Excerpt from History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Que; And Prescott, Ont: From the Earliest Settlement to the Present In the preface, Mr. Russell says This brief treatise was not originally written with a view to publication; but as the subject is connected with the early history of Canada, and throws a little additional light on an obscurity iii a part of Champlain's journal of his first voyage up the Ottawa, I have been induced by the flattering recommendations of a few friends to have a very limited edition of it published, trusting it may be in some degree interesting to Canadian readers. Mr. Russell now goes on to say The Astrolabe which is the subject of this treatise was shewn to me by Captain Overman of the Ottawa Forwarding Co. He afterwards gave it to R. W. 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.