The Western World

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The Western World is by William Henry Giles Kingston. The preface says the author has endeavoured to give, in a series of picturesque sketches, a general view of the natural history as well as of the physical appearance of North and South America. The preface says the features of the country are described first, then its vegetation, and next the wild men and the brute creatures which inhabit it.

The text says the Red River flows into the southern end of Lake Winnipeg and rises far-away in the south in the United States. The text says the name of the Fertile Belt has been properly given to a region that, commencing at the Lake of the Woods, stretches westward for 800 miles. The text names a creature called the helmet-crest or black warrior that inhabits regions immediately below the line of perpetual snow.

About the author

William Henry Giles Kingston

William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880), often credited as W. H. G. Kingston, was an English writer of boys' adventure novels. He also worked as a linguist and translator. His books include "Peter the Whaler" and "The Rival Crusoes".