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...ect. The sounds, as they proceeded from his mouth, of “Titty-ree too patty-lee ree-coo-bans sub teg-mi-nee faa-gy Syl-ves-trem ten-oo-i moo-sam, med-i... ...man. I was six months aboard a Garnsey lugger, hauling in the slack of the lee-sheet and coiling up rigging. From that I went a few trips in a fore-an... ...yhap, as big as the main sail; and then again, there was a hole under your lee-quarter big enough to hold the whole British navy.” “Oh! for massy’s sa... ...ith quickness. “It is a common language with the Iroquois, and through the Canadas,” he answered, smiling. “ Ah! but they are Mingoes, and your enemie... ...e he will sit for hours, in a broiling sun or, perhaps, over a hole in the lee, in the coldest days in winter, under the lee of 228 The Pioneers a fe... ...r a minute. The Iroquois had none of the best powder when I went agin’ the Canada tribes, under Sir William. Did I ever tell you the story , lad, cons...

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... The Secretary of War and I concur that you had better confer with General Lee, and stipulate for a mutual discontinuance of house-burning and other d... ...raint on you, nor do harm any way, for me to say I am a little afraid lest Lee sends reinforcements to Early, and thus enables him to turn upon Sherid... ...on with the question of continuing or modifying the rights of transit from Canada through the United States, as well as the regulation of imposts, whi... ... understood while making this state- ment that the colonial authorities of Canada are not deemed to 230 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven b... ...cts me to say to you that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee unless it be for the ca- pitulation of General Lee’s army, or on some m... .... Hearing this much from me, do as you think best in the matter. General Lee has sent the Russell letter back, concluding, as I understand from Gran... ...s. The majority of the arms that were left in the hands of the remnant of Lee’s army are now scat- tered between Richmond and where his troops are. ...

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...eninsular officer, and his brother, older by many years, held a command in Canada. Maurice and Albinia, early left orphans, had, with a young cousin, ... ..., and by his advice had fled from home to the protection of her brother in Canada. ‘Without waiting for Bluebeard’s asking for the key! Oh, Maria!’ cr... ...tself, it must be dead already, now they have seen we have not run away to Canada. Your heroics only make it more ridiculous.’ ‘I must tell Loo never ... ...s, and detect something so shocking, that away I was fleeing to William in Canada.’ ‘Obliging,’ quietly said Mr. Kendal. ‘Now, dear Edmund—I know—for ... ...ndal, gravely. ‘If I recollect rightly, one of your godmothers was Captain Lee’s pretty young wife, who died a few weeks after.’ ‘And the other?’ said... ...not always watching himself.’ ‘Who has been attending him?’ 204 Yo n g e ‘Lee, the union doctor, a very good man, with a large fam- ily,’ (Albinia co... ...untry pastor. She went to Fairmead, Fred was carried off by the General to Canada, and she presently heard of his hopeless attachment to a lovely Yank...

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...thly line of sailings from Rouen, for the transport of French emigrants to Canada. But, frankly, this sort of thing did not interest me very much. I s... ...Finally he shoved me into the North Sea (I suppose) and provided me with a lee shore with outlying sand- banks—the Dutch coast, presumably. Distance, ... ...lor thrown over him by their honest hands while dodging at night under the lee of Cha- teau daft on the watch for the lights of ships. Their sea tanne...

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...thly line of sailings from Rouen, for the transport of French emigrants to Canada. But, frankly, this sort of thing did not interest me very much. I s... ...Finally he shoved me into the North Sea (I suppose) and provided me with a lee-shore with outlying sandbanks—the Dutch coast presumably. Distance, eig... ...lor thrown over him by their honest hands while dodging at night under the lee of Chateau d’If on the watch for the lights of ships. Their sea-tanned ...

