The local natives used this ore, which was white when beaten, for their arrowheads.] [Footnote 9: The Gougou dwelt on the small island of Miscon, to the east of the Bay of Chaleurs.

It had the form of a woman but was about a hundred feet high.

Its habit was to catch and devour men and women, whom it first placed in a pocket capacious enough to hold a small ship.

Its roarings and hissings could be heard at times coming from the island of Miscon, where the Gougou lay concealed.

Even a Frenchman, the Sieur Prevert, had heard these noises.