The company gathered safely again at Brest on Sunday, June 14, and Cartier caused a mass to be sung.
During the week spent in exploring the north shore, Cartier had not been very favourably impressed by the country.

It seemed barren and inhospitable.

It should not, he thought, be called the New Land, but rather stones and wild crags and a place fit for wild beasts.

The soil seemed worthless.

'In all the north land,' said he, 'I did not see a cartload of good earth.