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...al pleader, and on February 23, 1818, was married to his cousin, Elizabeth Lee, after a long engagement. The next year, 1819, he was called to the Bar... ...eover, strong opinions derived from experience of the Red Indians in Upper Canada—namely, that to reclaim the young, and educate them was the only hop... ... member—currents, compass, variation, sun’s declination, equation of time, lee way, &c. But I think I have done my work pretty well up to now, and of ... ...f scoria, &c., constantly falling down the sides of the cone, which on the lee side are almost perpendicular. On the weather side are cocoa-nut trees,... ...them back. It was a very rough, blustering day; but even on such a day the lee side of the island is a beautiful sight, one mass of cocoa-nut trees, a... ...ay:—”I was in the middle, one man only remained by me, crouching under the lee of the branch of the tree, and shooting away from thence within a yard ...

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...ght or nine a bottle.” “Nup. Twelve. This is the real stuff, smuggled from Canada. This is none o’ your neutral spirits with a drop of juniper extract... ...utiful Southland, with 226 Babbitt memories of good old General Robert E. Lee and of that brave soul, John Brown who, like every good Booster, goes m... ...and never come back to this dull decency! Or, like a trapper in a Northern Canada movie, plunge through the forest, make camp in the Rockies, a grim a...

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...hought the rea- sons valid, considering the rapidity of communication with Canada, but it was not possible to withstand the entreaties of a father wit... ... her ’twas suggested by— “London Bridge is broken down, Dance o’er my lady Lee!”’ ‘Well, I am quite certain those traction-engines will break it some ... ... to screams— ‘“London bridge is broken down, Dance o’er my lady Lee!” Janet will go in for second-sight ever after. Yes, she’s all right, e...

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... the evening, by a dis- position to stroll on the beach, and lie under the lee of a rock upon a railway rug, which Ethel had substituted for the ‘thre... ...een enhanced by conversations with an Eton friend, who, while quartered in Canada, had made excur- sions into the States, and acquired such impression... ...iled or red-sailed craft plied across it; a ship of the line lay under the lee of the island, practising gunnery, the three bounds of her balls marked...

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...d with discomfort, to get out of the draught of the wind. And then, in the lee of the walls, they resumed their arch, wintry motion, light and unballa... ... worse than useless to oppose him. So at last the boy departed, go- ing to Canada under the protection of the Institution to which he had belonged. He... ...r father’s face a queer look came. But Hadrian wrote fairly regularly from Canada. He had entered some electricity works near Montreal, and was doing ... ...moking, and chatting like a pair of old cronies. Hadrian was telling about Canada. He was going back there when his leave was up. ‘You wouldn’t like t... ...between masters and men, over here,’ said Matilda. ‘Is it any different in Canada?’ asked Emmie. ‘Oh, yes—democratic,’ replied Matilda, ‘He thinks the... ...d chain, and a hundred pounds—yes. But you’ll be here when he goes back to Canada, father.’ ‘You never know what’ll happen,’ said her father. Matilda ...

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...n of the colony of New Y ork and the fron- tiers which lay adjacent to the Canadas,—that by Lakes Champlain and George, and that by means of the Mohaw... ...e Niagara, nor the Genessee, nor the Cahoos, nor Glenn’s, nor those on the Canada, they are narvous enough for a new beginner. Let the Sergeant’s daug... ... hour; “no Indian who had not been parvarted by the cunning priests of the Canadas would dream of carving a thing like that on his pipe. I’ll warrant ... ...the first place, we have always the land aboard, and much of the time on a lee-shore, and that I have frequently heard makes hardy sailors. Our gales ... ... who come among us; for I feel sartain he wouldn’t leave a Frencher in the Canadas a week, could he have his own way with them.” “Shall we have enemie... ... much among the French, and whence his name? He speaks the language of the Canadas, too, I find.” 171 James Fenimore Cooper “That is easily explained... ...eze is always freshest close in, provided you are not so near as to make a lee of the trees. We have Mexico Bay to cross; and that, on the present cou... ..., and before you know it, you find yourself a mile or two dead under their lee.” “Y ou don’t wish me to believe, Master Jasper, that any one is so hee... ...s discernible about a hundred yards ahead of the cutter, and nearly on her lee bow. At the first glance, he saw it was a bark canoe; for, though the d...

