1864.] MICHAUX AND HIS JOURNEY IN CANADA, 829 



'^ Left Quebec July 31, Scailing by Cape Tourmente and Cape 

 Brule, which are distant twelve and fourteen leagues from Quebec. 

 Saw upon the mountains tTimijyerus communis, Thuja, Abies 

 halsamea, A. aiha, Ejngoea orpens, Linnoea horealis, etc., etc. 



That night lay off Bay St. Paul August 1st. The 



mnd changed and rain fell; botanized on the mountains 



August 2nd. Arrived at Malbaie, and left there on the 4th, reach- 

 ing the mouth of the Saguenay, where I passed the night. On 

 the morning of Sunday the 5th reached Tadoussac, forty-six 

 leagues from Quebec." 



The plants collected by Michaux at Malbaie were as follows : 



Ilipjyuris vulgaris, Linn. ; Salicornia Jierbacea, Linn. ; Pul- 

 mojuu'ia parvijiora, ^lichx. ; Ligusticum Scot icuin, Jjiun.-, Sal- 

 sola salsa ? Michx. ; Polygonum cilinode, Michx. ; Fotentilla 

 Jiirsuta, Michx.; Astragalus secundus, Michx. ;^ Jledicago lupu- 

 lina, Linn. ; Pteris gracilis, Michx. 



A little lower down on the shores of the St. Lawerence he 

 gathered Salicornia Tierhacea, Linn. ; Arundo arenaria, Linn. ; 

 Glaux maritima, Linn. ; Salsola salsa f Michx. ; Atriplexpatula, 

 Linn. ; Rumex verticillatus, Linn. ; Arenaria rubra, Linn., 

 {^ = Spergidaria rubi'a, Pers.); Potentilla Jiirsuta, Michx. ; Empe- 

 trum nigrum, Linn. 



The picturesque little village of Tadoussac is built upon a point 

 of rock at the entrance to the Saguenay, and was a post of the Hud- 

 son's Bay Company. Here Michaux bought two bark-canoes, and 

 engaged three Indians ; here also, as we learn from his Flora and 

 his Herbarium, he collected the following plants : Ligusticum 

 Scoticum, Linn.; L. actceifolium, Michx.; Gentiana acuta, 

 Michx. ; Epnlobium tetragonum, Linn. ; Vaccinium Vitis-Idoeaj 

 Linn.; Potentilla Idrsuta, Michx.; Ilex Canadensis, Michx. f 



He was soon however on his way up the Saguenay, which for a 

 distance of twenty-seven miles flows between immense walls of 

 gneiss, often extremely bold and picturesque. The banks are 

 almost destitute of vegetation, except in ,the fissures of the rocks, 

 where a few stunted pines and spruces, wild gooseberries and blue- 

 berries laden with fruit, and a juniper {Junip>crus sabina), form 



* See notef on page 331. 



t Flora Boreali-Americana, ad ripas fluminis S. Laurentii, juxta Ta- 

 doussac, vol.i, fol. 166, 177; in finmlms S . Laurentii aqnis affluente mare 

 subsalsis, vol. i, fol. 1, 67, 95, 102, 132. 



