CONTENTS 



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I. A LAND OF WATERWAYS .... I 



II. CANOES 16 



III. SAILING CRAFT: THE PIONEERS 41 



IV. SAILING CRAFT: UNDER THE FLEURS-DE- 



LIS 54 



V. SAILING CRAFT: UNDER THE UNION JACK 68 



VI. SAILING CRAFT: THE BUILDING OF THE 



SHIP 83 



VII. SAILING CRAFT: 'FIT TO GO FOREIGN' . 92 



VIII. STEAMERS 129 



IX. FISHERIES 155 



X. ADMINISTRATION 171 



XI. NAVIES 179 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . .189 



INDEX ....... 193 