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...antageously to the public by his “Travels in Spain and Sicily,” &c.,) Mrs. Lee, whose education in a French con- vent, aided by her father’s influence... ...riage, and else-where, she described herself as the Hon. Antonina Dashwood Lee. But, in fact, being only the illegitimate daughter of Lord Le Despence... ...lendid person, which had procured him the distinguishing title of Handsome Lee; and from him she had speedily separated, on the agreement of dividing ... ...er family. So much, however, she had understood from Miss Wesley—that Mrs. Lee was a bold thinker; and that, for a woman, she had an astonishing com- ... ... splendid antagonist at all times was. His encounter, therefore, with Mrs. Lee pre- sented the distressing spectacle of an old, toothless, mum- bling ... ... departure for Bengal; Mr. U. Z., with an address from the Upper and Lower Canadas; Sir L. V ., on his appointment as commander of the forces in Nova ... ...t they had the prince conveyed secretly to an Indian settle- ment in Lower Canada, as a situation in which French, be- ing the prevailing language, wo...

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... the mast- head. “Where away?” demanded the captain. “Three points off the lee bow, sir.” “Raise up your wheel. Steady!” “Steady, sir.” “Mast-head aho... ...ontent them but the extremest limit of the land; loitering under the shady lee of yonder warehouses will not suffice. No. They must get just as nigh t... ...ainting representing a gallant ship beating against a terrible storm off a lee coast of black rocks and snowy breakers. But high above the flying scud... ...hey have to plant weeds there, they don’t grow naturally; that they import Canada thistles; that they have to send beyond seas for a spile to stop a l... ...ate powers did Poland. Let America add Mexico to Texas, and pile Cuba upon Canada; let the English overswarm all India, and hang out their blazing ban... ...ly plunged like fate into the lone Atlantic. 110 Moby Dick CHAPTER 23 The Lee Shore S OME CHAPTERS BACK, one Bulkington was spoken of, a tall, newlan... ...t to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee, even if that were safety! For worm-like, then, oh! who would craven cr...

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...eration, and throwing in civili zation and whiskey, ‘for lagniappe;’ and in Canada the French were schooling them in a rudimentary way, missionarying... ...p tied into the Gulf of California, and therefore afforded a short cut from Canada to China. Previously the supposition had been that it emptied into... ...issippi Mark T wain 11 turned back, now, and carried their great news to Canada. But belief is not proof. It was reserved for La Salle to fur nis... ...n, In our towdn did dwed’l (dwell,) She loved her husband dear i lee, But another man twyste as wed’l. Life on the Mississippi M... ...iloo, Ri too, riloo, rilay e, She loved her husband dear i lee, But another man twyste as wed’l. And so on—fourteen verses. I... ...me trip in three days, three hours, and twenty minutes. * In 1870 the “R. E. Lee” did it in three days and ONE hour. This last is called the fastest t... ...d was a shade under fourteen and three eighths miles per hour. In the “R. E. Lee’s” time the distance had di minished to about one thousand and thirt... ... bread pretty soon, but we’ll cotton seed his salad for him from the Gulf to Canada, and that’s a dead certain thing.” Cincinnati glowed and flashed w... ...er his corpse. It is a grim sort of a thought. The relics of St. Anne, up in Canada, have now, after nineteen hundred years, gone to curing the sick b...

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...k for a kiss from such a dear creature as Amelia, I would purchase all Mr. Lee’s conservatories out of hand.) “O heavenly, heavenly flowers!” exclaime... ...res- ently in the same regiment. They had served in the West Indies and in Canada. Their regiment had just come home, and the attachment of Dobbin to ... ...rd enough to pur- chase his majority—or he must sell out and go and dig in Canada, or rough it in a cottage in the country.” With such a 194 V anity ... ...went with George to the depot of his regiment, before the boy embarked for Canada, he gave the officers such a dinner as the Duke of York might have s... ...e old General hoped that the regiment which had helped to beat Montcalm in Canada, and to rout Mr. Washington on Long Island, would prove itself worth...

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...he sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul of the beau- tiful Annabel Lee. It came out of the sea—all by itself. I drew that fight, fought out in... ...Torpenhow’s letterpress in the Nungapunga Book. ‘How do they call moose in Canada, Nilghai?’ The man laughed. Singing was his one polite accom- plishm... ...wning mercy of a kindly bullet through his head. Torpenhow knelt under the lee of the camel, with Dick’s body in his arms. To return to the Electronic...

