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... light , sketchy form as a relief to ennui , after so many historical facts , and closed it with the humorous description of the tribulations which befel my sporting friend , from his having speculated on a dead whale . Special attention ...
... light , sketchy form as a relief to ennui , after so many historical facts , and closed it with the humorous description of the tribulations which befel my sporting friend , from his having speculated on a dead whale . Special attention ...
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... - QUEBEC - MURRAY BAY - TADOT SAC - CHICOUTIMI -CACOUNA , & c . PART II 1. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS IN GASPESIA . 2. THE CRUIZE OF THE DOLPHIN - GLIMPSES OF THREE SIEGES , 1690 , - 1759 , -1775 . THE CHRONICLES OF THE ST . LAWRENCE . PART I.
... - QUEBEC - MURRAY BAY - TADOT SAC - CHICOUTIMI -CACOUNA , & c . PART II 1. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS IN GASPESIA . 2. THE CRUIZE OF THE DOLPHIN - GLIMPSES OF THREE SIEGES , 1690 , - 1759 , -1775 . THE CHRONICLES OF THE ST . LAWRENCE . PART I.
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... light - houses , fog - whistles , beacons , etc. , the coast of Gaspé was particularly dreaded by English mariners bound for Montreal or Quebec . Many and heart - rending were the tales of marine disaster , starvation and death , in ...
... light - houses , fog - whistles , beacons , etc. , the coast of Gaspé was particularly dreaded by English mariners bound for Montreal or Quebec . Many and heart - rending were the tales of marine disaster , starvation and death , in ...
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... light on Anticosti , though I strongly maintained to him that at that time no such light was kept up . The light seen was probably on Mount Anne , at Percé . Therein lay our trouble . " Close to twelve o'clock at midnight of the 15th ...
... light on Anticosti , though I strongly maintained to him that at that time no such light was kept up . The light seen was probably on Mount Anne , at Percé . Therein lay our trouble . " Close to twelve o'clock at midnight of the 15th ...
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... light of tenants . The land is good , for the most part level , and well - adapted for agricultural purposes . But here , as along the whole coast from New Rich- mond to Cap Chatte agriculture is a mere secondary consideration when ...
... light of tenants . The land is good , for the most part level , and well - adapted for agricultural purposes . But here , as along the whole coast from New Rich- mond to Cap Chatte agriculture is a mere secondary consideration when ...
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Abbé Acadians Admiral amongst Anne Anticosti beach boats Bonaventure Bonaventure Island British Brunswick called Campbellton Canada Canadian canoe Cape Capt Captain church coast command Coudres Cove Crane Island crew cross distance Dolphin English erected Father Crespel feet fire fishermen fishery fishing fleet forest France French Gamache Gaspé Grand Gulf Gulf of St guns Halifax harbor hill hundred Indian inhabitants Isle Jacques Cartier John Kamouraska land Lawrence leprosy Levi lobster Lower St Magdalen Islands mariners Messrs Micmac miles Miscou Montreal mountain Murray Bay night parish Paspebiac Percé Percé Rock pilot Point Port Daniel Quebec Restigouche Rimouski river rock Roman Catholic Roman Catholic church Saguenay sail salmon says scenery schooner seals seen Seigneur seigniory settlement ship shore side spot steam steamer storm summer Tadousac tide town Tracadie vessels village visited whale whilst wind winter
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Page 12 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 13 - This is the forest primeval; But where are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like the roe, When he hears in the woodland The voice of the huntsman?
Page 207 - SWEET MEMORY, wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail, To view the fairy haunts of long-lost hours, Blest •with far greener shades, far fresher flowers.
Page 167 - Still stands the forest primeval ; but under the shade of its branches Dwells another race, with other customs and language. Only along the shore of the mournful and misty Atlantic Linger a few Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile Wandered back to their native land to die in its bosom.
Page 24 - Two Voices are there; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains; each a mighty Voice: In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty!
Page 364 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore ; There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar : I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 329 - Sutherland,' she will show two lights in the main topmast shrouds, one over the other. The men to lie quite silent, and when they are about to land, must not, upon any account, fire out of the boats : the officers of the navy are not to be interrupted in their part of the duty ; they will receive their orders from the officer appointed to superintend the whole, to whom they are answerable. Officers of artillery, and detachments of...
Page 73 - Yon shadowy bark hath been to that wreck, And the dim blue fire, that lights her deck, Doth play on as pale and livid a crew As ever yet drank the churchyard dew. To...
Page 231 - Saguenay unique among rivers, and it is yearly visited by thousands of tourists as one of the chief curiosities of the Western World. " The Saguenay is not, properly, a river. It is a tremendous chasm, like that of the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, cleft for 60 M. through the heart of a mountain wilderness No magical illusions of atmosphere enwrap the scenery of this northern river.
Page 222 - The most remarkable was that in which a vessel with all sail set, at one moment looked like an immense black chest, no sails or masts being visible. On observing her for a time the black body seemed to separate horizontally into two parts ; and two sets of mingled sails occupied the intervening spaces, with one set of very small sails above. The figures afterwards became more distinct, and three images were clearly discerned. Another vessel changed also from the form of a great square flat-topped...