INDEX 



197 



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 repealed, 74.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 of 

 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, 



5<5- 

 ' Phoenix,' her record, 136. 

 Pont-Grave, 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, 79. 



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 >' ner records, 

 144-5- 



