I saw England's ships, but it was not for me to know whether they were to turn Cape Hope or the Horn.

I saw Canada's _voyageurs_, but they might be only on their annual journey, and might go no farther than their accustomed posts in the West.

In French town and English town, among common soldiers, _voyageurs_, inn-keepers and merchants, I wandered for more than one day and felt myself still helpless.
That is to say, such was the case until there came to my aid that greatest of all allies, Chance..