Hochelaga: Or, England in the New World, Том 1Colburn and Company, 1851 |
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... passing and repassing for half an hour at a time , then going off to pay their compli- ments to some other strangers . The pilot came quietly on board during the night , and seemed as much at home the next day as if he had been one of ...
... passing and repassing for half an hour at a time , then going off to pay their compli- ments to some other strangers . The pilot came quietly on board during the night , and seemed as much at home the next day as if he had been one of ...
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... passed through . Rows of little many - coloured flags ran up to their mizen peaks , fluttered out what they had to say , and came down again when they had got their answer . The nights were very cold ; but , had they been far more so ...
... passed through . Rows of little many - coloured flags ran up to their mizen peaks , fluttered out what they had to say , and came down again when they had got their answer . The nights were very cold ; but , had they been far more so ...
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... the entrance to the gloomy Saguenay , lies Red Island . The shore is rocky and perilous ; as we passed , the morning sun shone brightly upon it and the still waters ; but when the November mists 36 . HOCHELAGA ; OR ,
... the entrance to the gloomy Saguenay , lies Red Island . The shore is rocky and perilous ; as we passed , the morning sun shone brightly upon it and the still waters ; but when the November mists 36 . HOCHELAGA ; OR ,
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... passed on the north side of Anticosti , and , sometimes landing by the way , came at length to the mouth of the Saguenay . By means of two Indians , taken in the former voyage , at the Bay of Chaleur , they conversed with the ...
... passed on the north side of Anticosti , and , sometimes landing by the way , came at length to the mouth of the Saguenay . By means of two Indians , taken in the former voyage , at the Bay of Chaleur , they conversed with the ...
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... passed away , Chauvin and Pontgrave opened a fur trade at Tadousac , without much success . Next followed the Calvinist De Monts , with a little fleet of four sail ; his enormous privileges and the religious dissensions of his fol ...
... passed away , Chauvin and Pontgrave opened a fur trade at Tadousac , without much success . Next followed the Calvinist De Monts , with a little fleet of four sail ; his enormous privileges and the religious dissensions of his fol ...
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