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tracadi ; huan, is heran; these are easily transposable letters. Of the 

 other names, some are extinct, some have appeared on other maps, but not 

 a few occur for the first time, such {\s pakmouet (Pokemouche), Chipigan- 

 chich (Shippegan), tabochimkek (Tabusintac), potage (Portage), echkou- 



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menak (Escuminac), chédiak (Shediiic). A very important point is the 

 application of chicudi to Barnaby's river, where it belongs (from the 

 Micmac See-quah-dik), for this name persisted long and gradually became 

 transferred to the main Miramichi itself. The presence of the crosses and 

 the reference in the title to the reverence of the Indians for the sign of 

 the cross form a puzzle in our early history '. 



' The title is as follows : La grande baye de S. laurens en la nouvelle france 

 mise dans un jour ou elle n'auoit jûqu'icy parue, l'exactitude, la curiosité et la 



