Excerpt from History, Statistics and Geography of Upper and Lower CanadaIN placing before your majesty the pre sent Edition\of my Worlg on the Colonies, I avail myself of the opportunity 'to express my deep sense of gratitude for the patronage which your majesty was graciously pleased to bestow, in per mitting me the distinguished honour of dedicating the first History of the British Colonies to the Sovereign of the greatest Colonial Empire in the World; and for the favour with which your MA jesty, and every branch of the Royal Family, have uniformly regarded efforts, which had for their sole object the promotion of the public good.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.