Historial and Descriptive Sketches of the Maritime Colonies of British America
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828. Excerpt: ... CHAP. II. Structure of the soil, and natural productions. The general surface of the soil is, first, a thin layer of black or brown mould, composed of decayed vegetable substances; then, to the depth of a foot or a little more, a light loam prevails, inclining in some places to a sandy, in others to a clayey character; below which, a stiff clay resting on abase of sandstone predominates. The prevailing colour of both soil and stone is red. There are only a few exceptions to this general structure of the soil: these are the bogs or swamps, the formation of which is either a soft spungy turf or a layer of black mould resting on a bed of white clay or sand. In its natural state, the quality of the soil may be readily ascertained by the description of wood growing on it: being richest where the maple, beech, black birch, and a mixture of other trees grow; and less fertile where the fir, spruce, larch, and other species of the pine tribe are most numerous. The soil is friable and easily tilled, and there is scarcely a stone on the surface of the island that will impede the progress of the plough. There is no limestone nor gypsum, nor has coal yet been discovered, D although indications of its existence are produced. Iron ore is by many thought to abound, but no specimens have as yet been shewn, although the soil is in different places impregnated with an oxide of iron, and a sediment is lodged in the rivulets running from various springs, which appears to consist of metallic oxides. Red clay of a superior quality for bricks abounds in all parts of the island, and a strong white clay, of a description fit for potteries is met with, but not in large quantities. One observes, now and then, a solitary block of granite on the surface of the ground, but two stones o...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150445545
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 66
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150445548
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 136 gr


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