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terraces of the buildings, which were chiefly constructed 

 of wood. I estimate that at one time it contained 200 

 houses, besides stores, etc., and perhaps 1000 inhabitants 

 in the winter, which would be trebled during the sum- 

 mer. Brest was at the height of its prosperity about the 

 year 1600, and about thirty years later the whole tribe 



THE BRADORE HILLS, THE HIGHEST PEAK MT. CARTIER, 



of the Eskimos, who had given the French so much 

 trouble, were totally extirpated or expelled from that 

 region. After this the town began to decay, and 

 towards the close of the century the name was changed 

 to Bradore." 