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...rtification to find my labour was utterly in vain. Ere I had brought up my lee-way, James appeared with his summons to our frugal supper—radishes, che... ...man, and see if ye can see Robin coming. Deil be in him! He has got to the lee-side of some smuggler’s punch-bowl, and he wunna budge the night, I dou... ...English fortune, folk called him less of a Scottishman than Edward.’ ‘Folk lee’ d, then,’ said Summertrees; ‘poor Harry was none of your bold-speaking... ... that the provost has given you a bad browst; you are not used to quit the lee-side of the punch-bowl in such a hurry. I say nothing to you, Mr. Fairf... ...ration has plunged the country deeper in debt than all the barren acres of Canada are worth, were they as fertile as Yorkshire—the dazzling lustre of ... ...ies, slander, seditious words. LEASOWES, the estate of the poet Shenstone. LEE-SIDE, the side of a vessel farthest from the point where the wind blows...

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...place. Down in a little valley, not far from grandmammy’s cabin, stood Mr. Lee’s mill, where the people came often in large numbers to get their corn ... ...ee no spot on this side the ocean, where we could be free. We had heard of Canada, the real Canaan of the American bondmen, simply as a country to whi... ...he has no sympathy in England, Scot- land, or Ireland; that he has none in Canada, none in Mexico, none among the poor wild Indians; that the voice of...

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...e jolly, jolly mariners, Crying: “Under Heaven, here is neither lead nor lee! Must we sing for evermore On the windless, glassy floor? Take bac... ... the careless dead — The dead that rocked so drunkenwise to weather and to lee, And they saw the work their hands had done as God had bade them see. A... ...lams the door on us, Whirling like a windmill through the dirty scud to lee: Till the last, last flicker goes From the tumbling w... ...nd the maple-grove, the sap is running free; Kipling 240 All the winds of Canada call the ploughing-rain. Take the flower and turn the hour, and kiss... ...in another place, And bitter oath it was on me, I ha’ watched my arms the lee-long night, Where five-score fighting men would flee. “My lance is tip... ...east-bone!” True Thomas played upon his harp, The fairy harp that couldna lee, And the first least word the proud King heard, It harpit the salt tea...

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...s. He dragged none by the collar. He gave them liberty to go to Australia, Canada, the Americas, if they liked. He asked in return to have the liberty... ...ather the cape or run to wreck, and it won’t do to be taking in reefs on a lee-shore. You don’t see what frets her, colonel. For years she has been be...

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...different nations had formed settlements to the north and to the south. In Canada and Nova Scotia were colonies of French. On the banks of the Hudson ... ...h fleet in 1698. It brought an army which was intended for the conquest of Canada. But a malignant disease, more fatal than the smallpox, broke out am... ... was commander of the British forces, to give up all thoughts of attacking Canada. “Soon after this,” said Grandfather, “Sir William Phips quarrelled ... ... injury from the French and Indians, who often came through the woods from Canada and assaulted the frontier towns. Villages were sometimes burned, an... ...quently, in time of war, undertook military expeditions against Acadia and Canada, and sometimes besieged the fortresses by which those territories we... ...anded the troops be fore Washington’s arrival Another was General Charles Lee, who had been a colonel in the English army, and was thought to possess...

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...rted away in new directions; others devoted them selves to the sodden and lee dyed pieces of the cask, licking, and even champing the moister wine ro... ...ene, illustrious, excellent, and so forth, had in prepa ration to send to Canada and North America. This much, Jerry , with his head becoming more an...

