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which hover in the aire, and over the sea, lesser than the 
others; and these doe all gather themselves together in the 
Island, and put themselves under the wings of other birds 
that are greater: these we named Godetz [? Guillemot (Uria 
droille)]. There are also another sort of them bigger, that are 
white, which place themselves apart from the others in one part 
of the island, and which are very bad to attack, for they bite 
like dogs and are called Margaulx.” These Margaula were 
the Solan Geese. “‘ And notwithstanding,” continues the 
narrative, ‘‘ the said island may be fourteen leagues from land, 
the bears pass thither by swimming from the mainland to eat 
of the said birds, of which our man found one of them [the 
bears] as big as a cow, and as white as a Swan, which leaped 
into the sea before them.” 
These “ Margaulx’”’ were Solan Geese, but it does not 
read as if they were very numerous. Cartier must have been 
mistaken in thinking that Guillemots put themselves under 
the wings of other birds, but perhaps it is the translation 
which is at fault here. 
Shortly after another island was visited, in which again 
were “ great store of Godetz, and crowes with red beakes and 
red feete: they make their nests in holes under the ground 
even as Conies.” These so-called Crows must have been 
Puffins. 
The Second Account of Jacques Cartier.—The second 
passage about Solan Geese in Cartier’s journal is dated about 
a month later. 
Translation after Hakluyt. 
“The next day being the 25 of the moneth [June 1534] 
. wee went Southeast, about 15 leagues, and came to 
three Ilands, two of which are as steepe and upright as any 
wall, so that it was not possible to climbe them : and betweene 
them there is a little rocke. These [lands were as full of 
birds, as any field or medow is of grasse, which there do make 
their nestes: and in the greatest of them, there was a great 
and infinite number of those that wee call Margaulx, that are 
white, and bigger than any geese, which were severed in one 
part. In the other were onely Godetz, but toward the shoare 
there were of those Godetz, and great Apponatz [Great Auk, 
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