to their own huts. As they, trembling and reverential, received his discourse, with the greatest respect, so when, the object of their gathering having been accomplished, he ordered them to depart to their huts, they slipped away, silently exhibiting this unusual obedience, quietly and quickly, each to his own dwelling. Whoever shall carefully examine these and other like acts which have been performed in the sight of the Savages, greatly to their astonishment, and no less to their benefit, will justly conclude that the Mission of New France has been commenced under very advantageous beginnings. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA: VOL. II IX Our copy of Biard's letter (written in French) to his provincial, dated January 31, 1612, is from Carayon's _Première Mission_, pp. 44-76, noted under Bibliographical Data of Documents III.-VI., in our Volume I. X We follow the style and make-up of O'Callaghan's Reprint of Biard's _Missio Canadensis_, designated as "No. 1" in the Lenox Catalogue. According to Sommervogel's _Bibliothèque de la Campagnie de Jésus_ (Paris, 1890), vol. i., p. 1439, this document was originally published in the _Annuæ Litteræ Societatis Jesu_, an. 1611 (Dillingen, n. d.), pp. 121-143. The British Museum has a copy of this volume of _Annuæ Litteræ_, described in its catalogue as published at "Dilingæ [1615?]." Sommervogel adds, regarding _Missio Canadensis_: "Was it not published separately? I find it thus indicated in the catalogue of Mr. Parison, no. 1786." According to a letter written by Father Carrère (June 17, 1890) to Father Jones, of Montreal, the original MS. of this letter was then in the archives of Roder, France. In Carayon's _Première Mission_ (pp. 77-105) there is given a French version of this letter. It is internally evident that the letter was commenced January 22nd, and finished "vltimo die Januarÿ." In Father Martin's MS. (translated) copy, preserved in the Library of Parliament, at Ottawa, he wrote upon it the former date, and it is so calendared in the catalogue of that library. Carayon first applied to it the latter date. This of itself has led to some bibliographical confusion. In Carayon's _Bibliographie Historique de la Compagnie de Jésus_ (Paris, 1864), p. 178, a notice of the original publication is thus given: "P. Biard.--Epistola ad R. P. Præpositum generalem, e Portu Regali in Nova Francia, data ultimo die Januarii anni 1611, qua regionem illam describit, et Patrum Societatis Jesu in eam profectionem.--'Ea inserta est annuis litteris Soc. Jesus ejusdem anni Provinc. Franc. ad finem.' (Sotwell.)."