MODERN TRAVELLER.

POPULAR DESCRIPTION,

GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL,

OF THE

VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF THE GLOBE.

NORTH AMERICA.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR JAMES DUNCAN;

OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH; M. OGLE, GLASGOW ;

AND R. M. TIMS, DUBLIN.

CARVARD COITE
JUN 20 1921)
LIBRARY

LONDON:
Printed by W. CLOWES,

Stamford-street.

TO

THE KING,

UNDER WHOSE PACIFIC SCEPTRE,
DIVINE PROVIDENCE HAS PLACED MORE THAN A SIXTH PORTION

OF THE HUMAN RACE;

· THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH OF THE BRITANNIC ISLANDS ;

THE KING OF HANOVER;

THE LORD HIGH PROTECTOR OF IONIAN GREECE ;

THE SOVEREIGN PARAMOUNT OF INDIA, CEYLON, AND AUSTRALIA ;

AND

PROTECTOR OF THE POLYNESIAN ISLANDS;

The LORD OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AND SENEGAMBIA,

OF THE WESTERN INDIES,
THE CANADAS, AND NORTHERNMOST AMERICA:

This Attempt

TO PRESENT AN ACCURATE AND AUTHENTIC DESCRIPTION OF

THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF THE GLOBE,
DRAWN CHIEFLY FROM THE REPORTS OF BRITISH TRAVELLERS,