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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... trees , but of the palm , laurel , cypress , and others then unknown in Europe , which grew to a great height , and diffused a delicious perfume that was discerned far out at sea . " The land also , " says Verazzano in his letter to ...
... trees , but of the palm , laurel , cypress , and others then unknown in Europe , which grew to a great height , and diffused a delicious perfume that was discerned far out at sea . " The land also , " says Verazzano in his letter to ...
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... trees , although equally luxuriant , did not emit the same perfume as those before seen ; but the region was rich , covered with grass , and thickly peopled , although the natives appeared more timid than the last , and avoided all ...
... trees , although equally luxuriant , did not emit the same perfume as those before seen ; but the region was rich , covered with grass , and thickly peopled , although the natives appeared more timid than the last , and avoided all ...
Side 28
... tree hollowed by fire , for they appeared to have no instruments of iron or other metal . Wild vines crept up the trunks of the trees , hanging in rich festoons from the branches , and the banks and meadows were covered with roses ...
... tree hollowed by fire , for they appeared to have no instruments of iron or other metal . Wild vines crept up the trunks of the trees , hanging in rich festoons from the branches , and the banks and meadows were covered with roses ...
Side 29
... trees , and of such fertility , that whatever fruit might be sown , was certain to produce a rich and abundant return . They afterwards entered the woods , which were of great size , and so thick that a large army might have been ...
... trees , and of such fertility , that whatever fruit might be sown , was certain to produce a rich and abundant return . They afterwards entered the woods , which were of great size , and so thick that a large army might have been ...
Side 30
... trees , and in excavating their boats , which , with great skill , were made of a single trunk , yet large enough to hold ten or twelve men commodiously . Their oars were short and broad at the extremity , which they plied in the sea ...
... trees , and in excavating their boats , which , with great skill , were made of a single trunk , yet large enough to hold ten or twelve men commodiously . Their oars were short and broad at the extremity , which they plied in the sea ...
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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...