"In days of yore from Britain's shore Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came, And planted firm Britannia's flag On Canada's fair domain! Here may it wave, our boast, our pride; And joined in love together, The Thistle, Shamrock, Rose entwine The Maple Leaf for ever!"
[230] Opposite to Quebec, on the other side of the river.
[231] To the east of Point Levis.
[232] Seaman of Devonshire, a relation of Sir Walter Raleigh, whom he assisted in founding Virginia. In 1591 he engaged a whole Spanish fleet with his single ship the Revenge, and was fatally wounded in the fight.
[233] Cousin of Sir Walter Raleigh. He took possession of Newfoundland (1583), but went down in the Golden Hind on the return voyage.
[234] Served under Drake, and fought against the Spanish Armada. Perished in the Arctic Ocean, 1594.
[235] Francis Drake (1540-1596), the greatest of English admirals, the first Englishman to sail round the world (1577-1580). He singed the King of Spain's beard in 1587, and fought against the Spanish Armada (1588).
[236] Group of twenty coral islands in the Indian Ocean, 700 miles south-west of Sumatra. They produce cocoanuts.
[237] German protectorate on the east coast of the Chinese province of Shantung. It was seized from China in 1897. The port is Tsing-tau. The Japanese first attacked this place on August 23, and declared that at the end of the war they would give it up to China.
[238] Largest city of New Zealand, in a fine harbour in the north of North Island.