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Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Samuel de Champlain
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Lumley's Inlet, including Hudson's Strait and Bay, is a copy from the
Tabula Nautica. Even the names are in English, a few characteristic
ones being omitted, such as Prince Henry, the King's Forlant, and Cape
Charles.--_Vide Henry Hudson the Navigator_, by G. M. Asher, LL.D.,
Hakluyt Society, 1860, p. xliv.

298. This was June 30, 1608.

299. _Isle aux Lievres_, or hares. This name was given by Jacques Cartier,
and it is still called Hare Island. It is about ten geographical miles
long, and generally about half or three-quarters of a mile wide.

300. _Riviere aux Saulmons_. "From all appearances," says Laverdiere, "this
Salmon River is that which empties into the 'Port a l'Equilles,' eel
harbor, also called 'Port aux Quilles,' Skittles Port. Its mouth is
two leagues from Cape Salmon, with which it must not be confounded."
It is now known as Black River.

301. _Cap Dauphin_, now called Cape Salmon, which is about three leagues
from Black River.

302. _Cap a l'Aigle_, now known as Cap aux Oies, or Goose Cape. The Eagle
Cape of to-day is little more than two leagues from Cape Salmon, while
Goose Cape is about eight leagues, as stated in the text.

303. The bay stretching between Cape Salmon and Goose Cape is called Mal
Bay, within which are Cape Eagle, Murray Bay, Point au Ries, White
Cape, Red Cape, Black Cape, Point Pere, Point Corneille, and Little
Mal Bay. In the rear of Goose Cape are Les Eboulemens Mountains, 2,547
feet in height. On the opposite side of the river is Point Ouelle, and
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