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ALL AFLOAT 



Bruce, John, builds first Can- 

 adian steamer, 130-1. 



' Brunette,' her speed, 79. 



Bryce, James, British ambas- 

 sador at Washington, 6. 



Cabot, John, his voyage to 

 America, 45, 46 ; his ship, 

 48-9. 



California, rush of vessels to, 74. 



Campbell, John Saxton, ship- 

 owner in Quebec, 139. 



Canada, waters of, 1-4, 7; 

 troubles over water frontiers 

 of, 4-6; her importance in 

 international questions, 5-6 ; 

 a comparison with Russia, 7 ; 

 her position in the British 

 Empire, 7-8 ; her dependence 

 on the mercantile marine, 

 11 ; ignorance in concerning 

 naval history, 13-14; her 

 fisheries, 14, 155-9, 161-4; 

 evolution of sailing' craft in, 

 15 ; her trade relations with 

 West Indies and France, 60, 

 62; her prosperity under 

 Navigation Laws, 68, 69 ; 

 some disturbing factors in 

 her shipping trade, 73-4 ; 

 becomes a great shipping 

 centre, 75-6, 129-30; decline 

 of shipbuilding in, 76, 80-1 ; 

 her position at Lloyd's, 77-9, 

 175 ; some notable craft, 79- 

 80 ; five principal features of 

 Canadian steamship history, 

 151 ; her naval policy, 1S0-1, 

 182, 183-8. 



'Canada,' the largest and 

 fastest steamer of her time, 



135- 

 Canada Steamship Lines Lim- 

 ited, 150. 



' Canadian,' the first Allan Line 



steamer, 147. 

 Canadian Militia Act, the, 181. 

 Canadian Pacific Railway, its 



fleets of steamers, 148, 150- 



151- 



Canadians, some sea terms in 

 speech of, 8-9. 



Canoe : Indian, 15, 16 ; birch- 

 bark, 17, 18, 20-4 ; Canadian, 

 25 ; keeled, 25-6 ; gives place 

 to the boat, 28-30 ; a voyage 

 in, 33-6. 



Cape Horn, a voyage round, 

 110-28. 



Cartier, Jacques, in the Gulf, 

 16,46; compared with modern 

 hydrographers, 47, 177; his 

 ship, 48-9. 



Champlain, Samuel de, 30; 

 first to advocate the Panama 

 Canal, 54 ; his record voyage, 

 55,101-2,177. 



Chanties, the seaman's work- 

 ing songs, 1 10- 13, 128. 



' Charlotte Dundas,' pioneer 

 steamer, 13a 



'Clermont,' an early steamer, 

 130. 



Clippers, a race with, from 

 China to London, 102-3. 



Colbert, Jean Baptiste, thegreat 

 French minister, 57, 59, 60. 



Conquest, importance of the 

 Navy in the, 13. 



Cook, Captain, British navi- 

 gator, 14 ; makes a survey of 

 the St Lawrence and Gulf, 

 177-8. 



Coureurs de bois, the, 32. 



Cunard brothers, merchants in 

 Halifax, 138, 145, 146. 



Cunard, Samuel, founds the 

 Cunard Line, 145-6. 



