To the Frenchman's eye the women seemed coarse and clumsy beside the men.

He was acute enough to notice that the whole population seemed to be found by the sea-shore; though he often looked from high hill-tops he saw no villages in the interior.

Children seemed few in number, the cultivations small, and the whole race plainly lived in an incessant state of war.

He admired the skilful construction of the stockades, the cleanliness of the _pas_, the orderly magazines of food and fishing gear, and the armouries where the weapons of stone and wood were ranged in precise order.

He praises the canoes and carving--save the hideous attempts at copying the human form.