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...rses almost do it. BLACK DRIVER (with his eyes starting out of his head). ‘Lee, den. Lee, dere. Hi. Jiddy, Jiddy. Pill. Ally Loo. Lee e e e e!’ They ... ...in) ‘Easy. Easy den. Ease. Steady. Hi. Jiddy. Pill. Ally. Loo,’ but never ‘Lee!’ until we are reduced to the very last extremity, and are in the midst... ...om pass (by sending back to New York, to be afterwards forwarded to us in Canada, so much of it as was not absolutely wanted); and having procured th... ...ains of sand on the sea shore, to the great comfort of our commissariat in Canada), we went forward a gain, gaily. American Notes – Dickens 205 As n... ...Deluge —Light —came rushing on Creation at the word of God. CHAPTER XV —IN CANADA; TORONTO; KINGSTON; MONTREAL; QUEBEC; ST. JOHN’S. IN THE UNITED STAT... ... fea tures of the United States and those of the British Pos sessions in Canada. For this reason, I shall confine my self to a very brief account o... ...or noting and recording the mag netic variations. In the College of Upper Canada, which American Notes – Dickens 217 is one of the public establish...

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... looks jolly and good-natured,” said Paulina. “But did you hear what Elsie Lee always calls her, ‘our maiden aunt’?” All three laughed, and Vera added... ...inveigled poor Henry, broke everything hastily off, and shipped him off to Canada to his brothers, George and John. They found some employment for him... ...picious galere,” added Phyllis; “but I own I shall be glad to be under the lee of old England again.” “What was your telegram?” 78 Modern Broods “Bre... ... Alethea and her little Somervilles she had seen en route to 117 Yo n g e Canada, and Phyllis was to come in due time when Bernard Underwood could be... ... trouble at Filsted, his father came and broke it off, and sent him out to Canada, where I fear he did not do well, and nothing has been heard of him ... ...d. 129 Yo n g e “Except an anonymous parcel, returning to the brothers in Canada the sum he had taken with him. Strangely, the clue was not followed ... ...e of him had been lost, except in the restoration to the two broth- ers in Canada. T o the surprise and indignation of Sir Jasper, there had been no a...

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...n the chimneys in an unwonted place. And all over the world, in London, in Canada, in New Zealand, fancy what a multitude of people could exclaim with... ...les round Fife Ness is the fatal Inchcape, now a star of guidance; and the lee shore to the east of the Inchcape, is that Forfarshire coast where Muck...

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...uction can you put upon a rascal, but that a rascal he is?” “Be not such a Canada thistle,” urged the Methodist, with something less of patience than ... ...added, coming to a dead halt where he was; “look you, I have been called a Canada thistle. Very good. And a seedy one: still better. And the seedy Can... ...ity is less a bounty from our mercy than just allowance for the insensible lee-way of human fallibility. God forbid that my eccentric friend should be...

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...et- als changed into living tissue. “… I told her my people were living in Canada, but that I was brought up in England before coming out here. I can’... ...e dark recess of the night. It tow- ered loftily. He had come up under its lee; another three steps and he could have touched the wall with his hand. ...

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...k for a kiss from such a dear creature as Amelia, I would purchase all Mr. Lee’s conservatories out of hand.) “O heavenly, heavenly flowers!” exclaime... ...res- ently in the same regiment. They had served in the West Indies and in Canada. Their regiment had just come home, and the attachment of Dobbin to ... ...rd enough to pur- chase his majority—or he must sell out and go and dig in Canada, or rough it in a cottage in the country.” With such a 194 V anity ... ...went with George to the depot of his regiment, before the boy embarked for Canada, he gave the officers such a dinner as the Duke of York might have s... ...e old General hoped that the regiment which had helped to beat Montcalm in Canada, and to rout Mr. Washington on Long Island, would prove itself worth...

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...iments in smoking, with company less desirable, I must say, than Sir Harry Lee’s. Am I very bad to read what keeps mine round me?” “Is it an old fashi... ...nd then to the depot, and only joined again after the regiment had gone to Canada, when the marriage had taken place. I may have heard the name of Mrs...

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...ain Thomas T. Craven. Commander Henry H. Bell. Com- mander Samuel Phillips Lee. Commander Samuel Swartwout. Commander Melancton Smith. Commander Charl... ...f the arms, etc., recently seized by his order at Rouse’s Point, bound for Canada. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. DELA YING TACTICS OF GENERALS TO GENERAL N. P. BAN... ...d that our first object was, not Richmond, but the defeat or scattering of Lee’s army, which threatened Washington and the line of the upper Potomac. ... ...eneral Herran being here, with full au- thority from the Government of New Canada, which has been so long recognized by the United States, I have not ... ... full is going to you by Captain Fox of the navy. The substance is General Lee’s despatch of the 3d (Sunday), claiming that he had beaten you and that... ... thought) moving toward Richmond. Muroy has captured a despatch of General Lee, in which he says his loss was fearful in his last battle with you. A. ... ... idea which I think worth suggesting to you, and that is, in case you find Lee coming to the north of the Rappahannock, I would by no means cross to t...

