. Canada; a descriptive text-book . ch the men fish. If one were to go ashore he would find acres of fishsplit open, salted and diying in the sun. Sailing across a narrowchannel to the north, the Cabots came to a part of the mainland, nowcalled Labrador, where they found great numbers of seals. After hav-ing explored a considerable part of the eastern coast of North America,they went back to England. Newfoundland and Labrador belong toBritain, but are not part of Canada and have a government of theirown. Newfoundland is Britains oldest colony. Nearly forty years later from France came Jacques
. Canada; a descriptive text-book . ch the men fish. If one were to go ashore he would find acres of fishsplit open, salted and diying in the sun. Sailing across a narrowchannel to the north, the Cabots came to a part of the mainland, nowcalled Labrador, where they found great numbers of seals. After hav-ing explored a considerable part of the eastern coast of North America,they went back to England. Newfoundland and Labrador belong toBritain, but are not part of Canada and have a government of theirown. Newfoundland is Britains oldest colony. Nearly forty years later from France came Jacques Cartier, who sailedpast Newfoundland into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This gulf is aboutas large as the whole of England and Scotland. After crossing it heentered a river, miles wide at its mouth and stretching far into theinterior. Up and down its flood now sail the ships of all nations, goingand coming from the port of Montreal. But in those far away daysthe country was covered by huge forests, and the only people living in them were Indians;—tall, straight, copper-coloured fellows wheneversmiled. They were always grave and dignified, except when excited by t In- thought of fighting and killing people. Then they were lik<- painted their bodies with red and yellow ochre, stuck feathers intheir hair and danced around their camp fires. As they danced theysang of their brave deeds and became more and moreexcited. They soon began to Bhout and wave theirtomahawks, while the squaws sang to encourage them,and the little papooses looked on in wonder. Presently,the braves would start off through the dark forests,stealing on and on, toward the camp of the the middle of the night, when all were soundp, the raiders would rush in with wild yells andkill most of the Bleepers before they had time to fullywake up. Then the victors Mould return with shoutsof joy, earning the scalps of their victims at theirbelts and dragging along a few whom they hadkept alive
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