Very far west indeed : a few rough experiences on the north-west Pacific Coast
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Johnson, R. Byron (Richard Byron)
issued: 2015-07-06
issued: 1872
description: "Mainly concerned with the author's experiences in British Columbia, including those at the gold mines in the early 1860's. In his British Columbia: a bibliographical sketch, R. L. Reid writes that the work 'may be classed, in some details, as the product of the imagination.'-p. 34. Second and third editions: 1872. Fourth edition: 1872. Fifth edition: 1873. Appeared in Dutch with title: Avonturen in Britisch-Columbia en op het Vancouver-Eiland (Arnhem, Voltelen, 1873?). There were also two French editions: one was published in 1874." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 46.
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extent: vi, 280 pages ; 20 cm
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note: ROUGH EXPERIENCES THE NORTH-WEST PACIFIC COAST -#"5 LONDON' : FEINTED BT EFOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET Very Far West Indeed A FEW r\OUGH EXPEI^IENCES ON THE NORTH-WEST PACIFIC COAST BY R. Byeox Johnson LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW, & SEARLE CEOWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET 1872 All rights reserved PREFACE. The Authok, in dedicating this work to the public, does so in the modest hope that its contents, which are for the most part a mere record of personal experiences, may afford, to any one desirous of gaining it, some in-, sight into the mode of life and character of society existing in the distant part of the world in which those experiences occurred. Perhaps, also, the story of some years' adventures, of a tolerably varied and exciting nature, may be of interest to ordinary readers. If, above all, the Author may be able by these pages in the slightest manner to assist or guide the judgment of a brother emigrant, he will feel that his labour has not been ill spent. The book has no pretensions to a scientific or theoretic basis. The Author has sought to be practical, and, by showing the various phases which ordinary men seeking vi PREFACE. their fortunes in wild countries may expect to encounter, to enable the general public to form their own conclusions: if he has been betrayed, here and. and there, into theories or conclusions of his own which may be at war with received opinions, he can only, without seeking to deprecate criticism, beg indulgence on the score that such theories or conclusions are outside the general tenor and intention of his work. London. 1872. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE START .... II. SAN FRANCISCO m. THE ARRIVAL IV. VANCOUVER'S ISLAND V. UP THE COUNTRY . VI. THE ROAD .... Vn. THE NOBLE SAVAGE Vin. THE ROAD AGAIN ix. william's creek X. BOATING ON THE ERASER XI. A HOLIDAY .... XII. WINTERING IN VICTORIA XIII. ANOTHER TURN AT THE MINES XIV. 'rustling' xv. more rustling . xvi. an unpleasant adventure xvii. a bare …
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has type: Books
identifier: FC3817.2 .J63 1872
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0221748
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3817.2 .J63 1872
subject: British Columbia--Description and travel
type: Text