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...g a triangle whose irregular sides meet at length below the great lakes of Canada. The second region begins where the other terminates, and includes a... ...g a triangle whose irregular sides meet at length below the great lakes of Canada. The second region begins where the other terminates, and includes a... ...ragraph describes correctly the feelings and notions of the South. General Lee held that his primary allegiance was due, not to the Union, but to Virg... ... much insulated from the world as if its frontiers were girt by the ocean. Canada *Kent’s “Commentaries,” vol. i. p. 244. I have selected an example w... ...ts territory, and shuts up its ports during the six months of winter. From Canada to the Gulf of Mexico a few savage tribes are to be met with, which ... ...anner of life; in Louisi- ana as well as in New England, in Georgia and in Canada. I have remarked that Universal Suffrage is far from producing in Am...

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...tuation of Lord Byron’s Lara, or, because Lara is a plagiarism, of Harriet Lee’s Kraitzrer. But this man, because he had money, friends, and talents, ... ...lutionary convulsions, the silence of Lapland, and the solitary forests of Canada, with the swarming life of the torrid zone, together with in- numera...

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...dole- ful changes, she pinched and scraped enough together to ship him for Canada. When he was tired of nothing to do, and disposed in its turn to cut... ...nd disposed in its turn to cut even that, he graciously consented to go to Canada. And there was grief in her bosom over parting with him, and joy in ... ...ade your fortune.’ ‘All right!’ said Tip, and went. But not all the way to Canada; in fact, not further than Liverpool. After making the voyage to tha... ... which he had visited last night, but left a nar- row dry trough under the lee of the wall, where he walked up and down among the waits of straw and d...

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...ropose. If to-day he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You... ...nd speeches. Take in everybody you can get. Harrison Grimsley, L. A. Enos, Lee Kimball, and C. W. Matheny will do to begin the thing; but as you go al... ...they have is very limited, but they drive at it might and main. He invaded Canada without resistance, and he outvaded it without pursuit. As he did bo... ...treaty with Great Britain by which fugitive slaves may be re- claimed from Canada. As yet they are but few on either 172 The Writings of Abraham Linc... ...Virginia; and it is a well-known fact that Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lee, Henry, Mason, and Pendleton were qualified abolitionists, and much mor... ...weak or doubtful a title, and in ever so small numbers, and it is like the Canada thistle or Ber- muda grass—you can’t root it out. You yourself may d...

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... of a cir- cus, fell in love with her, and made her good offers to sing in Canada, and Chicago was a place where few questions were asked, so she free...

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...dole- ful changes, she pinched and scraped enough together to ship him for Canada. When he was tired of nothing to do, and disposed in its turn to cut... ...nd disposed in its turn to cut even that, he graciously consented to go to Canada. And there was grief in her bosom over parting with him, and joy in ... ...ade your fortune.’ ‘All right!’ said Tip, and went. But not all the way to Canada; in fact, not further than Liverpool. After making the voyage to tha... ... which he had visited last night, but left a nar- row dry trough under the lee of the wall, where he walked up and down among the waits of straw and d...

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... strong idea, which I expressed before in speak- ing of the capital of the Canadas, that no man can ordain that on such a spot shall be built a great ... ...ngs in a wilder- ness. We are now trying the same experiment at Ottawa, in Canada, having turned our back upon Montreal in dud- geon. The site of Otta... ...till belong, to the family of the Lees—if not already confiscated. General Lee, who is or would be the present owner, bears high command in the army o... ...of the individual States. One special article, the eleventh, enjoins that “Canada, acceding to the Con- federation, and joining in the measures of the... ... I mention this to show how strong was the ex- pectation at that time that Canada also would revolt from England. Up to this day few Americans can und... ...would revolt from England. Up to this day few Americans can understand why Canada has declined to join her lot to them. But the compact between the di...

