-
ICEBERGS. - SAILORS' SUPERSTITIONS. - THE ESTUARY OF
THE ST. LAWRENCE. - TADOUSAC. - THE SAGUENAY
RIVER. - WHITE WHALES. - QUEBEC.
CHAPTER II. FROM QUEBEC TO SOREL.
THE WATER WAY INTO THE CONTINENT. - THE WESTERN AND
THE SOUTHERN ROUTE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. - THE
MAYETA. - COMMENCEMENT OF THE VOYAGE. - ASCENT of
THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE. - LAKE. of ST. PETER. -
ACADIAN TOWN OF SOREL.
CHAPTER III. FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER TO TICONDEROGA, LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
THE RICHELIEU RIVER. - ACADIAN SCENES. - ST. OURS. - ST.
ANTOINE. - ST. MARKS. - BELOEIL. - CHAMBLY CANAL. - ST.
JOHNS. - LAKE CHAMPLAIN. - THE GREAT SHIP CANAL. -
DAVID BODFISH'S CAMP. - THE ADIRONDACK SURVEY. - A
CANVAS BOAT. - DIMENSIONS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN. - PORT
KENT. - AUSABLE CHASM. - ARRIVAL AT TICONDEROGA.
CHAPTER IV. FROM LAKES GEORGE AND CHAMPLAIN TO THE HUDSON RIVER.
THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE GEORGE BY FATHER JOGUES. - A
PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY. - THE HERMIT OF THE NARROWS. -
CONVENT OF ST. MARY'S of THE LAKE. - THE PAULIST
FATHERS. - CANAL ROUTE FROM LAKE. CHAMPLAIN TO
ALBANY. - BODFISH RETURNS TO NEW JERSEY. - THE LITTLE
FLEET IN ITS HAVEN OF REST.
CHAPTER V. THE AMERICAN PAPER BOAT AND ENGLISH CANOES.
THE PECULIAR CHARACTER OF THE PAPER BOAT. - THE
HISTORY OF THE ADOPTION OF PAPER FOR BOATS. - A BOY'S
INGENUITY. - THE PROCESS OF BUILDING PAPER BOATS
DESCRIBED. - COLLEGE CLUBS ADOPTING THEM. - THE GREAT
VICTORIES WON BY PAPER OVER WOODEN SHELLS IN 1876.
CHAPTER VI. FROM TROY TO PHILADELPHIA.
PAPER CANOE MARIA THERESA. - THE START. - THE DESCENT
OF THE HUDSON RIVER. - - CROSSING THE UPPER BAY OF
NEW YORK. - PASSAGE OF THE KILLS. - RARITAN RIVER. -
THE CANAL ROUTE FROM NEW BRUNSWICK TO THE
DELAWARE RIVER. - FROM BORDENTOWN TO PHILADELPHIA.
CHAPTER VII. FROM PHILADELPHIA TO CAPE HENLOPEN.
DESCENT OF DELAWARE RIVER. - MY FIRST CAMP. - BOMBAY
HOOK. - MURDERKILL CREEK. - A STORM IN DELAWARE
BAY. - CAPSIZING OF THE CANOE. - A SWIM FOR LIFE. -
THE PERSIMMON GROVE. - WILLOW GROVE INN. - THE
LIGHTS OF CAPES MAY AND HENLOPEN.
CHAPTER VIII. FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
THE PORTAGE TO LOVE CREEK. - THE DELAWARE
WHIPPINGPOST. - REHOBOTH AND INDIAN RIVER BAYS. - A PORTAGE
TO LITTLE ASSAWAMAN BAY. - ISLE OF WIGHT BAY. -
WINCHESTER PLANTATION. - CHINCOTEAGUE. - WATCHAPREAGUE
INLET. - COBB'S ISLAND. - CHERRYSTONE. - ARRIVAL AT
NORFOLK. - THE "LANDMARK'S" ENTERPRISE.
CHAPTER IX. FROM NORFOLK TO CAPE HATTERAS.
THE ELIZABETH RIVER. - THE CANAL. - NORTH LANDING
RIVER. - CURRITUCK SOUND. - ROANOKE ISLAND. - VISIT
TO BODY ISLAND LIGHT - HOUSE. - A ROMANCE OF
HISTORY. - PAMPLICO SOUND. - THE PAPER CANOE ARRIVES
AT CAPE HATTERAS.
CHAPTER X. FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE FEAR, NORTH CAROLINA.
CAPE HATTERAS LIGHT. - HABITS OF BIRDS. - STORM AT
HATTERAS INLET. -MILES OF WRECKS. -THE YACHT
JULIA SEARCHING FOR THE PAPER CANOE. - CHASED BY
PORPOISES. - MARSH TACKIES. - OCRACOKE INLET. - A
GRAVEYARD BEING SWALLOWED UP BY THE SEA. - CORE
SOUND. - THREE WEDDINGS AT HUNTING QUARTERS. -
MOREHEAD CITY. - NEWBERN. - SWANSBORO. - A PEANUT
PLANTATION. - THE ROUTE TO CAPE FEAR.
CHAPTER XI. FROM CAPE FEAR TO CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
A PORTAGE TO LAKE WACCAMAW. - SUBMERGED SWAMPS. -
NIGHT AT A TURPENTINE DISTILLERY. - A DISMAL
WILDERNESS. - OWLS AND MISTLETOE. - CRACKERS AND
NEGROES. - ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA LINE. - A
CRACKER'S IDEA OF HOSPITALITY. - POT BLUFF. - PEEDEE
RIVER. - GEORGETOWN. - WINYAH BAY. - THE RICE
PLANTATIONS OF THE SANTEE RIVERS. - A NIGHT WITH THE
SANTEE NEGROES. - ARRIVAL AT CHARLESTON.
