The new El Dorado, or, British Columbia [microform]

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by  Cornwallis, Kinahan, 1839-1917

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BRITISH COLUMBIA.
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KINAHAN CORNWALLIS,
/UTIIOB OF "TABRAVABBA," "HOWARDPLCKKETT," &C., &C.
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TotbecllmoofColumbia,Uriraln'snewborn,
Wheretheraysof the riiiiK'tdlyusher themom,
O Andthelandncapedeckoutwith«smile
Wherethelieartsof thecountlessbMthopefullyhigh,
-- c Andgolddoththenioinentsbv^iiile;
rc >- Wherethefrownof theniountaiuH,theblueofthe sky,
; ij Wh(e.'roentrtalsiicignretehneiprebrelauumteydwpirtahirifoererosltlsanidnptlliaeibnreeze,
Anduiaukindeverstruggleforgain
o 5 Where tlieHi^htof theoreevenfailHtoappease
Man'sinordinateyearning;forgold,
Stillmakingeacheagerlystrugglethemore
Forthetreasureungather'd—untold.
CO Tothatclimogo,yepeople,yesonsofthewest,
?o 'Tisalandof exuberantplentyand Joy;
Qo,yechildrsnofcities,byfortuneoppreut,
Wheregoldmaybegathered whichknowsnoalloy
Farandwidedoth itlieonthatbeautifulshore
May itgladdenandlaureltbepathwayoftime
Leftthewauderertotnive;rn—ewhoreapsfrom itsmine.
'TlHthebaubleof earth 'tisthegiftof theclime,
Ofmillionsthespoil,—Itismine—Itisthine.
WITH A HAP AND ILLUSTRATION BT THE ArTHOB.
LONDON:
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THOMAS CAUTLEY NEWBY, PUBLISHEE,
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30, WELBECR STREET.
1858.
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BY PERMISSION.
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE
SIR EDW. G. EARLE LYTTON BULWER LYTTON,
BART., D.C.L., &c.,
HER majesty's SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES,
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WITH THE HIGHEST ADMIRATION FOR HIS
BRILLIANT GENIUS,
AND AS A SLIGHT BUT REFLECTED EVIDENCE
OF THE UNIVERSAL POPULARITY
OF HIS ABLE POLITICAL A4)MINIST RATION,
MORE ESPECIALLY IX THE
FOUNDING AND CONSTITUTION OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA,
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DiJDICATED,
BY THE AUTHOR.

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PEEFACE.
After being long tossed upon the billows of the
world, and buffeting with the contending winds
of fortune, it is a refreshing season in which the
wearied wanderer enters the haven of repose,
there to beguile the unconscious moments in a
happy contemplation of the past; of dangers
braved and hoped for ends achieved. Delicious
must be the retrospection of him who can look
back upon a career, however short, in which
the finger-posts of time point to deeds upon
which he can reflect and look upon again with-
out experiencing a shadow of remorse ; where
the mile-stones of his backward path denote the
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