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water for boats or canoes. No place in all this region could on general 

 principles be better situated for a Mission intended for the use of 

 both Indians and French fishermen. There is at present a little Pro- 

 testant (Presbyterian) church in the midst of the site, and beside 

 it a modern burial ground, (see the map). Behind the church is the 

 reputed old French burial ground, which, while cleared of the larger 

 trees, has never been ploughed. The owner of this and the neigh- 

 bouring property, Mr. John Marks, tells me it was known to his 

 father as a burial ground and hence it was left unploughed when the 

 land was first cleared. It is said however that fragments of old coffins 

 have been found within the limits of the present burial ground, and 

 a stone inscribed with a cross is said to have been dug up here in 

 recent years. Some distance to the eastward of it on the open field 



Map No. 31. 



is a large cellar, very much larger than that of any French house I 

 have seen, larger than the foundation of the present church near by 

 and this is the reputed site of the church. This I think is probably 

 correct, for the situation, on the highest ground in this vicinity is 

 the very kind chosen for a church; the cellar is much larger than is 

 ever found with the old French houses, and the station is very much 

 too far from the water for that of a business establishment. Further, 

 its east and west position is wholly in harmony with the usual orien- 

 tation of Roman Catholic churches. 



Scattered about in the vicinity of this site, and over towards the 

 present settlement, are various French cellars, of which Mr. Marks 

 tells me he knows at least fourteen, from some of which typical 



