But the derivation given by Charlevoix, in his _Nouvelle France_, should set all doubt upon the point at rest; _Cannada_ signifying, in the Iroquois language, a number of huts (_un amas de cabanes_), or a village. The name came to be applied to the whole country in this manner:--The natives being asked what they called the first settlement at which Cartier and his companions arrived, answered, "Cannada;" not meaning the particular appellation of the place, which was Stadacona (the modern Quebec), but simply a village. In like manner, they applied the same word to Hochelaga (Montreal) and to other places; whence the Europeans, hearing every locality designated by the same term, _Cannada_, very naturally applied it to the entire valley of the St. Lawrence. It may not here be out of place to notice, that with respect to the derivation of _Quebec_, the weight of evidence {505} would likewise seem to be favourable to an aboriginal source, as Champlain speaks of "la pointe de Quebec, ainsi appellee des sauvages;" not satisfied with which, some writers assert that the far-famed city was named after Candebec, a town on the Seine; while others say that the Norman navigators, on perceiving the lofty headland, exclaimed "Quel bec!" of which they believe the present name to be a corruption. Dissenting from all other authorities upon the subject, Mr. Hawkins, the editor of a local guide-book called _The Picture of Quebec_, traces the name to an European source, which he considers to be conclusive, owing to the existence of a seal bearing date 7 Henry V. (1420), and on which the Earl of Suffolk is styled "Domine de Hamburg et de Quebec." ROBERT WRIGHT. * * * * * SETANTIORUM PORTUS. (Vol. vii., pp. 180. 246.) Although the positions assigned by Camden to the ancient names of the various estuaries on the coasts of Lancashire and Cumberland are very much at variance with those laid down by more modern geographers; still, with regard to the particular locality assigned by him to the _Setantiorum Portus_, he has made a suggestion which seems worthy the attention of your able correspondent C.