"The Pacha of Many Tales" from Frederick Marryat. English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens (1792-1848).

"The Phantom Ship" from Frederick Marryat. English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens (1792-1848).

"The Pirate" from Frederick Marryat. English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens (1792-1848).

"The Poacher" from Frederick Marryat. English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens (1792-1848).

"The Privateersman" from Frederick Marryat. English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens (1792-1848).

"The Privateer's-Man" from Frederick Marryat. English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens (1792-1848).

"The Settlers in Canada" from Frederick Marryat. English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens (1792-1848).

"The Three Cutters" from Frederick Marryat. English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens (1792-1848).

"Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet" from Frederick Marryat. English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens (1792-1848).

It was in the year 1794, that an English family went out to settle in Canada. This province had been surrendered to us by the French, who first colonized it, more than thirty years previous to the year I have mentioned. It must, however, be recollected, that to emigrate and settle in Canada was, at that time, a very different affair to what it is now.