part of the coast, and after allits improvements, still bears th
. American history:. e on Nova Scotia, from which period until1827 the government of the island was administered bynaval commanders appointed to cruise on the fishing sta-tion, but who returned to England during the 1827 the government has been administered byresident governors ; and in 1832, at the earnest solicita-tion of the inhabitants, a representative assembly wasgranted them. 7. °The present British settlements are in the south-eastern part of the island. St. John, the capital, is sit-uated on the most eastern part of the coast, and after allits improvements, still bears the aspect of a fishingstation. 1660. 1. French set-tlements. 1692. 2. Hostilitiesbetween theEnglish andFrench,—ter-minated bytlie treaty of Ryswick. 1697. 1702. 3. Renewalof hostilities,and successesof the French. 4. Ncufound- laiid,—hoto affected by tin treaty of Utrecht. 1713. 1729. 5. With-drawal fromNova Scotia,and subse-quent gov-ernment ofthe island. 6 The pre-sent St John,the PART II. HISTORY OF MEXICO. CHAPTEE I. ABORIGINAL MEXICO. 1. At the time of the discovery of America, nearly analysisthe whole continent was occupied by barbarous and wan- i. Indian dering tribes, of whose history little that is authentic can be learned. ^The aboriginal Mexicans, however, 2. pe^^orf-differed essentially from the great mass of the race to they apparently belonged. They had made consi- 3- smenf . f .%.,. P • . , civilization derable advances m civilization—were an agricultural peo- amons —had built flourishing and populous cities,—and wereunited under a regular system of government. ^A brief •„/, ,y°account of their history, of the state of the arts among tory,iohy ,, 1 c 1 . ,./,... , ° interesting. them, and ot their political institutions, national manners,and religion, cannot fail to be interesting and useful, as itwill exhibit the human species in a very singular stage ofits upward progress from barb
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