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Title: A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker'

Author: Robert Carmichael-Smyth

Release Date: April 15, 2008 [EBook #25075]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Map of the North Atlantic Ocean]

A LETTER
FROM
MAJOR ROBERT CARMICHAEL-SMYTH
TO
HIS FRIEND
THE AUTHOR OF "THE CLOCKMAKER,"

CONTAINING
Thoughts on the Subject
OF
A BRITISH COLONIAL
RAILWAY COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN
THE ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC,
FROM
THE MAGNIFICENT HARBOUR OF HALIFAX,
IN
NOVA SCOTIA
(NORTH-EASTERN AMERICA),
TO
THE MOUTH OF FRAZER'S RIVER,
IN
NEW CALEDONIA
(NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA),
OR SUCH OTHER PORT AS MAY BE DETERMINED UPON.

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"Let those, who discard speculations like these as wild and improbable,
recur to the state of public opinion at no very remote period on the
subject of Steam Navigation.

"Within the memory of persons not yet past the meridian of life the
impossibility of traversing by Steam Engine the channels and seas that
surround and intersect these islands was regarded as the dream of
enthusiasts."

DR. LARDNER, 1840.

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LONDON:
W. P. METCHIM, 20, PARLIAMENT STREET.

1849.

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