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Page 46
... planting their Lands , tending their Cattle , or felling the Forest , which they burn for Potashes , or square for the Builder ; let him see these in Content and Affluence , and Masters of little Possessions which they can leave to ...
... planting their Lands , tending their Cattle , or felling the Forest , which they burn for Potashes , or square for the Builder ; let him see these in Content and Affluence , and Masters of little Possessions which they can leave to ...
Page 54
... planting . Potatoes , Indian corn , flax , hempseed , barley , turnips , lucern - grass , pumpkins , and water - melons were planted . The labor was common and enured to the benefit of the entire community . As it was rather too late in ...
... planting . Potatoes , Indian corn , flax , hempseed , barley , turnips , lucern - grass , pumpkins , and water - melons were planted . The labor was common and enured to the benefit of the entire community . As it was rather too late in ...
Page 55
... planting them with maize , pumpkins , gourds , beans , melons , & c . These indications of early agriculture were not infrequent in various portions of the State . The richest localities were selected by the Aborigines for cultivation ...
... planting them with maize , pumpkins , gourds , beans , melons , & c . These indications of early agriculture were not infrequent in various portions of the State . The richest localities were selected by the Aborigines for cultivation ...
Page 57
... planters were the abodes of beauty , comfort , and refinement . A mean temperature of about fifty degrees in winter , and not above eighty - two degrees in summer , gardens adorned with choice flowers , and orchards enriched with plums ...
... planters were the abodes of beauty , comfort , and refinement . A mean temperature of about fifty degrees in winter , and not above eighty - two degrees in summer , gardens adorned with choice flowers , and orchards enriched with plums ...
Page 64
... planting itself upon island and headland , separated from all substantial support , and yet extending itself on land and water to the very verge of hostile lines held by an enemy greatly superior in men and the appliances of warfare ...
... planting itself upon island and headland , separated from all substantial support , and yet extending itself on land and water to the very verge of hostile lines held by an enemy greatly superior in men and the appliances of warfare ...
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