The street Sault-au-Matelot,
commencing at the house of Cadet (where Mr. O. Aylwin resides), and
continues up to Mr. Grant's distillery; St. Charles street commences there
and terminates below Palace Gate; St. Nicholas street extends from Palace
Gate to the water's edge, passing in front of the residence of the widow
La Vallee; the old ship yard opposite to the boat yard, Cape Diamond
street commences at the wharf owned by Mr. Antrobus and terminates at the
outer extremity of that of Mons. Duniere, underneath Cape Diamond, the
streets Carriere, Mont Carmel, Ste. Genevieve, St. Denis, Des Grisons, are
all situated above St. Louis street" (Mr. Louis Duniere was M.P. in 1828.)
[108] Mr. T. P. Bedard sends us the following note on this street: - "Au
17eme siecle, la rue Sault-au-Matelot etait la rue commerciale par
excellence avec la rue Notre-Dame, c'etait la ou ce faisait toutes les
affaires, la rue St. Pierre actuelle etant alors envahie par l'eau durant
les grandes marees."
[109] Did the dog belong to Champlain? an antiquary asks us.
"Ad laevum fluit amnis S. Laurentii, ad dextram S. Caroli fluviolus. Ad
confluentem, Promontorium assurgit, Saltum Nautae vulgo vocant, ab
cane hujus nominis qui se alias ex eo loco praecipitem dedit." (Historia
Canadensis.
