A Comprehensive Outline of the Geography and History of Nova Scotia: From the Discovery of America to the Reign of Queen Victoria I., Arranged in a ... or a Reading Book, for Schools and Privat - Hardcover

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Excerpt from A Comprehensive Outline of the Geography and History of Nova Scotia<br/><br/>Knowledge of Nova Scotia. While it was necessary to condense the narrative into a small compass, care has been taken to no tice every interesting fact, and to continue the history to the present year. Some apology is necessary for the Map, which does not include the adjacent Provinces, as proposed. The omission is made from causes which the author could not control. Immediately after the appearance of the advertisement, he was politely presented with a beautiful and correct draft, extending to Lake Erie, west  Philadelphia, south Labrador, north  and Newfoundland, east. This was forthwith put into the hands of the engraver, but the difficulties and delay attending the execution of it, induced him to abandon the object. The Map subjoined, however, contains the new Counties, and is otherwise sufficiently correct for all ordinas.

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