OLD MURRAY BAY 



unguessed fates were set in train for the 

 disputants. The 'Saguenay' began in that 

 year the regular sailings to Murray Bay 

 which she still maintains. 



A word as to names, for those who con- 

 cern themselves about such things. There 

 are who choose to write Tointe a Pic' 

 — asserting earlier usage (incorrectly, I be- 

 lieve) and a neater derivation: 'the steep 

 headland'. But Pointe au Pic derives it- 

 self well enough, in accordance with other 

 coastwise names, and has been the proper 

 mode these hundred years and more. It is 

 suggested that 'Pointe a Gaze should 

 be 'Pointe a Gaz' — from marsh gas 

 visible on the tidal flats as feux follets, 

 but evidence of the Jack-o'-lanterns is to 

 seek; another explanation turns lamely up- 

 on gauzy mists supposed to haunt this 

 shore, and a helpful friend even conjures 

 up a 'Gaze' family associated with this spot 

 but sunk without trace in the ocean of time. 

 One may be allowed the conjecture that up- 

 on a coast where many French names have 

 been rudely and ignorantly dealt with 

 ('Fame' for Faim, 'Bull' for Boule, 'Arm- 

 our for Amour, 'Chat' for Chaste, 'Des- 

 pair' for D'Espoir, and so on) the converse 

 process may have been in operation, and 

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