156. Perhaps Loughborough Lake, or the system of lakes of which this is a part.
157. Cygnes, swans. Probably the Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator. They were especially found in Sagard's time about Lake Nipissing. "Mais pour des Cignes, qu'ils appellent Horhev, il y en a principalement vers les Epicerinys." Vide Le Grand Voyage av Pays des Hurons par Fr. Gabriel Sagard, Paris, 1632, p. 303.
158. Gruës blanches. Vide antea, n. 145.
159. Houstardes. Vide antea, note 32.
160. Mauuis, Song-Thrush. Doubtless the Robin, Turdus migratorius.
161. Allouettes, larks. Probably the Brown Lark, Anthus ludovicianus. Found everywhere in North America.
162. Beccassines. Probably the American Snipe, Gallinago Wilsonii.
163. Oyes, geese. The common Wild Goose, Branta Canadensis, or it may include all the species taken collectively. For the several species found in Canada, vide antea, note 32.
164. Les loups. The American Wolf, Lupus occidentalis.
165. The thirty-eight days during which they were there would include the whole period from the time they began to make their preparations on the 28th of October on the shores of Lake Ontario till they began their homeward journey on the 4th of December. Vide antea, p. 137; postea, p. 143.