Book/Printed Material Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the years 1806, 1807, & 1808 : to which are added biographical notices and anecdotes of some of the leading characters in the United States Volume 1
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Image 1 of Volume 1 TRAVELS THROUGH CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1806, 1807, & 1808. 812 1154 TO WHICH ARE ADDED, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND ANECDOTES OF SOME OF THE LEADING…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 2 of Volume 1 27.71 E164 .223 263011 19 Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., Printers, Court, Shoe-lane, London.- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 3 of Volume 1 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. The obstacles which for nearly three years have retarded the publication of a second edition of these Travels being now removed, the work is again presented to…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 4 of Volume 1 iv in Canada and the United States, are given with fidelity and truth; and the distinguishing features of society are depicted in their natural colours. It has been the author's object to…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 5 of Volume 1 v been accomplished in the management of a people so opposite to ourselves both in religious and political feelings. The wise and beneficial measures which have been pursued towards the Canadians reflect…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 6 of Volume 1 vi Prejudice and animosity have contributed to warp the judgement of some writers; while others, seeing every thing with interested or partial eyes, have presented to the world the most flattering and…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 7 of Volume 1 vii change in their moral as well as political character; and from this no doubt arises that self-consequence and conceit in the young American, which gives such an air of rude licentious…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 8 of Volume 1 viii reflected the greatest credit on thier country. Many at this day could be found who would prove distinguished ornaments in the councils of their nation, did not the virulence of party…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 9 of Volume 1 ix paltry equivocation and shuffling which have marked their official character. Had a Washington or a Hamilton presided at this eventful period, how different would have been their conduct! The misfortunes which…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 10 of Volume 1 x parties; for it cannot be imputed to the wisdom of its councils, that its naval captains fought with skill and bravery. Several of those officers were educated in the British navy,…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 11 of Volume 1 xi commander-in-chief* , winds up the campaign by going distracted!! * General Dearborn, Secretary at War. The province of Upper Canada, which has borne the chief brunt of this unnatural contest, was…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 12 of Volume 1 xii to others who did. This zeal for peopling the Upper Province met with every encouragement from home, as it tended to form a strong barrier against any future invasion from the…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 13 of Volume 1 xiii both powers, and these oceans of fresh water have proved extremely serviceable in contributing to the defence of Upper Canada. The Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Superior, are capable of receiving the…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 14 of Volume 1 xiv destroying them. The forests abound with animals of every kind capable of yielding and raiment: and the Indians, who reside here in great numbers, live almost entirely on the profits arising…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 15 of Volume 1 xv its power in North America. It is the magazine from whence this country derives considerable resources, in some of which it even excels the Lower Province. Without the latter, however, it…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 16 of Volume 1 xvi the United States, though they have by no means been confined entirely to that province: Lake Champlain and the neighbourhood of Montreal have felt their influence: and it is probable that…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 17 of Volume 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION. “What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in every thing; and who having…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 18 of Volume 1 xviii to see the new world, and to tread on that ground which little more than three centuries before was unknown , was an object which I ardently longed to accomplish. My…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 19 of Volume 1 xix customs, language, and religion, were all new to me; and I found myself at once upon a strange soil, and among a foreign people. After residing a twelve month in Canada,…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 20 of Volume 1 xx a constitution altogether novel in the present times, but which, whatever defects it may contain, has proved the source of all their prosperity. The people of England are too apt to…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 21 of Volume 1 xxi my own countrymen, yet there was a novelty in many things which arrested my attention, and was not always unworthy of notice. The result of my labours I know lay before…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 22 of Volume 1 xxii Canada, and part of the United States, my object has been to describe the people as I found them; to remove the veil of unjust prejudice, and the gloss of flattery.