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...t have been troubled by the pagan mother’s distress—Jesuit missionaries in Canada in the early French times, for instance; see episodes quoted by Park... ...d the bunt dropped. “Sheet home the fore royal!”—“Weather sheet’s home!”— ”Lee sheet’s home!”—”Hoist away, sir!” is bawled from aloft. “Overhaul your ... ... shouts the mate. “Aye aye, sir, all clear!”—”Taut leech! belay! Well the lee brace; haul taut to windward!” and the royals are set. What would the c... ...elf by using some expression which a lawyer would never employ. Mr. Sidney Lee himself supplies us with an example of this. He writes (p. 164): “On F... ...liwell Phillipps. (V ol. I, p. 11, and V ol. II, pp. 71, 72.) Mr. Sidney Lee sees nothing improbable in it, and it is supported by Aubrey, who must ...

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... either hand, and beyond, was a wholly uninhabited wilderness, stretching to Canada. Neither horse nor cow, nor vehicle of any kind, had ever passed o... ...e country of uninterrupted forest, stretching away up the East Branch toward Canada, on the north and northwest, and toward the Aroostook valley on th... ...t was fairly deposited on the ground. When all were under, we propped up the lee side, and busied ourselves there whittling thole pins for rowing, whe... ... the Jesuit missionaries, accustomed to the St. Lawrence and other rivers of Canada, in their first expeditions to the Abenaquinois, speak of rivers fe... ...h the fact, was, as if we were upon a high table land between the States and Canada, the northern side of which is drained by the St. John and Chaudie... .... Lawrence. His is the only account that I know, of an expedition through to Canada in this direction. He thus describes his first sight of the latter ... ...respecting our course, and inclined to the western shore for the sake of its lee; for otherwise, if the wind should rise, it would be impossible for u... ... these broad lakes raises a sea which will swamp a canoe. Looking off from a lee shore, the surface may appear to be very little agitated, almost smoo... ..., at its narrowest part, to the eastern side, and were soon partly under the lee of the mountain, about a mile north of the Kineo House, having paddle...

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... full quantity upon the reader in such books as Cape Cod, or The Yankee in Canada. Of the latter he con- fessed that he had not managed to get much of... ...d to get much of himself into it. Heaven knows he had not, nor yet much of Canada, we may hope. “Nothing,” he says somewhere, “can shock a brave man b... ...there are few spots more shocking to the brave than the pages of Yankee in Canada. There are but three books of his that will be read with much pleasu... ...Men & Books was but a poor performance. He would make better verses on the lee-side of a flagon at the sign of the Pomme du Pin, than in a cushioned s...

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...chair Richard Ben-Veniste Fred F . Fielding Jamie S. Gorelick Slade Gorton Lee H. Hamilton vice chair Bob Kerrey John F . Lehman Timothy J. Roemer Jam... ...low citizens to study, reflect—and act. xviii PREFACE Thomas H. Kean chair Lee H. Hamilton vice chair Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:26 PM Page xviii THE ... ...ly try- ing to contact it. 44 At 8:52, in Easton, Connecticut, a man named Lee Hanson received a phone call from his son Peter, a passenger on United ... ...ge moves. Call United Airlines—T ell them it’s Flight 175, Boston to LA. ” Lee Hanson then called the Easton Police Department and relayed what he had... ...s a binational command estab- lished in 1958 between the United States and Canada. Its mission was, and is, to defend the airspace of North America an... ...efforts to bring additional resources to bear in the north.The border with Canada had one agent for every 13.25 miles. Despite examples of terrorists ... ... agent for every 13.25 miles. Despite examples of terrorists entering from Canada, awareness of terrorist activity in Canada and its more lenient immi... ...ited States. Ressam’s Arrest Ahmed Ressam, 23, had illegally immigrated to Canada in 1994. Using a fal- sified passport and a bogus story about persec... ...es, a notebook containing bomb assembly instructions, and $12,000. Back in Canada, he went about procuring weapons, chemicals, and false papers. 18 In...