entennial Republic,"
were deposited in the Smithsonian Department of the United States
Government building, during the summer and fall of 1876.

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, these 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. 1

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. 12

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. 22

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 THE JERSEY.--THE
LITTLE