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and for which we paid $75 in gold. David paddled us 

 out to our chaloupe, anchored in the bay, and intro- 

 duced me to Captain Edward Ovington, master, and 

 his nephew, Fabian, a lad of sixteen or seventeen 

 years, his mate. The chdloupe was thirty feet " foie 

 and aft ; " beam, 9| feet. Six or eight feet aft we 

 called the quarter-deck. A comfortable seat surrounded 

 three sides of it, affording sittings for eight or ten per- 

 sons. Next forward of this, and separated from it by a 

 bulkhead, was a space of six or eight feet for freight. 

 Next came our cabin, eight by nine feet, and just high 

 enough to enable us to sit upright on the low shelf 

 which was to serve as a seat by day and bed at night. 

 Then came the forecastle, in which was a very small 

 cooking stove. The vessel was rigged with main and 

 topmast, strengthened by iron shrouds, with a large 

 mainsail, topsail, jib and "jigger," as it is called by 

 Canadian boatmen. It was in respect to the jigger that 

 the craft differed from a sloop-rigged yacht or boat. 

 Clear aft, and back of the rudder-post, was a mast about 

 fifteen feet high ; running from the stern of the vessel 

 was a stationary jigger boom, something like the jib- 

 boom, except that it was horizontal ; on these was 

 rigged a sail in shape like the mainsail. The boat was 

 a fair sailer, strong, well built, and from four to six 

 tons burden. In returning to the hotel we stopped at 

 and entered the little French Soman Catholic Church. 

 It is not known when it was erected. Jacques Cartier, 

 in his second visit to America, in 1535, explored the 

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