CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE APPROACHES TO THE WATER-WAY OF THE CONTINENT. Island of St. Paul.--The Portals of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.--The Extinct Auk.--Anticosti Island.--Icebergs.--Sailors' Superstitions.--The Estuary of the St. Lawrence.--Tadousac.--The Saguenay River.--White Whales.--Quebec. 1 CHAPTER II. FROM QUEBEC TO SOREL. The Water-Way into the Continent.--The Western and the Southern Route to the Gulf of Mexico.--The Mayeta.--Commencement of the Voyage.--Ascent of the River St. Lawrence.--Lake of St. Peter.--Acadian Town of Sorel. 12 CHAPTER III. FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER TO TICONDEROGA, LAKE CHAMPLAIN. The Richelieu River.--Acadian Scenes.--St. Ours.--St. Antoine.--St. Marks.--Beloeil.--Chambly Canal.--St. Johns.--Lake Champlain.--The Great Ship Canal.--David Bodfish's Camp.--The Adirondack Survey.--A Canvas Boat.--Dimensions of Lake Champlain.--Port Kent.--Ausable Chasm.--Arrival at Ticonderoga. 22

CHAPTER IV.

FROM LAKES GEORGE AND CHAMPLAIN TO THE
HUDSON RIVER.

The Discovery of Lake George by Father Jogues.—A Pedestrian Journey.—The Hermit of the Narrows.—Convent of St. Mary's of the Lake.—The Paulist Fathers.—Canal Route from Lake Champlain to Albany.—Bodfish Returns to the Jersey.—The Little Fleet in its Haven of Rest. 42

CHAPTER V.

THE AMERICAN PAPER BOAT AND ENGLISH CANOES.

The Peculiar Character of the Paper Boat.—The History of the Adoption of Paper for Boats.—A Boy's Ingenuity.—The Process of building Paper Boats described.—College Clubs adopting them.—The Great Victories won by Paper over Wooden Shells in 1876. 57

CHAPTER VI.

FROM TROY TO PHILADELPHIA.

Paper Canoe Maria Theresa.—The Start.—The Descent of the Hudson River.—Crossing the Upper Bay of New York.—Passage of the Kills.—Raritan River.—The Canal Route from New Brunswick to the Delaware River.—From Bordentown to Philadelphia. 71

CHAPTER VII.

FROM PHILADELPHIA TO CAPE HENLOPEN.

Descent of Delaware River.—My First Camp.—Bombay Hook.—Murderkill Creek.—A Storm in Delaware Bay.—Capsizing of the Canoe.—A Swim for Life.—The Persimmon Grove.—Willow Grove Inn.—The Lights of Capes May and Henlopen. 98

CHAPTER VIII.

FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

The Portage to Love Creek.—The Delaware Whipping-post.—Rehoboth and Indian River Bays.—A Portage to Little Assawaman Bay.—Isle of Wight Bay.—Winchester Plantation.—Chincoteague.—Watchapreague Inlet.—Cobb's Island.—Cherrystone.—Arrival at Norfolk.—The "Landmark's" Enterprise.114

CHAPTER IX.

FROM NORFOLK TO CAPE HATTERAS.

The Elizabeth River.—The Canal.—North Landing River.—Currituck Sound.—Roanoke Island.—Visit to Body Island Light-House.—A Romance of History.—Pamplico Sound.—The Paper Canoe arrives at Cape Hatteras.148

CHAPTER X.

FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE FEAR, NORTH
CAROLINA.

Cape Hatteras Light.—Habits of Birds.—Storm at Hatteras Inlet.—Miles of Wrecks.—The Yacht Julia searching for the Paper Canoe.—Chased by Porpoises.—Marsh Tackies.—Ocracoke Inlet.—A Graveyard being swallowed up by the Sea.—Core Sound.—Three Weddings at Hunting Quarters.—Morehead City.—Newbern.—Swansboro.—A Pea-nut Plantation.—The Route to Cape Fear.180

CHAPTER XI.

FROM CAPE FEAR TO CHARLESTON, SOUTH
CAROLINA.

A Portage to Lake Waccamaw.—Submerged Swamps.—Night at a Turpentine Distillery.—A Dismal Wilderness.—Owls and Mistletoe.—Crackers and Negroes.—Across the South Carolina Line.—A Cracker's Idea of Hospitality.—Pot Bluff.—Peedee River.—Georgetown.—Winyah Bay.—The Rice Plantations of the Santee Rivers.—A Night with the Santee Negroes.—Arrival at Charleston.216

CHAPTER XII.

FROM CHARLESTON TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

The Interior Water Route to Jehossee Island.—Governor Aiken's Model Rice Plantation.—Lost in the Horns.—St. Helena Sound.—Lost in the Night.—The Phantom Ship.—The Finlander's Welcome.—A Night on the Emperor's Old Yacht.—The Phosphate Mines.—Coosaw and Broad Rivers—Port Royal Sound and Calibogue Sound.—Cuffy's Home.—Arrival in Georgia.—Receptions at Greenwich Shooting-Park.261

CHAPTER XIII.

FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO FLORIDA.

Route to the Sea Islands of Georgia.—Storm-bound on Green Island.—Ossabaw Island.—St. Catherine's Sound.—Sapelo Island.—The Mud of Mud River.—Night in a Negro Cabin.—"De Shoutings" on Doboy Island.—Broughton Island.—St. Simon's and Jekyl Islands.—Interview with an Alligator.—A Night in Jointer Hammock.—Cumberland Island and St. Mary's River.—Farewell to the Sea. 291

CHAPTER XIV.

ST. MARY'S RIVER AND THE SUWANEE WILDERNESS.

A Portage to Dutton.—Descent of the St. Mary's River.—FÊte given by the Citizens to the Paper Canoe.—The proposed Canal Route across Florida.—A Portage to the Suwanee River.—A Negro speaks on Electricity and the Telegraph.—A Freedman's Sermon.313

CHAPTER XV.

DOWN UPON THE SUWANEE RIVER.

The Rich Foliage of the River.—Columbus.—Rolins' Bluff.—Old Town Hammock.—A Hunter killed by a Panther.—Dangerous Serpents.—Clay Landing.—The Marshes of the Coast.—Bradford's Island.—My Last Camp.—The Voyage ended.334

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