156. Champlain does not mention the rivers precisely in their order. On his map of 1612, he has _Contrée de Bassquan_ on the west of Trois Rivières. The river Batiscan empties into the St. Lawrence about four miles west of the St. Anne--_Vide Atlas Maritime_, by Bellin, 1764; _Atlas of the Dominion of Canada_, 1875. 157. River Jacques Cartier, which is in fact about five miles east of Point Platon. 158. Jacques Cartier did, in fact, ascend the St. Lawrence as far as Hochelaga, or Montreal. The Abbé Laverdière suggests that Champlain had not at this time seen the reports of Cartier. Had he seen them he would hardly have made this statement. Pont Gravé had been here several times, and may have been Champlain's incorrect informant. _Vide Laverdière in loco_. 159. Read Tuesday. 160. Richelieu Island, so called by the French, as early as 1635, nearly opposite Dechambeau Point.--_Vide Laurie's Chart_. It was called St Croix up to 1633. _Laverdière in loco_ The Indians called it _Ka ouapassiniskakhi_.--_Jésuit Relations_, 1635, p. 13. 161. This river is now known as the Sainte Anne. Champlain says they named it _Rivière Saincte Marie_--_Vide_ Quebec ed. Tome III. p. 175; Vol. II. p 201 of this work. 162. An inconsiderable island near Batiscan, not laid down on the charts. 163. The St. Maurice, anciently known as _Trois Rivièrs_, because two islands in its mouth divide it into three channels. Its Indian name, according to Père Le Jeune, was _Metaberoutin_. It appears to be the same river mentioned by Cartier in his second voyage, which he explored and reported as shallow and of no importance. He found in it four small islands, which may afterward have been subdivided into six. He named it _La Riuiere die Fouez.--Brief Récit_, par Jacques Cartier, D'Avezac ed. p. 28. _Vide Relations des Jésuites_, 1635, p. 13. 164. An eastern branch of the St Maurice River rises in a small lake, from which Lake St. John, which is an affluent of the Saguenay, may be reached by a land portage of not more than five or six leagues. CHAPTER VII. LENGTH, BREADTH, AND DEPTH OF A LAKE--OF THE RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO IT, AND THE ISLANDS IT CONTAINS.--CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY.--OF THE RIVER OF THE IROQUOIS AND THE FORTRESS OF THE SAVAGES WHO MAKE WAR UPON THEM. On the Saturday following, we set out from the Trois Rivières, and came to anchor at a lake four leagues distant. All this region from the Trois Rivières to the entrance to the lake is low and on a level with the water, though somewhat higher on the south side. The land is very good and the pleasantest yet seen by us. The woods are very open, so that one could easily make his way through them.