TO ESQUIMAUX POINT 
Islands, which ‘“‘ had the shape of horses, spend- 
ing the night on land and the day in the sea.” 
Lescarbot, writing in 1609, says these fishes 
were “hippopotami.’’ These explorers were 
not romancing, but doubtless referred to wal- 
ruses, which in those days occurred even in this 
southern region. 
There are many interesting names connected 
with the early history of Labrador. The Cabots, 
John and his son Sebastian, take of course 
first place in 1498, and the Portuguese, Gaspar 
Corte-Real is a close second in 1500. In later 
days two names that are not usually connected 
with Labrador appear. Louis Jolliet, the dis- 
coverer of the Mississippi, was an explorer of 
the Labrador coast in the latter part of the 
17th century, and he died there about 1700. 
He married one of the daughters of Sieur Bissot 
de la Riviére, and became involved in the end- 
less disputes about the seignory of Mingan. 
A still more unexpected name to stumble upon 
in Labrador annals is that of the renowned cir- 
cumnavigator, Captain Cook. In 1759, four 
years after entering the navy, he was engaged 
in making a chart of the St. Lawrence, and in 
1764 he received a commission as marine sur- 
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