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Excerpt from Anticosti: Notes on the Resources and Capabilities of the Island of Anticosti Various circumstances have combined to give the worst character for the dangers of its coasts and for the inhospitality of its soil and climate to Anticosti, the island which it is the object of the writer of this communication to rescue from the state of neglect in which it has existed up to the present mo ment-a state which not only makes it useless to its proprietors and to the Province of Canada, of which it forms a part, but which renders it injurious, and to a certain extent, destructive to the best interests of the latter. Among the circumstances which have repelled all proper inquiry and all enterprise from Anticosti, and which have done much to injure the province by giving a worse character to its great outlet than it really deserves, are the disasters from famine, which occurred there before provision posts were care fully kept up, and the opinion which has hitherto prevailed, that a greater proportion of vessels have been wrecked upon the island than have been lost in any other part of the river or gulf. Thus the mariner has been taught to regard his approach to Anticosti with intense dread, the island having having been described as presenting the greatest dangers to him when afloat, and as affording no sustenance for him if cast upon its shores. But, whatever unfavorable conclusions have been drawn from a recollection of the deaths from famine which took place there many years ago, and however far the opinion of the dangers of its coasts may have been received as a faithful one, these conclusions and that opinion have been based upon unsound foundations and been supported by erroneous com parisons, and have equally borne unjustly upon the condition and prospects of the island. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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