INDEX 



199 



Vancouver, George, navigates 

 the Pacific coast, 178. 



Vetch, Samuel, son of an 

 Edinburgh minister, his mis- 

 fortune, 65. 



4 Victoria,' a cruise on the, 103- 

 104, 113-28. 



' Victorian,' a turbine steamer, 

 148. 



'Victory,' the, Nelson's ship, 



7.- 

 Vikings, voyages of the, 41- 



! ; their ships, 42-5, 48, 66, 



'Virginian,' a turbine steamer, 



148. 

 Voyageurs, the, 28, 31-2 ; in 



conjunction with the Indians, 



32-3 ; Sir George Simpson 



on, 38, 39. 



War of 1812, effect of on 

 Canadian shipping trade, 71- 

 72, 73 ; effect of American 

 naval victories in the, 180; 

 and Halifax privateers, 182. 



Watt, James, improver of the 

 steam-engine, 130. 



Welland Canal, 135. 



Welsh ships, annual round of, 

 67. 



Whaling, development and 

 dangers of, 163-70. 



Winds, different, 105. 



Yankee clippers, superiority of, 



95-6 ; crews of, 96-7. 

 Yankees, and whaling, 168. 

 York boat, the, 36. 

 York Factory, Sir George 



Simpson's tour from, 38-9. 



