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known to him, it is likely that his Grue or Crane was another Sird, 

 very probably one of the Bitterns. Lescarbot and Denys also mention 

 in the same way both birds, and as Denys describes the Heron with 

 unmistakable detail and accuracy, it seems clear that they, all used 

 the name Heron correctly and applied Grue to another bird. The 

 latter would be the Bittern, as I think most probable. 



Guedres. — A kind of flro:rllff< fontUctiry, that is plumpish currants, men- 

 tioned by Lescarbot. The word is without doubt the same as Guelder, 

 viz., the Guelder Rose, which is the High-bush Cranberry; this occurs 

 both in Europe and America. This identification is perfectly in har- 

 mony with the context of Lescarbot. 



Guillaume. — See Tangueu. 



Hagdon. — See Fauquet. 



Haistre. — See Hêtre. 



Hanneda. — See Amedda. 



Happefoye. — French name meaning Liver-snatchers, applied by the French 

 fishermen to the Fulmar or Noddy, as is proven bej-ond doubt by 

 Denys' description. By the Normans it was called Fauquet. 



Hareng, or Harang. — French name for the Herring of Europe, transferred 

 to those in America. Used by Champlain, in 1604, and by all writers 

 thereafter. 



Hazel Trees.^See Noisettes. 



Hen. — A shellfish mentioned in Newfoundland by Whitbourne; it was, of 

 course, the large mollusc now called Hen-clam. 



Herable. — See Erable. 



Herbe. — French name for grass, applied descriptively by Denys to the Eel 

 Grass of the Lagoons of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and used as the 

 proper name therefor by the Acadians to this day. 



Herbes scures & aigrettes comme de l'oseille, that is, "some sour and bitter 

 plants like the sorrel," mentioned by Champlain as occurring in Acadia, 

 which helped to subsist a member of his expedition while lost. Very 

 likely this was the common Wood Sorrel or Oxalis. 



Hermine. — See Ermine. 



Heron. — French name for the European Heron, extended to the American 

 Great Blue Heron. From the earliest times this bird has been con- 

 founded with the markedly different Crane, and ia commonly called 

 Crane by the English in Eastern Canada to-day. The Heron was, 

 without doubt, the Grue or Crane of Cartier in 1535, but there is every 

 reason to believe that Champlain, Lescarbot and Denys all used the 

 name correctly for the Great Blue Heron, their Grue or Crane being the 

 Bittern. 



Hêtre, Hestre, or Haistre. — French name for the European Beech, extended 

 to our single American species. Used first by Champlain in 1603, and 

 by others thereafter. In the English form, however, it appears in 

 Hakluyt's translation of Cartier's Third Voyage in 1540. 



