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HEAD, GEORGE, Forest Scenes and Incidents, in the Wilds of North America; being a Diary of a Winter's Route from Halifax to the Canadas. And During Four Months' Residence in the Woods on the Borders of Lakes Huron and Simcoe.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1829. First edition. 8vo. v, [iii], 362 pp. Bound in half contemporary calf. Very good. Lande 1833; TPL 1050; Matthews 554; Morgan, p.180; Sabin 31143; Story, p. 351; Gagnon I, 1639; Dionne III, 1171; Decker 148. ¶ The author, a British army officer and veteran of the Peninsular Wars, was the elder brother of Sir Francis Bond Head. In 1814, he was consigned to Canada to examine the defences of the Lake Huron naval establishment. This is the record of his ten month stay in Canada, from November 1814 to August 1815, describing his 1200 mile overland journey from Halifax to Lake Huron
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