Excerpt from Canada: Physical, Economic, and Social In forwarding the Essay to Quebec, I mentioned that I had some fear, being uncertain as to the wishes of the Executive Committee on the point, that I might have gone somewhat too largely into the subject of Geology in connec tion with the Local Descriptions; adding, that the matter in question was easily separable, and that had time permitted it had been my intention to inclose in brackets certain por tions which might, if thought well, be omitted. Unwilling to tax too much the patience of the general reader with what is technical, I have excluded a few of' the passages referred to. Should any be of opinion that too much of this description is still retained, I beg to remind them that the Geological character of the country is one of the elements which Specially contribute to make it such a comfortable home, and such an advantageous field of enterprise for its inhabitants, and to call attention to the fact that the regions most largely dwelt on - those, to wit, of Lakes Superior and Huron - may be said almost to form countries of themselves, and are besides comparatively little known. 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.