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ably cnterctl by C,'ai)C Kuy, coasted by St. George's Jîay, Bay of Ishinds, 

 lîonne Bay, went further north, then crossed the mouth of the Straits 

 of I'.elle Isle and coasted around to the St. L:i\vrence, which they asccr- 

 tnined was the head of the bay and so named it. Continuing ^^outhward 

 lliey Jnvestigated the two large inlets, Ua'ie de Chaleur, where they saw 

 many natives, and Miraniiclii. As we have proved conclusively that 

 the S'an doa of Kretsrliiner's map cannot p js-ibly be Cape Hretun 

 Island, the navigator i):issi-d down tlic Sti-aits of XorthumbiTlatid and 

 I lit I. y Cape Xorth. 





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Fig. 8.— Map of Lazaiio Luis, A.D. 1563. 



I irust no one will think it silly presumption on my part to diiVer 

 frciiii so many learned pei-sons in the reading of these maps. A fairly 

 intimate local knowledge, the careful gathering up of clews supplied by 

 names on the maps, and many hours of patient study examining and 

 ccliating should entitle one to speak. It is not improbable the course 

 aniiind the (iiilf may have been the same as that of John Cabot, but that 

 is imt a question of much importance. The main fact is, we have pro- 

 duced six maps, the earliest at leust one hundred and three years, the 

 latest fifty-nine years, jirior to Champlain's second map, all of which 

 clearly show P. E. Island, three of which, and they the earliest, call it 



