’Deer '

Forest birds.

Forest mammals — those present and absent.

Woods of a// qualities.

Pine and oak.

’Deer’

Forest birds.

Forest mammals — present and absent.

année trois vaisseaux: un de 100 tonneaux un autre 65 tonneaux un autre de 25 tonneaux .

les sauvages n'hivernent point sur l’ile par rapport a ce qu’il n’y a que des cerfes sur l’ile et qu’ils ne peuvent tuer facilement. C’est ce qui fait qu’il vont hiverner a terre ferme. Ital. 4371

ll y a dans cette ile pour oiseaux des alouettes, des perdrix en abondance, des tourterelles l’été, des pic-bois, des grives, des hiboux, des éperviers, des aigles fort gros, des hérons, des oiseaux-mouches, des mésanges, des rossignols, des merles et des étourneaux.

|| n’y a point de castor par rapport a ce qu’il n’y a point de lacs, a ce que je crois, ni de porcs-épics parce qu’il n'y a point de montagnes. H y a des cerfs at point d’origneaux. ll y a des loutres, des martres en quantité, beaucoup de renards et des écureuils de [volant?], et de toutes facons des loups d’une prodigieuse grosseur. Monsieur Gotteville en a envoyé une peau a Monsieur L’Amirale. [fol. 437v]

[PAC, AC, CHB, Vol. 5, fols. 436-437v1

the island is very beautiful, very flat there is a lot of fine woods of every kind of quality, many grasslands, the soils are very red. There are several opinions about the quality of the soil, some say that it is necessary to manure them, others say not.

(fol. 436]

Saw mills can be built on this island which should be very profitable because there are pines for boards and oak for planking. l have had three vessels built this year, one of 100 tons ..., another of 65 tons another of 25 tons.

the Indians do not winter at all on the island because there are only deer on the

island and they cannot easily kill them. it is this that makes them go and winter on the mainland. [foI. 437]

As for birds on this island there are larksa, partridges [i.e. grouse] in abundance, turtle-doves [i.e. passenger pigeons] in summer, woodpeckers, thrushes, owls, sparrow-hawks, very large eagles, herons, hummingbirds, titmice [i.e. chickadees], nightingales [.7 song sparrows], blackbirds [i.e. robins], and starlings l .7 ].

There are no beavers at all, due to the fact that there are no lakes, as I think, nor any porcupines because there are no mountains. There are deer and no moose at all, there are otters, martens in quantity, lots of foxes and [flying?] squirrels and at any rate wolves of a great size. Monsieur Godeville has sent a skin from one to Monsieur L’Amirale [or: to the admiral]. [fo|. 437v]

[PAC, AC, CHB, Vol. 5, fols. 436-437v]

1. The parts of the text in curved brackets, i.e. { }, were not visible on the microfilm, either because they were hidden by the binding or because the edge of the page had been torn off.

2. La Ronde’s spelling is so phonetic and idiosyncratic that l have considered it helpful to provide a version in correct orthography.

3. The bird names given in English here are what the names would have meant in Europe. The names in brackets are the likely North American species. (See Appendix 2.)

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