The Northern Coasts of America and the Hudson's Bay TerritoriesT. Nelson and Sons, 1854 - 409 sider History of exploration; early voyages for discovery of east and west coasts of northern North America, and overland expeditions of Hearne, Mackenzie, Franklin, Back, Dease and Simpson, and Rae. |
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... Hope Lawson Black Hool Vaknown Four P Waygat Brodie B Broughton Merchants B MRaleight CUMBERLAND South rinity King's C. Pampton I Kendall Seahorse Isles of God's Mercy Salisburg P Pembroke Nottingham hote Biby's Southampton Esquimaux ...
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... Hope D Ram Colby Pennell as Thomson Buchannan k MSir H.Da Osbornes farthest 1851 Cressig Rae 24 May 1831 Victoria La Wollaston I Dolphins Union Basil Ha Haldanes Rhardson Smith's B. Hare Hokkara eta Hills Fort DeasesR Ind Coronat ...
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... Hope Lawson Black Hook Cranston Unknown Four p Waygat Brodie B Broughton Merchant's B MRaleight CUMBERLAND Trinity King's C South Pampton I Seahorse P Kendall s of Isles Mercy Searlee Dyers Disco I Jacob's Bight Chidley North B Savage ...
... Hope Lawson Black Hook Cranston Unknown Four p Waygat Brodie B Broughton Merchant's B MRaleight CUMBERLAND Trinity King's C South Pampton I Seahorse P Kendall s of Isles Mercy Searlee Dyers Disco I Jacob's Bight Chidley North B Savage ...
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... hope of sailing through a bay , or " fret , " which they had then entered , to the shores of the Eastern Cathay , when a mutiny of the mariners , and the faintheartedness of Sir Thomas Pert , compelled him , much against his inclination ...
... hope of sailing through a bay , or " fret , " which they had then entered , to the shores of the Eastern Cathay , when a mutiny of the mariners , and the faintheartedness of Sir Thomas Pert , compelled him , much against his inclination ...
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... hope of discovering this continent ; after which they might follow its coasts as a guide towards the north and east . On the 4th of June 1741 they accordingly weighed anchor , and steered south - east by south , till , on the 12th ...
... hope of discovering this continent ; after which they might follow its coasts as a guide towards the north and east . On the 4th of June 1741 they accordingly weighed anchor , and steered south - east by south , till , on the 12th ...
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Side 130 - His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear, as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Side 130 - Fish-Hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself, with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the...
Side 103 - They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country without...
Side 263 - did I share my own plate with the children whose helpless state and piteous cries were peculiarly distressing ; compassion for the full-grown may, or may not, be felt, but that heart must be cased in steel which is insensible to the cry of a child for food.
Side 118 - ... so cruelly wounded. On this request being made, one of the Indians hastily drew his spear from the place where it was first lodged, and pierced it through her breast near the heart. The love of life, however, even in this most miserable state, was so predominant, that though this might...
Side 176 - Had my own life alone been threatened, I would not have purchased it by such a measure ; but I considered myself as intrusted also with the protection of Hepburn's, a man, who, by his humane attentions and devotedness, had so endeared himself to me, that I felt more anxiety for his safety than for my own.
Side 148 - I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South-East face of the rock on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial - 'Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.
Side 176 - Animated by such feelings, and convinced that Michel's death was necessary to self-preservation, he determined that it ought to be by his own and not by Hepburn's hand, and on his coming up shot him through the head with a pistol.
Side 102 - Women were made for labour; one of them can carry or haul as much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance...
Side 171 - ... portable, and they proved of incalculable benefit to us. We read portions of them to each other as we lay in bed, in addition to the morning and evening service, and found that they inspired us on each perusal with so strong a sense of the omnipresence of a beneficent God that our situation even in these wilds appeared no longer destitute, and we conversed not only with calmness but with cheerfulness, detailing with unrestrained confidence the past events of our lives and dwelling with hope on...