. New France and New England. hed to ahorizontal ridge-pole, while at the bottom, and again abouthalfway up, they were connected by diagonal cross-braces,after the herring-bone pattern, thus securing great strengthand stability. Around the inside of this stout wall, and nearthe top, ran a gallery accessible by short ladders, and uponthe gallery our explorers observed piles of stones ready to behurled at an approaching foe. Outside in all directionsstretched rugged half-cleared fields clad in the brown rem-nant of last summers corn crop, and dotted here and therewith yellow pumpkins. The arriva
. New France and New England. hed to ahorizontal ridge-pole, while at the bottom, and again abouthalfway up, they were connected by diagonal cross-braces,after the herring-bone pattern, thus securing great strengthand stability. Around the inside of this stout wall, and nearthe top, ran a gallery accessible by short ladders, and uponthe gallery our explorers observed piles of stones ready to behurled at an approaching foe. Outside in all directionsstretched rugged half-cleared fields clad in the brown rem-nant of last summers corn crop, and dotted here and therewith yellow pumpkins. The arrival of the white strangers was the cause of wildexcitement among the bark cabins and in the open square ofHochelaga. Their demeanour was so courteous and friendlythat men, women, and children allowed curiosity to prevail ?^Bricfrccit,& fuccin^e narration, de la nauiga-tionfaideeyyfles deCanada, Ho-chelage 8c Saguenay & autres, auecpardcalieres meurs,langajge^& ce-rimonics des habitans diccllcs:£ Us ucni a Psris mfeconi pHlicr en Ugranifdhdu?iUit^(j- cnUrvensufacnaflredamcatenfeigne de Ufcu dcfriice.,par Ponce Kojfet di^fducflcwjO* A7»f[;c/fje le Ckrcfreres*» $ 4 f. TITLE OF CARTIERs BRIEF REGIT l8 NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND over fear ; they flocked about the Frenchmen and felt of theirsteel weapons and stroked their beards. Sick Indians cameup to be touched and cured, trinkets were handed about,The name poHte specchcs Were made, and at length amid aMontreal ^Qy^j fanfare of trumpets the white men took theirleave. Before they embarked the Indians escorted them tothe summit of the neighbouring hill, which Cartier namedMont Royal, a name which as Montreal still remains at-tached to the hill and to the noble city at its foot. It was getting late in the season to make further explora-tions in this wild and unknown countr}-, and upon returningto Stadacona the Frenchmen went into winter they suffered from such intensity of cold as
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