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 Marc Lcscarbot 68 1 izes the spelling, however, and also suppressed some of the dedica- tion which seemed to him too bigoted.' Moreover, he does not give this relation continuously but breaks it up into sections between which he inserts portions of Champlain's account of his voyage to the St. Lawrence in the year 1603." Thus before beginning Cartier's rela- tion he gives a summary of Champlain's voyage as far as the island of Anticosti. He then gives the dedication of Cartier's relation and the account of his voyage until he reached Tadoussac. " Let us now," he continues, "leave Captain Cartier with the savages at Tadoussac while we go and meet Champlain whom we left at Anti- costi." ^ After giving Champlain's account of his voyage from Anticosti to Tadoussac he again takes up Cartier, whom he follows up the river to Stadacona and Ste. Croix.* After bringing Cham- plain to the same spot, he takes them each in turn to the rapids of Lachine and back again. His reason for bringing out in such con- trast these two voyages, over the same ground, was because this portion of Cartier's voyage had been forgotten and people were then of the opinion that Champlain was the first who had gone as far as the Rapids. Although Lescarbot does not wish to detract unneces- sarily from Champlain's credit, who had himself been under the same impression, yet he wishes to see justice done to Cartier.' Be- la main, couvert en satin bleu." Cf. Biggar, The Early Trading Cotnpanies of N'ew France, Toronto, 1900, the appendix on Cartier's Voyages. ' Ibid., Au Lecteur, " Pour I'Orthograpliie i'ay suivi la plus simple qu'il m'este pos- sible rejettant a peu pres toutes lettres superflues." It seems strange therefore to speak of Lescarbot' s version of Cartier's voyages. 2 Ibid., p. 287. " Et d'autant que le voyage du sieur Champlein fait depuis six ans est une meme chose avec cetui-ci, je les conjoindray ensemble tant qu'il me sera possible, pour ne remplir inutilement le papier de vaines repetitions." This voyage is entitled Des Saitvages 011 Voyage de Samuel Champlain de Broiiage,faict en la France A^ouvelle r an mil six cens trois, etc., Paris, n. d. ' Ibid., p. 304. " Or maintenant laissonsle Capitaine Jacques Quartier deviser avec ses Sauvages au Fort dela riviere de Saguenay, qui est Tadoussac, et allons au devant du sieur Champlein, lequel nous avons ci dessus laiss^ a Anticosti . . . car il nous decrira ledit Port de Tadoussac," etc. et discourir de la Theologie avec les Sagamos. . . et allons reprendre le Capitaine Jacques Quartier lequel nous veut mener ii-mont la riviere de Canada jusques a Saincte Croix." 5 Ibid., p. 341. " Or devant que notre Capitaine Jacques Quartier s'embarque pour faire son voyage, allons querir le sieur Champlein, lequel nous avons laisse a Tadoussac . . . Nous le lairrons en garnison a Saincte Croix, tandis que ledit Capitaine fera la decouverte de la grande riviere jusques au Saut et a Hochelaga. " ^ Champlain indeed had made this statement in his T>es Siiiivages. Vid. (Euvrcs de Champlain, II. 27. " Et une autre riviere du meme coste . . . qui est celle oil fut Jacques Cartier au commencement de la decouverture qu'il en feit et ne passa point plus outre." Palma Cayet added in 1605 " ni autre apr^s luy que en ce voyage." Chrono- logic Septenaire, Paris, 1836, p. 453. ' Ibid., p. 346. " Ainsi des faits de plusieurs personnages, desquels la memoire se VOL. VI. — 45.
 * Ibid., p. 325. " Laissons maintenant le sieur Champlein faire la Tabagie . ..