suggests that the present name is derived from the French pronunciation
of the last syllable of Imbert.

60. At present known as Bear River; Lescarbot has it Hebert, and
Charlevoix, Imbert.

61. On modern maps called Moose River, and sometimes Deep Brook. It is a
few miles east of Bear River.

62. The latitude is here overstated: it should be 44 deg. 39' 30".

63. On the preceding year, M. Prevert of St. Malo had made a glowing report
ostensively based on his own observations and information which he had
obtained from the Indians, in regard to certain mines alleged to exist
on the coast directly South of Northumberland Strait, and about the
head of the Bay of Fundy. It was this report of Prevert that induced
the present search.

64. Along the Bay of Fundy nearly parallel to the basin of Port Royal would
better express the author's meaning.

65. Cape Chignecto, the point where the Bay of Fundy is bifurcated; the
northern arm forming Chignecto Bay, and the southern, the Bay of Mines
or Minas Basin.

66. Isle Haute, or high island.--_Vide Charlevoix's Map_. On Some maps this
name has been strangely perverted into Isle Holt, Isle Har, &c. Its
height is 320 feet.

67. This was Advocate's Harbor. Its distance from Cape Chignecto is greater