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the meaning of a verb, or an iota subscript affirm or deny an important 

 doctrine. Even Champlain's maps contain many errors, though they 

 are French and were engraved in France. Thus isles aux Margaux 

 become isles aux Tangeux, and even isles aux gros yeux. If the reader 

 will turn baclv to fig. 12 (the Du Pont map) he will realize the difficulty of 

 reading some of these documents — a difficulty not appreciated by those 

 who are accustomed to lean on the modern helps of cajîitals and settled 

 spelling. If such mistakes could occur in a French map engraved in 

 France, it is no wonder that they should superabound, as they do, in the 

 Cabot map based on a French docunient, translated into Spanish or Portu- 

 guese, and engraved far away in a Flemish city. On the map of 1544 

 Cartier's Prince Edward Island names — Salvayos (Cap des Sauvages) Rio 

 4e paris (Eipuaire des Barques) C. de linaro (Baye de S. Lunario) are on 

 the main land. 



Fig. 26.— Dauphin Map, A.D. 1546. (See p. 250). 



Only one deviation from Cartier is found and that is Les Arnynes, is 

 called y de s. juan. This .same island is plainly seen named on Mr. Ilar- 

 risse's photograph of Desliens's map of 1541 as ysle des arènes. It is a 

 pity the map is so small, but that name may be plainly read with a 

 magnifying glass. That it really is Les Araj-nes of Cartier is manifest 

 on the Cabot map by the direction of its axis and the three little islands 

 at the northeast point, as well as by its position. The error is apparent, 

 ^nd I am not bound to account for it. Still an explanation may be sug- 



