A tour through North America : $b Together with a comprehensive view of the Canadas and the United States, as adapted for agricultural emigration
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2025-11-23 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #77303 |
Description
"Sultane française au Maroc" by Noël Amaudru is a travel narrative and practical emigration guide written in the early 19th century. It follows a Scottish farmer’s tour across the United States and the Canadas to judge agricultural conditions and advise prospective emigrants, mixing itinerary, social observation, and clear notes on soils, crops, wages, and settlement prospects. The opening of the work presents the narrator’s purpose—scouting North America for a younger brother’s farming future—and his resolve to judge by firsthand observation. It traces his journey from Scotland to Liverpool and across the Atlantic to New York, noting shipboard life, then records first impressions of New York’s theatre manners, Long Island racing, and nearby farming practices and wages. A swift trip to Philadelphia via steamer and early railway brings scenes of militia muster, funerals, hotel quirks, a visit to an innovative farmer near the city, the Fair Mount waterworks, and a portrait of Philadelphia; the return through sandy New Jersey contrasts sharply with the richer lands around Philadelphia, prompting comparisons of labour, diet, and productivity. Subsequent chapters describe New York’s bustle and manufacturing, the President’s and Black Hawk’s celebrity tours, a passage up the Hudson to Hyde Park with a sharp critique of American landscape taste, livestock observations, and a comparison of Hudson and Clyde scenery, before pushing on through Albany toward New England, where Shaker country, wild rhododendrons and kalmias, and the village of Northampton appear—alongside recurring, concise appraisals of roads, crops, wages, and everyday manners. (This is an automatically generated summary.)