IN A FISHING COUNTRY 



incidents supply convincing internal evi- 

 dence of the chronicle's authenticity. 



I am in two moods at lighting upon con- 

 firmation of a sort in Mr. G. M. Gathorne- 

 Hardy's The Norse Discoverers of America 

 ( 1921 ) . He describes the events as 'a gen- 

 uine and interesting use of a sign correctly 

 interpreted by the Norsemen', and asserts 

 'the prevalence in America, as in most other 

 countries, of the ceremonial use of solar and 

 contra-solar motions'. But I have not been 

 fortunate enough to find in the British 

 Museum's edition of the book to which he 

 refers in support — Myths of the New 

 World by D. G. Brinton (1868)— the 

 slenderest reference to 'contra-solar 

 motions,' nor to 'solar motions' in the sense 

 described. 



A steamer was plying between Quebec 

 and Tadousac in 1846. After much seek- 

 ing I rested upon this date, until there fell 

 into my hands through a friend's kindness 

 the Journal of an Expedition for Explor- 

 ing the Country between the Rivers St. 

 Lawrence and Saguenay, as far as Ha Ha 

 Bay; by Nich. Andrews. It was rather 

 amazing to read his entry for Sunday, Sep. 

 19th, 1829, made at Pointe au Pic:— 'Noth- 

 ing particular to-day, save that the Water- 

 loo Steamboat came down here on a pleas- 

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