[40]Here he plainly alludes to the Esquimaux of Hudson’s Straits; not to the Cree Indians of the Bay.
[41]At present they employ but two ships, and consequently considerably fewer seamen.
[42]For the amusement of persons who are desirous of such information, I have annexed an abstract of the ship’s reckoning from Cape Resolution to the Orkneys. See [Appendix D].
[43]See Walter Scott’s Notes on Marmion, a Tale of Flodden Field.
[44]Fossil timber, in a mineralized state, is found in the Orkneys and in the Hebrides. In the island of Skie there was found part of a large tree mineralized by Hornstone; which is now in the possession of the Professor of Mineralogy at Cambridge.
[45]So called by the Canadians.
Transcriber’s Note
- Silently corrected obvious typographical errors.
- Retained non-standard spellings and dialect.
- Re-ordered items in the Table of Illustrations, to match actual order in the text.