hundred eels. Towards spring anything was welcome, and
the roots of Solomon's seal were esteemed a feast.
Champlain even gave serious thought to a raid upon the
Mohawks, three hundred miles away, in the hope that food
could be brought back from their granaries. Finally, on
the 19th of July 1629, Lewis Kirke returned with a second
summons to surrender. This time only one answer was
possible, for to the survivors at Quebec the English came
less in the guise of foes than as human beings who could
save them from starvation. Champlain and his people
received honourable treatment, and were promised a passage
to France. The family Hebert, however, decided to remain.

We need not dwell upon the emotions with which Champlain
saw the French flag pulled down at Quebec. Doubtless it
seemed the disastrous end of his life-work, but he was
a good soldier and enjoyed also the comforts of religion.
A further consolation was soon found in the discovery
that Quebec might yet be reclaimed. Ten weeks before
Champlain surrendered, the two countries were again at
peace, and the Treaty of Suza embodied a provision that
captures made after the treaty was signed should be
mutually restored. This intelligence reached Champlain
when he landed in England on the homeward voyage. It is
characteristic of the man, that before going on to France
he posted from Dover to London, and urged the French
ambassador that he should insistently claim Quebec.

As a result of the war Canada and Acadia were both in
the possession of England. On the other hand, the dowry