We set up a cross here, and named it St Servans Port.  About a league S.W. from this port and river there is a small round island like an oven, surrounded with many little islands, and forming a good mark for finding out Port St Servan.  About two leagues farther on we came to a larger inlet, which we named James River, in which we caught many salmon.  While in this river we saw a ship belonging to Rochelle, which intended to have gone a fishing in Port Brest, but had passed it as they knew not whereabout they were.  We went to her with our boats, and directed them to a harbour about a league west from James River, which I believe to be one of the best in the world, and which therefore we named James Cartiers Sound.  If the soil of this country were as good as its harbours, it would be a place of great consequence:  But it does not deserve the name of the New-found-land, but rather the new stones and wild crags, and is a place fit only for wild beasts.  In all the north part of the island I did not see a cart load of good earth, though I went on shore in many places.  In the island of White Sand there is nothing growing but moss and stunted thorn bushes scattered here and there, all dry and withered.  In short, I believe this to have been the land which God appointed for Cain.  There are however, inhabitants of tolerable stature, but wild and intractable, who wear their hair tied upon the top of their heads, like a wreath of hay, stuck through with a wooden pin, and ornamented with birds feathers.  Both men and women are clothed in the skins of beasts; but the garments of the women are straiter and closer than those of the men, and their waists are girded.  They paint themselves with a roan or reddish-brown colour.  Their boats are made of birch bark, with which they go a fishing, and they catch great quantities of seals.  So far as we could understand them, they do not dwell all the year in this country, but come from warmer countries on the main land, on purpose to catch seals and fish for their sustenance.

On the 13th of June we returned to our ships, meaning to proceed on our voyage, the weather being favourable, and on Sunday we had divine service performed.  On Monday the 15th, we sailed from Brest to the southwards, to explore some lands we had seen in that direction, which seemed to be two islands.  On getting to the middle of the bay, however, we found it to be the firm land, being a high point having two eminences one above the other, on which account we called it Double Cape.  We sounded the entrance of the bay, and got ground with a line of 100 fathoms.  From Brest to the Double Cape is about 20 leagues, and five or six leagues farther on we had ground at 40 fathoms.  The direction between Port Brest and Double Cape is N.E. and S.W.  Next day, being the 16th, we sailed 35 leagues from Double Cape S.W. and by S. where we found very steep and wild hills, among which we noticed certain small cabins, resembling what are called granges in our country, on which account