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that the name of the occupant of the grave probably was " Dalie- 

 meu Hilaire." Then came words which have completely puzzled 

 antiquarians ; " Canus de Tale le Araus anno nenego Seniea." A 

 copy of tliis inscription was sent to the late Professor Eobertsou 

 Smith, of Cambridge, one of the Editors of tlie Encyclopaedia 

 Britannica, who jironounced some of the words to be Basque. 

 Curiously enough the inscription is on both sides of the stone. 

 The next oldest stone (1694) is that of a captain of a French 

 King's frigate who rejoiced in the Bieton name of "Johannes de 

 Sulgaraichipi." He was good enough, however, to shorten it 

 into "Croisic" for every day use. Anothei' stone records the de- 

 parture of a certain Richard Walsh in 1770, ''who carried on a 

 most extensive trade in this harbour with the greatest credit, 

 and died in the oSrd year of his age feelingly lamented by his 

 Planters and Dealers," — which in those days was not often the 

 case with deceased merchants. Some ©ne has scratched on the 

 stone " May he rest in Pace." At the top is a rude carving, in 

 relief, of the cross, of the crucifiction, with all the attendant 

 symbols, including the nails, 2>incei-s, sponge, dice. 



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On a door inside the church is the escutcheon of George III. ;• 

 and in the quaint old Court House, which is close by, is the 

 baton of office, bearing the quarterings of the House of Hanover, 

 It is curious to find these relics of Basques, Bretons, French and 

 the House of Hanover in such a sjiot on the shores of Newfound- 

 land. Many interesting relics of the French occujoation are 

 preserved among the people. One of these is an old French 

 brevet signed by Louis XIV., and counter-signed by his prime 

 minister, Phelypeaux, granting to Le Sieur de Costebello the 

 ownership of the small peninsula of Point Verte near Placentia. 

 The brevet is dated 1709, and is written on parchment in the 

 most crabbed of old French. Many other grants are preserved 

 bearing the autograph of the Grand Monarque. An oLl French 

 china bowl has been found and preserved, in which, no doubt 

 many a goodly measure of punch had been brewed. 



