Tag Archives: Canada

A Christmas Kidnapping

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Christmas History 41.  The following alarming tale is taken from an article about Christmas in Canada in the Lincolnshire Chronicle, Christmas Eve 1869.  Just a warning: I have removed a racial profanity, but the article is still reflective of the … Continue reading →

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Japanese Artistic Talents

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 206. Recently we have been looking at a few choice quotes from Notes of a Nomad, by Canadian author Lady Harriet Julia Jephson, published in 1918. For the most part it is a journal of her travels, but it starts in … Continue reading →

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A Harsh Swimming Lesson

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Quick Quotes 30.  The following quote is taken from Notes of a Nomad, by Canadian author Lady Harriet Julia Jephson, published just over a hundred years ago in 1918.  For the most part it is a journal of her travels, but … Continue reading →

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The Captain’s Table

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Guest Post 15.  Captain Ernest Hyatt was a seafarer, master mariner and adventurer who also served in what was then the Royal North-West Mounted Police and had roughed it in the tropic, temperate and arctic zones and fought in the … Continue reading →

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A pony, or some bricks for a church?

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 191.  The following quote is taken from Notes of a Nomad, by Canadian author Lady Harriet Julia Jephson, published just over a hundred years ago in 1918.  For the most part it is a journal of her travels, but it … Continue reading →

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A Painful Journey

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 178. We have previously looked at a few snippets from Forest Scenes and Incidents in the Wilds of North America, by George Head, published in 1829.  Head was the assistant commissary-general of the commissariat of the 3rd division of … Continue reading →

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A Night of Chaos

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 161.  In 1815 George Head, the assistant commissary-general of the commissariat of the 3rd division of the Spanish army, undertook a journey across North America, snappily titled Forest Scenes and Incidents in the Wilds of North America, Being a … Continue reading →

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Nature’s Freezer

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Quick Quotes 18. The following is taken from Travels in Lower Canada, by Joseph Sansom (1820): Quebec is subjected to frequent rains, by the neighbouring mountains which arrest the clouds in its vicinity; and it has little to boast of … Continue reading →

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Beauty and Misery

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Quick Quotes 17. The following is taken from Travels in Lower Canada, by Joseph Sansom (1820): On my return toward Quebec, I proceeded more leisurely than I had done in coming down, and now found time to admire the beautiful … Continue reading →

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Terrors of the Desert Trail

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 141 / Guest Post 12.  Even today, the great American deserts can be dangerous places. In 1899 when the quote below was written they were even more dangerous with wild animals and often even wilder men to be encountered. … Continue reading →

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