. The description and natural history of the coasts of North America (Acadia). Natural history; Fisheries; Cod fisheries; Indians of North America; Sciences naturelles; Pêches; Indiens d'Amérique. 168 DESCRIPTION OF MOUTH attack It was this which compelled me to leave everything and retire to the fort of Saint Pierre in the Island of Cap Breton; and it ruined me in all my business to such an extent that it has hardly ever been within my power to put my affairs again upon the basis where they were formerly. Leaving Chedabouctou and going to the entrance of the Little Passage of Campseaux,
. The description and natural history of the coasts of North America (Acadia). Natural history; Fisheries; Cod fisheries; Indians of North America; Sciences naturelles; Pêches; Indiens d'Amérique. 168 DESCRIPTION OF MOUTH attack It was this which compelled me to leave everything and retire to the fort of Saint Pierre in the Island of Cap Breton; and it ruined me in all my business to such an extent that it has hardly ever been within my power to put my affairs again upon the basis where they were formerly. Leaving Chedabouctou and going to the entrance of the Little Passage of Campseaux, one passes four leagues of high lands and of rocks, which continue to grow lower as far 1 The full account of this affair with La Giraudiere is given by our author earlier in his book, at pages 13 and 117, where it is shown that it occurred in 1667. No facts exist, so far as I can find, to prove in what year the establish- ment at Chedabucto was founded. Since Denys had buildings erected and considerable land in crops, it must have been founded a year or two before 1667, though the language implies that it was not long before. Further, he was living at Saint Peters in 1664 when Sieur Doublet came to see him, as he tells in his book (Volume II. page 239), and hence apparently had not made his principal residence at Chedabucto. On the other hand, the Relation of 1661 (Thwakes' Jesuit Relations, XXIV. 310), shows there was a mission at Chedabucto in 1661 ; it is not made plain whether it was for the Indians alone or for a French settlement, though the use of the word " habitation " in the Relation implies the latter. It would seem most likely, therefore, that Denys established his fishing- station at Chedabucto as early as 1660, though he kept Saint Peters as a trading post and his principal residence. Except for the flag shown upon his map, our author gives us no hint as to the exact site of his establishment at Chedabucto. But I believe there can be no doubt it was a
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