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peaches from the stone , in four years , produce a tree , that will yield a bushel of peaches without grafting ; some gentlemen have ^ jlanted orchards , from 35 to 50 acres , to feed hogs , make a kind of wine , and distil into brandy equal to French . Apples , pears , plums , gooseberries , and currants , grow every where ; hemp and flax , as well as hops and white cloverwhich seem to be natural all over both Canadas , grow
, to the o-reatest perfection . The heat in summer on an average is iz degrees of Farenheit ' s scale hotter than England . The winter is rather clear and fine about three months , but colder than England . The people pour into this province from the States , where they sell their lands , and procure for a trifle land much better , where they my no tax whatever , except for the roads , and a better government ,
which they seem sensible of . Here are three large towns , Newark , Kingston , and York , now the capital , where are many good houses , some elegant . The houses of assembly are convenient , and filled with sensible , genteel men ; to be sure , their speeches are more laconic than at home ; they have their Speaker , Clerk , Usher of the Black Rod , and Door-keeper ; in short , in their courts of justice , assembly , & c . the forms are attended to—and it is Britain in epitome : the English law is the law of the land . All lands are held in free and
common soccage . The river St . Lawrence is a mighty bed of water , and contains more islands than would make a kingdom larger than Britain .. There are in Upper Canada , it is said , about 300 , 000 inhabitants , mostly Americans : it would support 30 millions . The land is a deep loam , exactly like Windmill filed , with two and three feet black mould at top ; the under stratum lime-stoneand for several hundred miles exactl
, y the same . The country is level , and well watered : the lakes are inland seas of fresh water , and deep enough for vessels of any burthen , full of salmon , trout , sturgeons , mashanonga , pike , turtle , " & c . there are large fish , above a yard long , which are speared by the Indians , and sold for a trifle .
I will now mention the greatest wonder in America , or perhaps in the world—I mean the Falls of Niagara : from the Queen ' s Town , or the landing , as it is called , where goods are carried ten miles , and re-shipped above the Falls , the road . a _ id country is the thickest settled , and best of any , in Upper Canada : all the way you hear the dreadful noise ; the nearer you approach , it is heard louder and louder ; then "
a large white cloudpresents itself , caused by the spray , and when the sun shines , a most beautiful rainbow : you come on , aiid the Falls suddenly open to your view ; and certainly , it is the most stupendous , terribly sublime sight in Nature . The river St . Lawrence , from three or four miles wide , begins to descend much , and suddenly narrows to less than halfa milewith an island in the middlethen " it seems to
, ; rush through a considerable mountain , over a perpendicular rock 141 feet high ; the sight appals the senses for a moment , till recollection comes to your aid ; the noise is like the deepest thunder joined with the loudest ordnance ; the Rapids make a dreadful noise before arriving at the Falls : I cannot find words to express the won-
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Comparison Betiveen The Ancients And Moderns In Science And Literature.
peaches from the stone , in four years , produce a tree , that will yield a bushel of peaches without grafting ; some gentlemen have ^ jlanted orchards , from 35 to 50 acres , to feed hogs , make a kind of wine , and distil into brandy equal to French . Apples , pears , plums , gooseberries , and currants , grow every where ; hemp and flax , as well as hops and white cloverwhich seem to be natural all over both Canadas , grow
, to the o-reatest perfection . The heat in summer on an average is iz degrees of Farenheit ' s scale hotter than England . The winter is rather clear and fine about three months , but colder than England . The people pour into this province from the States , where they sell their lands , and procure for a trifle land much better , where they my no tax whatever , except for the roads , and a better government ,
which they seem sensible of . Here are three large towns , Newark , Kingston , and York , now the capital , where are many good houses , some elegant . The houses of assembly are convenient , and filled with sensible , genteel men ; to be sure , their speeches are more laconic than at home ; they have their Speaker , Clerk , Usher of the Black Rod , and Door-keeper ; in short , in their courts of justice , assembly , & c . the forms are attended to—and it is Britain in epitome : the English law is the law of the land . All lands are held in free and
common soccage . The river St . Lawrence is a mighty bed of water , and contains more islands than would make a kingdom larger than Britain .. There are in Upper Canada , it is said , about 300 , 000 inhabitants , mostly Americans : it would support 30 millions . The land is a deep loam , exactly like Windmill filed , with two and three feet black mould at top ; the under stratum lime-stoneand for several hundred miles exactl
, y the same . The country is level , and well watered : the lakes are inland seas of fresh water , and deep enough for vessels of any burthen , full of salmon , trout , sturgeons , mashanonga , pike , turtle , " & c . there are large fish , above a yard long , which are speared by the Indians , and sold for a trifle .
I will now mention the greatest wonder in America , or perhaps in the world—I mean the Falls of Niagara : from the Queen ' s Town , or the landing , as it is called , where goods are carried ten miles , and re-shipped above the Falls , the road . a _ id country is the thickest settled , and best of any , in Upper Canada : all the way you hear the dreadful noise ; the nearer you approach , it is heard louder and louder ; then "
a large white cloudpresents itself , caused by the spray , and when the sun shines , a most beautiful rainbow : you come on , aiid the Falls suddenly open to your view ; and certainly , it is the most stupendous , terribly sublime sight in Nature . The river St . Lawrence , from three or four miles wide , begins to descend much , and suddenly narrows to less than halfa milewith an island in the middlethen " it seems to
, ; rush through a considerable mountain , over a perpendicular rock 141 feet high ; the sight appals the senses for a moment , till recollection comes to your aid ; the noise is like the deepest thunder joined with the loudest ordnance ; the Rapids make a dreadful noise before arriving at the Falls : I cannot find words to express the won-