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Erable, or Esrable, or Herable.— French name of the European Maple, ex- 

 tended without distinction of species to the American kinds. Used 

 in Hakluyt's translation of Cartier's Third Voyage, of 1540, as arables, 

 and by others later. Its use by Cartier, in 1535, mentioned by Baxter, 

 seems to be a mistake, for the French word does not appear in the 

 text or notes of the Bref récit, or in Baxter's own notes. 



Escargot. — See Bregaux. 



Escrevisse de mer. — S3e Homard. 



Escureux. — See Ecureuil. 



Espadon. — French name for the Swordfish, used by Denys, though he gives 

 it some attributes of the Sawfish. Denys describes a contest he wit- 

 nessed in Acadia between an Espadon and a Whale, while Le Clercq 

 describes another from hearsay. 



Esplan. — See Eperlan. 



Esterlais. — Name for the Common Tern or Mackerel Gull, first used by Denys. 

 Denys gives a description in full accord with this identification, which 

 is made certain by the fact that the Acadians call this common Gull 

 by this name to this day (.fide A. C. Smith), as do the Canadian French 

 (fide C. E. Dionne). The word appears to be indigenous, for the Cham- 

 baud-Carrières Dictionary gives " Esterlet, an aquatic bird of Arcadie 

 (sic) ". It does not appear»to be Indian, and probably evolved in the 

 language of the French fishermen from some peculiarii./ of the bird. 

 La. Hontan uses sterlets. Now !<fc(iyiiic in Labrador (C. "\V. Townsend). 



Esturgeon, or Eturgeon. — French name for the Sturgeon of Europe, extended 

 to that of America. Used first by Lescarbot and pictured, no doubt 

 for the first time, by Champlain on his map of 1612. Denys gives a 

 good description of it. It appears in the English form in Hakluyt's ac- 

 count of Roberval's voyage in 1542. 



Faisan. -See Perdrix. 



haons. — French word for fawns of the common dee' of Europe. Used by 

 Champlain, in 1609, apparently for the fawns of Liie Virginia Deer. 



Faucon. — French name of the Peregrine Falcon, applied in Acadia by Lescar 

 bot and by Denys to a bird which is apparently its nearest représenta 

 tive in America, the Duck Hawk. This is confirmed by the fact that 

 the Canadian French thus use the name to this day, though they extend 

 it to three other species (fide C. E. Dionne). 



Fauquet, or Fouquet. — Name of a bird of the Grand Bank mentioned by Les- 

 carbot and said by Champlain to be one of several taken by the fisher- 

 men on the line (Voyage of 1618). Dieréville says that this was the 

 Norman name of the bird, and that others call it Hape-foye, while the 

 identity of the two had been affirmed by Sagard in 1836, under the 

 name Happefoye. Denys describes its habits in a way permitting no 

 doubt as to its identity; it is the Fulmar or Noddy, perhaps including 

 also the related Hagdon. The word Fouquet is usually defined as Sea 

 Swallow, which would be, of course, the Common Tern, and so Laverdière 



