THE

MODERN TRAVELLER.

A

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.

ΤΟ

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,

IS,

WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS PERMISSION,

MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

AS THE HOMAGE OF

HIS MAJESTY'S HUMBLE SERVANT,

AND LOYAL SUBJECT,

JOSIAH CONDER.