Chapter C

Canada, the key to, 12;
its political and economic weaknesses, 24 _et seq._;
compared with the English colonies, 25;
the fur monopoly, 26;
scheme for building up the colony, 28.
Canso, seized from Louisburg, 43, _note_ 45;
prisoners taken there prove useful, 49;
army rendezvous at, 69;
environs of, 76;
works thrown up at, 77.
Cape Breton Island, face of the country, 16;
mountains of, 17;
Gabarus Bay, 23;
first suggestions of its importance to Canada, 28;
natural products of, 29;
advantageous situation as a port of delivery and supply, 29;
left to Canada by stupid diplomacy, 30;
its chief harbors, 31;
the Bras d’Or, 31;
called Ile Royale, 32;
plan for getting colonists, 33, 34;
strategic points on the straits, 76;
ice blockade of, 77;
restored to France, 127.
Cape Breton Coast, approach to, 14;
blockaded by ice, 77.
Circular battery of Louisburg, its design, 93;
silenced, 116.
Coffin, Moses, of Newbury, Mass., anecdote of, 104.
Connecticut in Louisburg expedition, 57;
her forces join Pepperell, 78.