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north around Keelness, and bore along to the west, 

 and that they thought that the mountains in Hop 

 and those that they now found were the same, and 

 that they were about equal distance removed from 

 Streamf jord in either direction." This does not make 

 it probable that Streamf jord was Chaleur Bay, for 

 it is farther east, south, and then west around Nova 

 Scotia out of Chaleur Bay than east, north, and then 

 west around Gaspe Peninsula, even if one travels 

 well up the estuary of the St. Lawrence. On the 

 other hand, it is possible that they shortened the dis- 

 tance around the eastern coast of Nova Scotia by sail- 

 ing south of Prince Edward Island and then through 

 the Strait of Canso, between Cape Breton and the 

 mainland. This is perfectly possible, although fisher- 

 men who centuries later fished around Newfound- 

 land did not know about this strait for a long time." 

 But if the Saga is right as to the equal distances from 

 Streamf jord in case of these two voyages, the theory 

 that Streamf jord is Chaleur Bay is hardly tenable, 

 and we must therefore look for it somewhere farther 

 south on the coast of New Brunswick. And appar- 

 ently only three bays along that shore could come in 

 for consideration, that is Miramichi Bay, Cocagne 

 Harbor, and Shediac Bay j but which of these would be 



^"^ Aarb0ger for Nord. Oldk. og Hist., 1887, p. 333' 



