188. Round Island, situated just below St. Hélène's, on the east, say about fifty yards distant.
189. The mountain in the rear of the city of Montreal, 700 feet in height, discovered in October, 1535. by Jacques Cartier, to which he gave the name after which the city is called. "Nous nomasmes la dicte montaigne le mont Royal."—Brief Récit, 1545, D'Avezac's ed. p. 23. When Cartier made his visit to this place in 1535, he found on or near the site of the present city of Montreal the famous Indian town called Hochelaga. Champlain does not speak of it in the text, and it had of course entirely disappeared.—Vide Cartier's description in Brief Récit, above cited.
190. Rivière St Pierre. This little river is formed by two small streams flowing one from the north and the other from the south side of the mountain. Bellin and Charlevoix denominate it La Petite Rivière. These small streams do not appear on modern maps, and have probably now entirely disappeared.—Vide Charlevoix's Carte de l'Isle de Montreal; Atlas Maritime, par Sieur Bellin; likewise Atlas of the Dominion of Canada, 1875.
191. The River St. Lambert, according to Laverdière, a small stream from which by a short portage the Indian with his canoe could easily reach Little River, which flows into the basin of Chambly, the lake referred to by Champlain. This was the route of the Algonquins, at least on their return from their raids upon the Iroquois.—Vide Vol. II. p. 225.
192. Laverdière supposes this insignificant stream to be La Rivière de la Tortue.
193. The Falls of St. Louis, or the Lachine rapids.
194. Lachine Rapids.
195. Passing through Lake St. Louis, they come to the River Ottawa, sometimes called the River of the Algonquins.
196. The Cascades, Cèdres and Rapids du Coteau du Lac with subdivisions. Laverdière. La Hontan mentions four rapids between Lake St. Louis and St Francis, as Cascades, Le Cataracte du Trou, Sauts des Cedres, and du Buisson.
197. Lake St. Francis, about twenty-five miles long.