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Page 51 - The mate, having alarmed the master, put the helm down, took in sail and called all hands up. The light now spread over the whole sea between the two shores ; and the waves, which before had been tranquil, now began to be agitated.
Page 25 - ... felspar, deeply coloured with hornblende), with disseminated native copper ; the copper, in some specimens, was crystallized in rhomboidal dodecahedrons. We also found some large tabular fragments, evidently portions of a vein consisting of prehnite, associated with calcareous spar, and native copper. The Indians dig wherever they observe the prehnite lying on the soil, experience having taught them that the largest pieces of copper are found associated with it.
Page 205 - I understood that he meant Mexico;) we lived in a fine country where the earth is always pleasant; there our Suns had their abode, and our nation maintained itself for a long time against the ancients of the country, who conquered some of our villages...
Page xxxiv - Lites. Much of the Ecclesiastical Law of France, as it stood at the erection of the Sovereign Council of Quebec, is contained in the Ordinances which have been enumerated — They relate, in general, to the Government of the Church as well as of the State, and to the Jurisprudence and practice of Courts, Ecclesiastical as well as Civil. There are, however, others which wholly concern the Church, some enacted upon the representations of the States General— some upon the representations of the Clergy...
Page 52 - ... a scene will seldom fall to the lot of many to observe. The oldest sailors on board had never seen any thing of the kind to compare with it, except the captain, who had, he said, observed something of the kind in the Trades.
Page 209 - Tuscan?, when they were masters at sea, designed to send a colony thither, but the Carthaginians found means to prevent them on the two following accounts ; first they were afraid lest their citizens, tempted by the charms of that island, should pass over thither in too great numbers, and desert their own country ; next they looked upon it as a secure asylum foi themselves, if ever any terrible disaster should befal their republic.
Page 200 - This man was remarkable for his solid understanding and elevation of sentiments; and I may justly compare him to those first Greeks, who travelled chiefly into the east to examine the manners and customs of different nations, and to communicate to their fellow-citizens, upon their return, the knowledge which they had acquired.
Page ix - Laws were held to be purely personal, and were not, for this rea. son, confined in their operation to any certain District, the Barbarian was tried by the Law of his tribe, the Roman by the Roman Code, the children followed the Law of their Father, the wife that of her husband...
Page 205 - I was inclined to believe that they were not originally from the same country, which they then inhabited ; and that if the ancient speech taught him any thing on that subject, he would do me a great pleasure to inform me of it. At these words he leaned his head on his two hands, with which he covered his eyes, and having remained in that posture about a quarter of an hour, as if to recollect himself, he answered to the following effect.
Page 7 - ... ascertained by us, as portions of it were always found adhering to our anchors and sounding leads . It consisted, for the most part, of a very adhesive clay, containing small shells, of the species at present existing in the lake. When exposed to the air, this clay immediately became indurated in so great a degree as to require a smart blow to break it. — It effervesced slightly with diluted nitric acid, but whether from a mixture of carbonate of lime, or from the presence of finely comminuted...