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be inferior to the published maps of the same period, e.g., Mason's and 

 Champlain's; but is interesting from never having appeared before in 

 this discussion. The names are very difficult to road. Privia invena is 

 in the centre of the island, and is much obscui^ed by the lines of compass 

 bearino;s. 



*FiG. 12.— Du Font's Map, A.D. 1625. 



There are two other identifications — one is that there is a place near 

 Bonavista called Keels; this is supposed to mean that the "first keel" 

 grated " on the shingle there." The theory seems far-fetched. It is 

 far more probable that the settlers called it after Keel, in Mayo, in Ire- 



*The drawing of this map is very rough. This is a reduction from a photograph. 

 Many of the names are illegible. They are upside down on the Newfoundland and 

 New Brunswick coasts. Turning the map and reading from the south, on the east 

 coast of Newfoundland, in order, are C. de Ras, C. St. Ian, C. St. Francis, Bonne 

 Vis^^e, Ylle St Marc, R. St. Ian, Port aux Aigles, Cremailliere, C. Grat. In the 

 centre of the island, running at right angles to the south coast, is prima in- 

 ven(t)a, and behind that are three names, referring probably to the south coast. 

 The first is illegible, the .second is La Baleine, and the last Les Vierges. No doubt the 

 islands of the Eleven Thousand Virgins were intended. They are on the south 

 coast in the old maps. The names in italics are new names not found on early 

 maps. For further remarks on this map see infra, App. F,, where also IVIason's map 

 will be found. 



