The maps, which show the route followed by
the paper canoe, have been drawn and engraved
by contract at the United States Coast Survey
Bureau, and are on a scale of 1/1,500,000. As the work
is based on the results of actual surveys, the
maps may be considered, for their size, the most
complete of the United States coast ever presented
to the public.
Much credit is due to Messrs. Waud and Merrill
for the artistic results of their pencils, and to Messrs.
John Andrew & Son for their skill in engraving the
illustrations.
To the readers of the author's first book of
travels, "The Pampas and Andes: a Thousand Miles'
Walk across South America," which journey was
undertaken when he was but seventeen years of
age, the writer would say that their many kind and
appreciative letters have prompted him to send forth
this second book of travels - the "Voyage of the
Paper Canoe."
LAKE GEORGE, WARREN COUNTY, N. Y.,
JANUARY 1, 1878.
CONTENTS.
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.
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.
