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A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe

A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe

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A
THOUSAND MILES
in the
ROB ROY CANOE

ON RIVERS AND LAKES OF
EUROPE.

BY J. MACGREGOR, M.A.,

TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;
BARRISTER AT LAW:

With Numerous Illustrations and a Map.

SIXTH THOUSAND.

LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND MARSTON
MILTON HOUSE, LUDGATE-HILL.
1866.

(The Right of Translation reserved.)


PREFACE.

The voyage about to be described was made last Autumn in a small Canoe, with a double paddle and sails, which the writer managed alone.

The route led sometimes over mountains and through forests and plains, where the boat had to be carried or dragged.

The waters navigated were as follows:—

The Rivers Thames, Sambre, Meuse, Rhine, Main, Danube, Reuss, Aar, Ill, Moselle, Meurthe, Marne, and Seine.

The Lakes Titisee, Constance, Unter See, Zurich, Zug, and Lucerne, together with six canals in Belgium and France, and two expeditions in the open sea of the British Channel.

Temple, London,
April 25, 1866.


THE AUTHOR'S PROFITS FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS, WERE GIVEN TO THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION AND TO THE SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' SOCIETY.


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

  Page
Rapids of the Reuss (Frontispiece).
Sea Rollers in the Channel 19
Swimming Herd on the Meuse 28
Singers' Waggon on the Danube 49
A Crowd in the Morning 65
Haymakers amazed 80
Night surprise at Gegglingen 93
The Rob Roy in a Bustle 110
Sailing upon Lake Zug 134
Shirking a Waterfall 152
A Critical Moment 168
Astride the Stern 186
The Rob Roy and the Cow 213
Polite to the Ladies 230
Group of French Fishers 246
Passing a Dangerous Barrier 263
A Choked Canal 281
Rigging Ashore 290
Route of the Canoe (Map) 291
Chart of Currents and Rocks 302


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. Page
Canoe Travelling—Other Modes—The Rob Roy—Hints—Tourists—The Rivers—The Dress—I and We

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