CHAPTER XII. FROM CHARLESTON TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
THE INTERIOR WATER ROUTE TO JEHOSSEE ISLAND. -
GOVERNOR AIKEN'S MODEL RICE PLANTATION. - LOST IN THE
HORNS. - ST. HELENA SOUND. - LOST IN THE NIGHT. -
THE PHANTOM SHIP. - THE FINLANDER'S WELCOME. - A
NIGHT ON THE EMPEROR'S OLD YACHT. - THE PHOSPHATE
MINES. - COOSAW AND BROAD RIVERS. - PORT ROYAL
SOUND AND CALIBOGUE SOUND. - CUFFY'S HOME. -
ARRIVAL IN GEORGIA. - RECEPTIONS AT GREENWICH
SHOOTING-PARK.
CHAPTER XIII. FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO FLORIDA.
ROUTE TO THE SEA ISLANDS OF GEORGIA. - STORM-BOUND
ON GREEN ISLAND. - OSSABAW ISLAND. - ST. CATHERINE'S
SOUND. - SAPELO ISLAND. - THE MUD OF MUD RIVER. -
NIGHT IN A NEGRO CABIN. - "DE SHOUTINGS" ON DOBOY
ISLAND. - BROUGHTON ISLAND. - ST. SIMON'S AND JEKYL
ISLANDS. - INTERVIEW WITH AN ALLIGATOR. - A NIGHT
IN JOINTER HAMMOCK. - CUMBERLAND ISLAND AND ST.
MARY'S RIVER. - FAREWELL TO THE SEA.
CHAPTER XIV. ST. MARYS RIVER AND THE SUWANEE WILDERNESS
A PORTAGE TO DUTTON. - DESCENT OF THE ST. MARY'S
RIVER. - FETE GIVEN BY THE CITIZENS TO THE PAPER
CANOE. - THE PROPOSED CANAL ROUTE ACROSS FLORIDA. -
PORTAGE TO THE SUWANEE RIVER. - A NEGRO SPEAKS
ON ELECTRICITY AND THE TELEGRAPH. - A FREEDMAN'S
SERMON.
CHAPTER XV. DOWN UPON THE SUWANEE RIVER.
THE RICH FOLIAGE OF THE RIVER. - COLUMBUS. - ROLINS'
BLUFF. - OLD TOWN HAMMOCK. - A HUNTER KILLED BY
A PANTHER. - DANGEROUS SERPENTS. - CLAY LANDING. -
THE MARSHES OF THE COAST. - BRADFORD'S ISLAND. -
MY LAST CAMP. - THE VOYAGE ENDED.
LIST OF MAPS DRAWN AND ENGRAVED AT THE UNITED STATES
COAST SURVEY BUREAU, FOR THE "VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE."
GENERAL MAP OF ROUTES FOLLOWED BY THE
AUTHOR DURING TWO VOYAGES MADE TO THE GULF
OF MEXICO
GUIDE MAPS OF CANOE ROUTE.
FROM QUEBEC, CANADA, TO PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK STATE
FROM PLATTSBURGH TO ALBANY
FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK CITY
FROM NEW YORK CITY TO CAPE HENLOPEN, DELAWARE
FROM CAPE HENLOPEN, DELAWARE, TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, TO BOGUE INLET, NORTH CAROLINA
FROM BOGUE INLET, NORTH CAROLINA, TO BULL'S BAY, SOUTH CAROLINA
FROM BULL'S BAY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO ST. SIMON'S SOUND, GEORGIA
FROM ST. SIMON'S SOUND, GEORGIA, TO CEDAR KEYS, FLORIDA
ILLUSTRATIONS. ENGRAVED By John ANDREW & SON.
GREAT AUK (Alca impennis). Extinct.
ANCHORED AT LAST
A FULL-RIGGED NAUTILUS CANOE
THE ROB ROY CANOE
THE ABORIGINAL TYPE
Photographed at Disco, Greenland.
THE IMPROVED TYPE. - PAPER CANOE MARIA THERESA
A CAPSIZE IN DELAWARE BAY
DELAWARE WHIPPING-POST AND PILLORY
BODY ISLAND LIGHT HOUSE
CROSSING HATTERAS INLET
RECEPTION AT CHARLESTON POST-OFFICE
HOME OF THE ALLIGATOR
THE PANTHER'S LEAP
THE VOYAGE ENDED
CHAPTER I. THE APPROACHES TO THE WATER-WAY OF THE CONTINENT.
ISLAND OF ST. PAUL. - THE PORTALS OF THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE. -
THE EXTINCT AUK. - ANTICOSTI ISLAND. -
ICEBERGS. - SAILORS' SUPERSTITIONS. - THE ESTUARY OF THE
ST. LAWRENCE. - TADOUSAC. - THE SAGUENAY RIVER. - WHITE WHALES. - QUEBEC.
While on his passage to the ports of the
St. Lawrence River, the mariner first
sights the little island of St. Paul, situated in
the waste of waters between Cape Ray, the
southwestern point of Newfoundland on the north,
and Cape North, the northeastern projection of
Cape Breton Island on the south.
