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Excerpt from The Plowshare and the Sword: A Tale of Old Quebec
Wooden huh were M a mialy along the slopes, which ended where the how? Of hemlocks began, about half a mile from the e% i the cliff and below, where a log landing-stage We a into the stream, a man-of-war flying the flag ef France rode at her ease, a party of turbaned men, no bigger to the abbe's eyes than children, gambling at dice upon her fore deck. Anchored beside the shore opposite appeared another vessel, more rakish in build, less heavy at the stern and showing four masts to the French4 the plowshare and the sword. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
