ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE VOYAGEURS ON A MISTY MORNING Frontispiece 

 From a painting by Verner. 



THE SPIRIT OF THE LAKES . . . Facing page 12 



By Lorado Taft, in the Chicago Art Institute. 



SHIPS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY . 44 



From Winsor's ' America.' 



CHAMPLAIN'S SHIP, THE 'DON DE DIEU' 54 



From the model at the Quebec Tercentenary. 



A FRENCH FRIGATE OF THE EIGH- 

 TEENTH CENTURY .... ,,64 

 From Winsor's 'America.' 



SHIP ' BATAVIA,' 2000 TONS ... ,,92 



Built by F.-X. Marquis at Quebec, 1877. Lost 

 on Inaccessible Island, 1879. From a picture 

 belonging to Messrs Ross and Co., Quebec. 



TRANSPORT ' BECKWITH ' AND BATEAUX, 



LAKE ONTARIO, 1816 ... ,,136 



From the John Ross Robertson Collection, 

 Toronto Public Library. 



THE ' ROYAL WILLIAM ' . . . . ,,140 



From the original painting in possession of the 

 Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. 



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