2io September 1749. 



ABOUT noon we arrived at Cap aux 

 Oyes, or Geefe Gape, which has probably 

 got its name from the number of wild 

 geefe which ,the French found near it, on 

 their firft arrival in Canada. At prefent, 

 we faw neither geefe, nor any kind of birds 

 here, a fingle raven excepted. Here we 

 were to examine the renowned metallic 

 veins in the mountain ; but found nothing 

 more than fmall veins of a fine white fpar, 

 containing a few fpecks of lead ore. Cap 

 aux Oyes is computed twenty- two, or 

 twenty-five French miles diftant from Que- 

 bec. I was moft pleafed by finding, that 

 moft of the plants are the fame as grow in 

 Sweden -, a proof of which I (hall produce 

 in the fequel. 



THE fand-reed * grows in abundance in 

 the fand, and prevents its being blown a- 

 bout by the wind. 



THE fea-lyme grafs -f- likewife abounds 

 on the fhores. Both it and the preceding 

 plant are called Selgle de mer J by the 

 French. I have been affured that thefe 

 plants grow in great plenty in Newfound- 

 land, and on other North- American fhores ; 

 the places covered with them looking, at 



* Arundo arenaria Linn, 

 f Elymus arenarius Linnr 

 J Sea-rye. 



a dif- 



