great storms and windy tempests coming from the east,
which with the aid and assistance of God we suffered:
then had we fair weather, and upon the fifth of September,
in the said year, we came to the port of St Malo whence
we departed.'



CHAPTER IV

THE SECOND VOYAGE--THE ST LAWRENCE

The second voyage of Jacques Cartier, undertaken in the
years 1535 and 1536, is the exploit on which his title
to fame chiefly rests. In this voyage he discovered the
river St Lawrence, visited the site of the present city
of Quebec, and, ascending the river as far as Hochelaga,
was enabled to view from the summit of Mount Royal the
imposing panorama of plain and river and mountain which
marks the junction of the St Lawrence and the Ottawa. He
brought back to the king of France the rumour of great
countries still to be discovered to the west, of vast
lakes and rivers reaching so far inland that no man could
say from what source they sprang, and the legend of a
region rich with gold and silver that should rival the
territory laid at the feet of Spain by the conquests of
Cortez. If he did not find the long-sought passage to
the Western Sea, at least he added to the dominions of
France a territory the potential wealth of which, as we
now see, was not surpassed even by the riches of Cathay.