SKETCHES OF LOWER CANADA, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE; WITH THE AUTHOR'S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE SOIL, AND ASPECT; THE MORALS, HABITS, AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, OF THAT ISOLATED COUNTRY; DURING A TOUR TO QUEBEC, IN THE MONTH OF JULY, 1817. BY JOSEPH SANSOM, ESQ. MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY; Most National Habitudes are the Result of unobserved GRAY. NEW-YORK: PRINTED FOR KIRK & MERCEIN. Southern District of New-York, SS. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twentieth day of September, in the forty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, Kirk & Mercein, of the said District, have deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words and figures following, to wit: "Sketches of Lower Canada, Historical and Descriptive'; with the Author's Recollections of the Soil and Aspect; the Morals, Habits, and Religious Institutions, of that Isolated Country; during a Tour to Quebec, in the month of July, 1817. By Joseph Sansom, Esq. Member of the American Philosophical Society, Author of Letters from Europe, &c. Most National Habitudes are the Result of unobserved Causes and Necessities. GRAY. In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled "an Act, supplementary to an Act entitled an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." ROBERT FINN, Clerk of the BODI UBR -7060 1970 OXFORD |