. A memoir of Jacques Cartier, sieur de Limoilou : his voyages to the St. Lawrence. A bibliography and a facsimile of the manuscript of 1534, with annotations, youmust pass by the side of the Isle of Filberts, and theriver there is not past a quarter of a league broad, andyou must sail in the midst of the channel, and in themidst runneth the best passage either at a high or lowwater, because the sea runneth there strongly, andthere are great dangers of rocks, and you had need ofgood anchor and cable. The Isle of Filberts is a smallisle about one league long and half a league broad,but th
. A memoir of Jacques Cartier, sieur de Limoilou : his voyages to the St. Lawrence. A bibliography and a facsimile of the manuscript of 1534, with annotations, youmust pass by the side of the Isle of Filberts, and theriver there is not past a quarter of a league broad, andyou must sail in the midst of the channel, and in themidst runneth the best passage either at a high or lowwater, because the sea runneth there strongly, andthere are great dangers of rocks, and you had need ofgood anchor and cable. The Isle of Filberts is a smallisle about one league long and half a league broad,but they are all banks of sand. The Isle of Filbertsstands in 47 deg. and % . The Isle of Filberts andthe Isle of Orleans lie and , and they aredistant ten leagues, and thou must pass by the highland on the north side about a quarter of a league, be-cause that in the midst of the river there is nothingbut shoals and rocks. 255 COURSE OF JEAN ALPHONSE And when thou shalt be over against a round capethou must take over to the south shore southwest anda quarter toward the south, and thou shalt sail in five,six, and seven fathoms; and there the River of Canada. Anticosti and entrance to the St. Lawrence beginneth to be fresh and the salt water endeth. Andwhen thou shalt be athwart the point of the Isle ofOrleans, where the river beginneth to be fresh, thoushalt sail in the midst of the river, and thou shalt leavethe isle on the starboard, which is on the right hand; 256 COURSE OF JEAN ALPHONSE and here the river is not past a quarter of a leaguebroad, and hath twenty and thirty fathoms toward the south shore there is a ledge of islesall covered with trees, and they end over against thepoint of the Isle of Orleans. And the point of theIsle of Orleans toward the is in 47 degrees andone terce of a degree. And the Isle of Orleans is afair isle, all covered with trees even unto the riversside; and it is about five leagues long and a leagueand a half broad. And on the n
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