 Sailing west-north-west three leagues through the islands, we entered a river almost half a league in breadth at its mouth, sailing up which a league or two we found two islands: one very small near the western bank; and the other in the middle, having...  Voyages of Samuel de Champlain - Page 21by Samuel de Champlain - 1878Full view - About this book
 | Samuel de Champlain - America - 1878 - 350 pages
...cod-fifh, falmon, bafs, herring, halibut, and other kinds in great numbers. Sailing weft north-weft three leagues through the iflands, we entered a river...ufeful articles. There is another place affording a flicker for veffels from eighty to a hundred tons, but it is dry at low tide. The ifland is covered... | |
 | Maine - 1904 - 28 pages
...league or two we found two islands: one very small near the western bank: and the other in mid-river, having a circumference of perhaps eight or nine hundred paces, with rocky sides three or four fathoms high all around, except in one small place, where there is a sandy point... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Acadia - 1905 - 126 pages
...league or two we found two islands, one very small near the western bank, and the other in mid-river, having a circumference of perhaps eight or nine hundred paces, with rocky sides three or four fathoms high all around, except in one small place, where there is a sandy point... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1906 - 594 pages
...league or two we found two islands, one very small near the western bank, and the other in mid-river, having a circumference of perhaps eight or nine hundred paces, with rocky sides three or four fathoms high all around, except in one small place, where there is a sandy point... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1906 - 594 pages
...league or two we found two islands, one very small near the western bank, and the other in mid-river, having a circumference of perhaps eight or nine hundred paces, with rocky sides three or four fathoms high all around, except in one small place, where there is a sandy point... | |
 | Samuel de Champlain - America - 1907 - 412 pages
...at its mouth, sailing up which a league or two we found two islands: one very small near the western bank; and the other in the middle, having a circumference...of perhaps eight or nine hundred paces, with rocky sides three or four fathoms high all around, except in one small place, where there is a sandy point... | |
 | Herbert Milton Sylvester - Acadia - 1909 - 400 pages
...its mouth, sailing up which, a league or two, we found two islands; one very small near the western bank; and the other in the middle, having a circumference of perhaps 8 or 9 hundred paces, with rocky sides three or four fathoms high all around, except in one small place,... | |
 | Herbert Milton Sylvester - Maine - 1909 - 412 pages
...its mouth, sailing up which, a league or two, we found two islands; one very small near the western bank; and the other in the middle, having a circumference of perhaps 8 or 9 hundred paces, with rocky sides three or four fathoms high all around, except in-one small place,... | |
 | Prince Society (Boston, Mass.) - United States - 1878 - 344 pages
...were two leagues in extent, others three, others more or lefs. All of thefe iflands are in a bay,88 having, in my eftimation, a circuit of more than fifteen...articles. There is another place affording a fhelter for veflels from eighty to a hundred tons, but it is dry at low tide. The ifland is covered with firs,... | |
 | Royal Society of Canada - Humanities - 1902 - 1190 pages
...league or two we found two islands: one very small ' near the western bank: and the other3 in mid-river, having a circumference of perhaps eight or nine hundred paces,* with rocky sides three or four fathoms 5 high all around, except in one small place,' where there is a sandy point... | |
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