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porous and brittle, and were stained of a rusty colour 

 like the sand in which they lay. 



With regard to the evidence that the site referred 

 to is actually that of the town described by Cartier, I 

 may mention the following additional points. A map 

 or plan of Hochelaga, purporting to have been taken 

 on the spot or from memory, is given in Ramusio's 

 Italian version of Carrier's Voyages (1560). It shows 







as 



Fig. 15. MODE OP SUSPENDING EABTHEN POTS. (Inside of angle of mouth, 

 with head for suspension.) 



that the village was situated at the base of Mount 

 Royal, on- a terrace between two small streams. It 

 enables us to understand the dimensions assigned to 

 the houses in the narrative, which evidently refer not 

 to individual dwellings, but to common edifices in- 

 habited by several families, each having its separate 

 room. It gives as the diameter of the circular en- 



