47 (p. 243).--Vimont remained at Cape Breton but a year, and did not return to Canada until 1639. A sketch of his life will appear hereafter. 48 (p. 247).--Gabriel Sagard Theodat, a lay brother, was one of the Récollet missionaries to Canada, where he arrived June 24, 1623, in company with Father Nicholas Viel. He states, in his _Canada_, p. 11, that he desired to go on this mission in 1615, at which time he was in a Récollet convent in Paris; but his superiors would not then consent. Sagard's missionary labors were among the Hurons, with whom he remained nearly one year; returning then to France, he wrote and published two books,--_Grand voyage du pays des Hurons_ (Paris, 1632), and _Histoire du Canada_ (Paris, 1636). In these works he minutely describes the customs, social condition, religion, etc., of the Indian tribes; and gives a history of the missionary labors of the Récollets, up to their expulsion in 1629. To the _Grand Voyage_ he appends a dictionary of the Huron language. He died in 1650. There is some confusion among historians in regard to the dates of Sagard's sojourn in New France, which apparently arises from his own inaccuracy of statement, or possibly from a typographical error. In his _Histoire_ (Tross ed., 1866), p. 115, he says that he left France in 1623; but, in the _Grand Voyage_ (Tross ed., 1865), p. 5, he gives the year as "vingt-quatre;" while, in the former work, p. 759, he gives in full the letter of his provincial recalling him to France, dated March 9, 1625. Champlain, however, says that Sagard arrived at Quebec in June, 1623, and returned from the Huron country in July, 1624. Sagard's works are rare, and command high prices. Brunet says (in Michaud's _Biog. Univ._) that five and even eight guineas were paid for a copy at public sales in London; and that, in France, one was valued in 1851 at 210 francs. Chevalier says, in his edition of the _Histoire_ (Paris, 1866), p. iii., _note_, that 1,200 francs had in vain been offered for a copy of that work. Gagnon (_Bibliog. Canad._) states that a copy brought $38 at the Fraser sale in Quebec, 1860; and that one had been offered by a Paris bookseller, in 1890, for 1,200 francs. 49 (p. 247).--Father Felix Martin was born Oct. 4, 1804, at Auray, in Bretagne, France; in September, 1823, he became a novice in the Jesuit order, entering the convent of Montrouge, at Paris. During nearly twenty years, he was employed in various colleges and missions throughout Western Europe; and, early in 1842, was sent to Canada. There he labored, especially in Montreal, until August, 1851, when he became the first rector of St. Mary's College in that city; he was its founder, and the designer of its building. In this position he remained until 1857, when he became superior of the residence at Quebec. Four years later, he returned to France, where he was, successively, rector of St. Francis Xavier's college at Vannes, and superior at Poitiers and Rouen. He died at Paris, Nov. 25, 1892.