text_original: The French settlements in America were called Canada and Louisiana. The one comprehended the basin of the St. Lawrence River and the Oreat Lakes, with a vast extent of territory west and north to the Pacific and Arctic oceans. It was, as has been happily said, a convenient maxim in those days of our colonization, that whoever possessed the coast had a right to all the inland territory as far as from sea to sea.
text_transcription: THE FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA WERE CALLED CANADA AND LOUISIANA THE ONE COMPREHENDED THE BASIN OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER AND THE GREAT LAKES WITH A VAST EXTENT OF TERRITORY WEST AND NORTH TO THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC OCEANS IT WAS AS HAS BEEN HAPPILY SAID A CONVENIENT MAXIM IN THOSE DAYS OF OUR COLONIZATION THAT WHOEVER POSSESSED THE COAST HAD A RIGHT TO CALL THE INLAND TERRITORY AS FAR AS FROM SEA TO SEA
phonemes: ðə fɹˈɛntʃ sˈɛɾəlmənts ɪn ɐmˈɛɹɪkə wɜː kˈɔːld kˈænədə ænd luːˌiːzɪˈænə. ðə wˈʌn kˌɑːmpɹihˈɛndᵻd ðə bˈeɪsən ʌvðə sənt. lˈɔːɹəns ɹˈɪvɚ ænd ðɪ ˈɔːɹiːt lˈeɪks, wɪð ɐ vˈæst ɛkstˈɛnt ʌv tˈɛɹɪtˌɔːɹi wˈɛst ænd nˈɔːɹθ tə ðə pɐsˈɪfɪk ænd ˈɑːɹktɪk ˈoʊʃənz. ɪt wˈʌz, æz hˈæzbiːn hˈæpɪli sˈɛd, ɐ kənvˈiːnɪənt mˈæksɪm ɪn ðoʊz dˈeɪz ʌv ˌaʊɚ kˌɑːlənᵻzˈeɪʃən, ðæt huːˈɛvɚ pəzˈɛst ðə kˈoʊst hæd ɐ ɹˈaɪt tʊ ˈɔːl ðɪ ˈɪnlənd tˈɛɹɪtˌɔːɹi æz fˈɑːɹ æz fɹʌm sˈiː tə sˈiː.