FRENCH EXPLORATIONS 1673-1682 (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from French Explorations 1673-1682He then came to meet the canoe, which I guided with this man who had no experience in this work, and jump ing waist high into the water, we carried our little craft all at once, and went to receive the other two canoes in the same manner as the former. And as the waves break ing on the Shore formed a kind Of undertow, which drags out into the lake those who think they are safe, I made a powerful effort and took on my shoulders our good Old Recollect who accompanied us, and this amiable missionary of Saint Francis, seeing himself out Of danger, all drenched as he was with water, never failed to display an extra ordinary cheerfulness.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works._,