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Richard Henry Bonnycastle
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791–1847) was a British soldier, engineer, and author known for his works on Canada. He served in the Royal Engineers and was involved in various military operations, including the War of 1812. Bonnycastle is noted for his writings about Canadian life and history, with notable works such as "Canada and the Canadians" and "The Canadas in 1841." His books provide valuable insights into the early development of Canada and its political and social conditions during the 19th century.
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Emigrants and Immigration. Very surprising it seems to assert that the Mother Country knows very little about the finest colony which she possesses—and that an enlightened people emigrate from sober, speculative England, sedate and calculating Scotland, and trusting, unreflective Ireland, absolutely and wholly ignorant of the total change of life to which they must necessarily submit in their adopted...
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After a ramble in this very desultory manner, which the reader has, no doubt, now become accustomed to, I returned to Toronto, having first observed that the harvest looked very ill on the Niagara frontier; that the peaches had entirely failed, and that the grass was destroyed by a long drought; that the Indian corn was sickly, and the potatoes very bad. Cherries alone seemed plentiful; the...
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