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to have taken place. Gosling shows that this 

 cannot be the origin of the name, for on maps 

 published two hundred years prior to this sup- 

 posed event the name ' ' Batal ' ' appears, the Por- 

 tuguese for boat or canoe. Corte Real, the Por- 

 tuguese, probably saw this land in the year 1500. 



It is a significant fact, and one that throws 

 doubt on the former western extension of the 

 Eskimos in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, that 

 Jacques Cartier does not mention seeing Eski- 

 mos in this region, but does mention the Indi- 

 ans. Gosling believes this is to be explained 

 by the supposition that the Eskimos, induced 

 by the desire to obtain European goods, first 

 went to that locality in the latter part of the 

 sixteenth century. 



We sailed by Salmon Bay and Jack Nasty 

 Passage, where some years ago a whale stranded 

 itself among the reefs. Here it was finally killed 

 by many charges of buckshot. 



Bonne Esp^rance, — "Bonny," — the great 

 fishing-establishment of the Whiteleys, was left 

 on our starboard side. A group of trig, white- 

 painted buildings, a red chapel, extensive fish- 

 flakes and stages, and a fleet of fishing-barges 

 showed the character of the place. 



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