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A View of the British Empire More Especially Scotland
A View of the British Empire More Especially Scotland Author:John Knox Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: unnoticed, or defpifed, bewail iafilence the lofs of whatever was valuable, or endearing in the world. Epidemical contagion, and the convulfions of nature, ar... more »e calamities which we can neither forefee nor prevent; but the flames of war were kindled by ourfelves; the ravages which they occafioned were our own a6l and deed ; nor doth it appear that the events, even of the moft fortunate wars, have reim- burfed the nation, for a permanency, in any part of the expence and lofles unavoidably fuftained by thofe wars. Our confolation, on the contrary, generally confifled in the pitiful reflection, that our enemies were alfo maimed, exhaufted, and almoft reduced to bankruptcy. This hath been the winding up of all our wars; leaving us in the pofiefiion of no territory beyond our own ifland, which may not be wrefted from us before the expiration of half a century. Review of the Colonies and Settlements which Jlill conipofe a part of the BritiJJj Empire, uith an Efti- . mate of their Exports and Imports, to, and from, England. Alfo, our Exports and Imports, to, and from, the revolted Colonies. America. The Britifh America confifled of two greatdivifions, the fouth, and the north; the former, luxuriant in foil and climate, populous, commercial, and flourifhing; its produce wheat, tobacco, rice, indigo, timber, hemp, flax, iron, pitch,' tar, and lumber. This divifion contains 2,000,000 pf inhabitants, who have formed themfelves into .Thirteen Republics, independent of Great Britain, and of one another, now called The United States of America. The latter divifion, a cold, inhofpitable, and thinly inhabited country; its fields covered with deep fnow, and its rivers froze up from Novembervember till April, which cuts off all focial and commercial intercourfe with Europe. Th...« less