INDEX 



Nascaupees, and the fur trade, 



33- 



Naval architecture, improve- 

 ment of, 66. 



Naval history, ignorance con- 

 cerning, 13-14. 



Navigation laws, the, 68-9 ; 

 repealed, 74. 



New Brunswick, shipbuilding 

 in, 75-6. 



Newfoundland, 2 ; in relation 

 to Canada, 5; and knowledge 

 of the sea, 12 ; boats m 

 various countries at, 51 ; 

 British supremacy at, 63, 

 64 ; fisheries of, 155, 157-8. 



New France, nautical history 

 of, 54 note ; nautical advan- 

 tages of, 58. 



New Zealand, and the British 

 Navy, 183, 185. 



Norsemen. See Norwegians. 



Norway House, field head- 

 quarters of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company, 38, 39. 



Norwegians, seamanship of, 

 12, 44-5 ; and whaling, 168-9. 



Nova Scotia, shipbuilding in, 

 75 ; whalers of, 165. See 

 Bluenose craft. 



'Ontario,' founders in Lake 



Ontario, 71, 135. 

 Oomiak, the Eskimo cargo 



boat, 25. 



Paddling, the art of, 34. 

 Paddock, Ichabod, a whaling 



master at Cape Cod, 58. 

 ' Parisian,' the first steamer to 



be fitted with bilge keels, 



148. 



' Pelican,' d'Iberville's ship, 63. 

 Perel, Captain John, his ship 



wrecked in attempt to estab- 

 lish trade with New France, 

 64. 



Pett, Phineas, ship designer, 

 56. 



' Phoenix,' her record, 136. 



Font-Grave 1 , builds two vessels 

 in Canada, 59. 



Pork-eaters, 31-2. 



Portuguese, ships of, 53. 



Provincial marine, the, 181. 



Punt, the, 27. 



Quebec, shipbuilding at, 71, 

 75 ; and the launching of 

 the ' Royal William,' 139-40. 



Quebec and Halifax Naviga- 

 tion Company, builds the 

 Royal William,' 138. 



Queenston, trade at, 72. 



Raft, the, 18-19. 



Raleigh, Sir Walter, on strik- 

 ing topmasts, 53. 



Rapids, running of, 35-6. 



' R. C. Rickmers,' the largest 

 sailing ship in the world, 

 105. 



Richelieu and Ontario Naviga- 

 tion Company, 148-50. 



Rideau Canal, 136. 



Ross, firm of shipbuilders at 

 Quebec, 70. 



Royal National Mission to 

 Deep Sea Fishermen, its 

 good work, 172. 



Royal Navy. See under Great 

 Britain. 



' Royal William,' first steamer 

 to cross the Atlantic entirely 

 under steam, 136-43 ; first 

 steamer to fire a shot in 

 action, 143-4 ; her records, 

 144-5- 



