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Tour on the New Brunswick Coast. Carl Hovey...
...unharbored coast and the malarial swamps of North Carolina had turned the course of the earliest settlers northward toward Virginia. Soon the discontented and lawless from the latter colony emigrated southward and formed a separate settlement, which on account of its make-up was in a condition bordering on anarchy. The industries-purely agricultural-were, however, more varied than in Virginia. The main staples were tobacco in the north and rice in the south. The absence of manufactures and commerce made town life uncommon, most of the people being small farmers and living on small and widely scattered plantations...
Botanical Club. Papers: Some Aspects of the Coast Range Vegetation. Mr. W. L. Jepson, of the University of California.- Recent Contributions to Our Knowledge of Sexuality in the Ascomycetes. Mr. F. O. Grover. University Museum, Room...
Botanical Club. Papers: Some Aspects of the Coast Range Vegetation. Mr. W. L. Jepson, of the University of California.- Recent Contributions to Our Knowledge of Sexuality in the Ascomycetes. Mr. F. O. Grover. University Museum, Room...
...settled part of the colony of Virginia was along the coast and the avenues of trade were the many salt water estuaries and small streams. These conveniences hindered growth of good roads and aided isolation. The colony was divided into counties, hundreds or cities. The latter name was given to tracts of woodland much as it is given to communities in the West at the present day. However, all these different divisions were regarded in the light of boroughs, as is shown by the name, House of Burgesses, being given to the general assembly...