A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . ersettlement, she des-patched a vessel in1613, with two moreJesuits, Father Quen-tin and Gilbert duThet, and forty-eightmen under La Saus-saye, who intended toreach a place calledKadesquit (Bangor)on the spot had beenselected by FatherBiard on a trip whichhe made from PortRoyal to the Penob-scot. They reachedPort Royal on May16, a
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . ersettlement, she des-patched a vessel in1613, with two moreJesuits, Father Quen-tin and Gilbert duThet, and forty-eightmen under La Saus-saye, who intended toreach a place calledKadesquit (Bangor)on the spot had beenselected by FatherBiard on a trip whichhe made from PortRoyal to the Penob-scot. They reachedPort Royal on May16, and taking Fa-thers Biard and Masseon board sailed fortheir destination. But such a fog en-veloped them off Me-nans (Grand Manan)that they had to lie to for two days; when the weather cleared upthey saw the island which Champlain named Monts De- Mount Des-serts, and which the Indians called Pemetig, which means ^^*- at the head, from its commanding position. The lifting fog dis-closed Great Head, rising sheer from the ocean to buttress the forestsof Green and Newport mountains. On their right was the broad sheetof water, since called Frenchmans Bay, extending far into the this they gladly sailed, and dropping anchor inside of Porcupine. Great Head. 324 COLONIZATION UNDER NORTHERN COMPANY. [Chap. XII. Island, effected a landing not far from the bar which gives its name toa little harbor. There the broad flank of Green Mount, with New-port just alongside to make a deep and still ravine, greeted the eyeswhich sea-spray and the fog had filled. Eagle Lake lay buried in theforest in front of them, and the wooded slopes stretched along to theright as far as they could see. The islands with bronzed cliffs to sea-ward, and bases honeycombed by the tide, wore sharp crests of fir andpine. The American coast does not supply another combination sostriking as this, of mountains with their feet in deep ocean on everyside, lifting two thousand feet of greenery to vie with the green of
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