Pioneers of the Pacific Coast
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Henceforth Siberian merchants were to vie with each other in outfittinghunters--criminals, political exiles, refugees, destitute sailors--toscour the coasts of America for sea-otter. Throughout the long line ofthe Aleutian Islands and the neighbouring coasts of North America, forover a century, hunters' boats--little cockle-shell skiffs made ofoiled walrus-skin stretched on whalebone frames, narrow as a canoe, light as cork--rode the wildest seas in the wildest storms in pursuitof the sea-otter.... Sea-otter became to the Pacific coast what beaverwas to the Atlantic--the magnet that drew traders to the north-westseas, and ultimately led to the settlement of the north-west coast.
It was, to be sure, dangerous work hunting {34} in wild northern galeson rocks slippery with ice and through spray that wiped out everyoutline of precipice edge or reef; but it offered variety to exiles inSiberia; and it offered more--a chance of wealth if they survived. Iron for bolts of boats must be brought all the way from Europe; so theoutlaw hunters did without iron, and fastened planks together as bestthey could with deer thongs in place of nails, and moss and tallow inplace of tar.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Henceforth Siberian merchants were to vie with each other in outfittinghunters--criminals, political exiles, refugees, destitute sailors--toscour the coasts of America for sea-otter. Throughout the long line ofthe Aleutian Islands and the neighbouring coasts of North America, forover a century, hunters' boats--little cockle-shell skiffs made ofoiled walrus-skin stretched on whalebone frames, narrow as a canoe, light as cork--rode the wildest seas in the wildest storms in pursuitof the sea-otter.... Sea-otter became to the Pacific coast what beaverwas to the Atlantic--the magnet that drew traders to the north-westseas, and ultimately led to the settlement of the north-west coast.
It was, to be sure, dangerous work hunting {34} in wild northern galeson rocks slippery with ice and through spray that wiped out everyoutline of precipice edge or reef; but it offered variety to exiles inSiberia; and it offered more--a chance of wealth if they survived. Iron for bolts of boats must be brought all the way from Europe; so theoutlaw hunters did without iron, and fastened planks together as bestthey could with deer thongs in place of nails, and moss and tallow inplace of tar.
What to read after Pioneers of the Pacific Coast?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Agnes C Agnes Christina Laut to read onlineMoreLess
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