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1761
On this southern side is a remarkable point of sand . . . on which it is customary to baptize novices.
1800
By all those on board, who have never passed certain places, they expect to be treated with something to drink; and should a person refuse to comply with their requisitions, he would be sure of being plunged into the water, which they profanely call, baptizing him.
1931
Soon after leaving Ste. Anne's all clerks or bourgeois who had never before accompanied a brigade into the interior were given to understand that they would be "baptized" in the chilly waters of the river if they did not moisten the whistles of their men.