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to call nothing- else than the Magdalene group. The great peninsula to the south of the 

 island is the real Cape Breton of to-day, the square island marked " 0. de Breton" being 

 only a part of it. Here we notice two names not before observed in this position, " 0. 

 real " and " C. S. Jean." Both of these belong on the coast of Newfoundland, Cape Eoyal 

 (Cape Real being the form it has on the Henri II map) being the present Cape Gregory, 

 and " C. S. Jean " the present Cape Anguille. The question as to why they are placed by 

 Mercator down on the coast of Cape Breton is connected with the question as to why 

 nearly all of these old maps leave unrepresented Cartier's explorations on the west coast 



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of Newfoundland, a ciuestion I shall consider a little later in this paper. On the coast to 

 the west, where, of course. Prince Edward Island is fused with the mainland, the names 

 are all familiar, and almost exactly as Cartier gave them. The only exception is found in 

 " C. de Stiago, alys dorleans." I do not know why " C. de Stiago " is used as an alterna- 

 tive for Orleans. It is worth noticing that a cape of this name apjiears on some early 

 maps on Cape Breton, notably on that of MaioUo of 152'7. 



" Hunedo " is for Houguedo, and I have already explained the displacement of 

 "C. deS. Aluise," " C. de Mommoraucy" and "Estroict de S. Pierre" from Anticosti, 

 where they belong. We find another "Honguedo"' in the vicinity of the Saguenay. 

 " banc S. laques," " *7 isles " and " r. doulce " are all clear enough. " Coste du oist " is an 



