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Marine and Fisheries; and there is an immense 

 mass of original evidence stored away in the 

 Dominion Archives and elsewhere. But books 

 for the public do not seem to exist; and the 

 suggestion might be hazarded that this whole 

 subject offers one of the best unworked or little- 

 worked fields remaining open to the pioneer in 

 Canadian historical research. 



Under these circumstances all that can be 

 done here is to name a few of the many books 

 which either cover some part of the subject 

 incidentally or deal with what is most closely 

 allied to it. 



Canoes are mentioned in every book of travel 

 along the inland waterways, kayaks in every book 

 about the Eskimos. La Hontan's Travels, though 

 imaginative, give interesting details, as do the 

 much more sober Travels of Peter Kalm, the 

 Swedish naturalist. Kohl's Kitchi-Gaml is a 

 good book. But the list might be extended 

 indefinitely. 



Sailing craft and steamers require some sort 

 of nautical dictionary, though even a dictionary 

 sometimes adds to the puzzles of the landsman. 

 Admiral Smyth's Sailor's Word Book, and Dana's 

 Seaman's Friend (as it is called in the United 

 States), or Seaman's Manual (as it is called in 

 England), are excellent Peake's Rudimentary 

 Treatise on Shipbuilding covers the period so well 

 described in Clark's Clipper Ship Era and Dana's 

 Two Years before the Mast. Sir George Holmes's 



