[492] Florio's MONTAIGNE, I. 30: Of the Caniballes.—T.
[493] Ibid.—T.
[494] St Clement of Alexandria (d. 217) does not figure in the Roman Calendar. The work in question, the Στρωματεὶς, is a medley or patchwork of philosophical maxims and Christian thoughts set down at random, without order or connection, as the title implies.—T.
[495] She appears in the Natches, which was published in 1826, four years after the above was written.—B.
[496] Samuel Champlain (circa 1570-1635) explored a part of Canada, in 1608 founded the city of Quebec, and in 1620 became governor of the province. He was attacked by the English in 1627, and obliged to capitulate; in 1629 Canada was restored to France and Champlain resumed his command, which he retained until his death.—T.
[497] Armand Louis de Delondarce, Baron de La Hontan (circa 1667-1715) served in Canada in 1703 and was subsequently the King of France's lieutenant in Newfoundland; he was accused of peculation and fled to Portugal and thence to Denmark. In 1705 he published his Voyages dans l'Amérique septentrionale.—T.
[498] Marc Lescarbot (circa—circa 1630) served in Florida under Admiral Coligny. He annotated an edition of Champlain's Voyages.—T.
[499] Père Joseph François Lafitau (1670-1740), a Jesuit priest of the Canadian Mission, author of the Mœurs des sauvages américains comparées aux mœurs des premiers temps (1723), &c.—T.
[500] Père Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761), another Jesuit, author of the Histoire de la Nouvelle-France. (1744)—T.
[501] Thomas Douglas, fifth Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820). This tract of land covered forty-five million acres, and comprised large portions of what are now Manitoba and Minnesota.—T.