…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 23 of Volume 1 xxiii which he should endeavour to correct. Amidst the variety of manners and dispositions which distinguish the natives of every country, a stranger meets with characters of all descriptions, and often of…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 24 of Volume 1 xxiv Upon the same principle, every country has its advantages and defects; and whether it be the frozen deserts of the Eskimaux, or the luxurious plains of the Italian, each prefers that…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 25 of Volume 1 CONTENTS. VOL. I Preface to the Second Edition Page iii Introduction to the First Edition xvii CHAPTER I. Passage to the Grand Bank. Fine Weather. Trepasse Bay. Newfoundland. Description of that Island.…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 26 of Volume 1 xxvi CHAPTER III. Origin of the Name of Quebec. Its strong natural Situation and Advantages. Capability of Defence in case of War with the United States. Origin of the War between the…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 27 of Volume 1 xxvii Epicurean Delicacy. Butter from Green Island. Frozen Milk. Maple Sugar. Origin of eating sweet Things with Meat. Price of Articles at Market. Canadian Currency 67 CHAPTER VI. Curious Jargon in the…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 28 of Volume 1 xxviii Culinary Roots. Seigniory of Grondines. Barren Soil. Price of Land. Gradual Improvement. Want of Enterprise among the Canadians. Formed themselves on the Model of their Forefathers. View of the Shores of…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 29 of Volume 1 xxix CHAPTER XI. Government of Lower Canada. Governors. Executive and Legislative Councils. House of Assembly. Provincial Parliament Canadian Orators. Oath of a Member. Debates. Ignorant Members. Anecdote of a Legislator. Laws of…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 30 of Volume 1 xxx Montreal. Interest for Money not allowed to Catholics in Canada. Rafts of Timber. Productions of Upper Canada. Prosperity of that Province. Necessity of having good Roads. Manufactures. Iron-works at Three Rivers…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 31 of Volume 1 xxxi Concerts. Freemasons'. Lodges. The Duke of Kent. Barons' Club. Grand Entertainment on the Installation of the Knights. Society of Rousticouche. Canadian Bond-Street. Billiards. Carioling. Dress of the Ladies and Gentlemen. Officers…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 32 of Volume 1 xxxii Exemplary Conduct of the Canadian Catholics. Conversion. Anecdote of First Cousins. Protestant Clergy. Bishop of Quebec. Trafalgar Dinner. Protestant Religion in Danger 333 CHAPTER XVIII. Aborigines of North America, Domiciliated Indians.…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 33 of Volume 1 xxxiii CHAPTER XX. Canadian Animals. Anecdote of a young Man. Animals of the Forest, Amphibious Animals. Canadian Hare. Birds. Turkey. Partridge. Fish. Reptiles. Snakes. Bull Frog. Excellent Fricasee of a Bull Frog.…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 34 of Volume 1 xxxiv CHAPTER XXIII. Town of Three Rivers. Houses. Streets. Musquitoes. Fleas. Baron La Hontan. Public Buildings. Fire at the Convent. Intrepidity of a Soldier. Escape of a Nun with an Emigrant Priest.…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 35 of Volume 1 TRAVELS, &c. &c. CHAPTER I. Passage to the Grand Bank—Fine Weather—Trespassé Bay—Newfoundland—Description of that Island—Dearness of Provisions—Gale of Wind—Alarming Night—Capt. Cook's Charts—Dreadful Shipwrech—Uncertainly of a Sailor's Life—the protecting Power of a Supreme…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 36 of Volume 1 2 the year, and the winds were sufficiently capricious to give me a tolerable notion of traverse sailing. I was told that we should certainly meet with very foggy weather on the…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 37 of Volume 1 3 chart, and which agreed exactly with the bearings of coast. We stood a considerable way into the bay, the shores of which are bold and rugged. As it was the first…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 38 of Volume 1 4 made, but of an indifferent quality. St. John's is the capital town of the island, and the place where all the fish caught on the Banks is dried, and packed up…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 39 of Volume 1 5 The bleak and rugged shores of Newfoundland impress their beholders with no favourable opinion of the country; while the boldness of the coast, and the raging of the ocean, make them…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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Image 40 of Volume 1 6 flew through the water with amazing velocity, uncertain of our situation. We however assembled in the cabin, and employed ourselves, during the night, in looking over the charts of the coast;…- Contributor: Lambert, John
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About this Item
Title
- Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the years 1806, 1807, & 1808 : to which are added biographical notices and anecdotes of some of the leading characters in the United States
Names
- Lambert, John, active 1806-1811.
Created / Published
- London : Printed for C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1814.
Headings
- - United States--Description and travel
- - Québec (Province)--Description and travel
Medium
- 2 v. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- E164 .L223
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Library of Congress Control Number
- 19012175
OCLC Number
- 6747153
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