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  Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, vol 1 [with accents] Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In this association, whether near or remote, young Champlain, with his eagle eye and quick ear, was receiving lessons and influences which were daily shaping his unfolding capacities, and gradually compacting and crystallizing them into the firmness and strength of character which he so largely displayed in after years.
De Monts extended to Champlain an invitation to join the expedition, which he readily accepted, but, nevertheless, on the condition, as in the previous voyage, of the king's assent, which was freely granted, nevertheless with the command that he should prepare a faithful report of his observations and discoveries.
De Monts and Champlain made an excursion upon the shore, where their eyes were refreshed by fields of waving corn, and gardens of squashes, beans, and pumpkins, which were then bursting into flower.
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 Marquess of Sligo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marquess of Sligo is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1800 for the Earl of Altamont.
The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Altamont (1771), Earl of Clanricarde (1800), Viscount Westport (1768), Baron Mount Eagle of Westport (1760), and Baron Monteagle (1806), all but the last in the Peerage of Ireland.
John Denis Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont (1756-1809), elected a Representative Peer in 1800, created Marquess of Sligo later that year
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