Excerpt from The Magazine of History With Notes and Queries, 1905, Vol. 2 As Radisson wrote in English, a language less familiar to him than his native French, his narration is often very uncouth; but it abounds with homely, apt and forcible expressions, such as could only have been acquired by living with English-speaking people, certainly not merely from school studies or books. It is probable that he had learned this language as a sailor boy on English vessels, before going to Canada; but later, by his life in New England and in the service of Boston merchants during the years from 1661 to 1664, he had doubtless added greatly to his acquaintance with the vernacular. 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.