The name of this magnificent link in the colonial chain with which England has encircled the world, is a matter of considerable doubt. 1] It has been dignified with some research and ingenuity, however, and we can record the result, leaving the choice of solutions to the reader. Hennepin thus unfolds his idea of its origin: -"Les Espagnols ont fait la premi re d couverte du Canada. Ayant mis pied terre, ils n'y trouv rent rien de consid rable. Cette raison les obligea d'abandonner ce pays, qu'ils appell rent il Capo di Nada, c'est- -dire le Cap de Rien (or Cape Nothing), d'o est venu par corruption le nom de Canada."
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