their return to France, gave him serious inconvenience. They were
instrumental mainly in wresting from him his charter of La Cadie.

27. _Le Port du Cap Negre_. This port still bears the name of Negro
Harbor. It is situated at the mouth of the Clyde, the small river
referred to in the text.

28. Near Cape Sable Island, at what is now known as Barrington Harbor.

29. This is still called Cape Sable, and is the southern point of Sable
Island, or, more properly, the cluster of rock, and islets that
surround its southern extremity.

30. _Isle aux Cormorans_. It is difficult to distinguish with certainty the
island here referred to, but it was probably Hope Island, as this lies
directly in their way in crossing the bay, six leagues wide, which is
now known as Townsend Bay. The bird here mentioned was the common
cormorant. _Graculus carbo_, of a glossy greenish-black color, back and
wings bronzy-gray; about three feet in length, and is common on our
northern Atlantic coast: eminently gregarious, particularly in the
breeding season, congregating in vast flocks. At the present time, it
breeds in great numbers in Labrador and Newfoundland, and in the winter
migrates as far south as the Middle States. They feed principally upon
fish, lay commonly two eggs, of a pale greenish color, overlaid with a
white chalky substance.--_Vide Cones's Key to Nor. Am. Birds_. Boston,
1872. p. 302.

31. A cluster of islands now known as the Tousquet or Tusket Islands.
Further on, Champlain says they named them _Isles aux loups marins_.
Sea-Wolf Islands. About five leagues south of them is an island now