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to see the place that they weare to passe that summer. Tlio river 

 comes ^* from the lake and empties itselfc in the river of Sagnes, called 

 Tadoussack, which is a hundred leagues in the grand rive of Canada, 

 as where we weare in the Bay of the north. ^^ We left in this place our 

 marks and rcndez-vous .... They made us a mapp of what we 

 could not sec ... . We passed that summer quietly, coasting the 

 seaside, and as the cold began, we prevented the lee .... This 

 is a wandring nation,^^ and containeth a vaste countrey. In winter 

 they live in the land for the hunting sake and in summer l)y the watter 

 for fishing.^'' They never are many together, ffor feare of wronging 

 one another. They are of a good nature .... There is a na- 

 tion .... called among themselves neuter. They speake the 

 beefe and Christines speech, being friends to both .... We went 

 up on another river ^^ to the upper lake. The nation of the beefe sent 

 us guifts, and we to them by ambassadors.^^ In the middle of 

 winter "^^ we joyned with a Company of the fort,''^ who gladly received 

 us. They weare resolved to goe to the ffrench the next spring, because 

 they weare quite out of stocke .... They blamed us, saying we 

 should not trust any that we did not know.*'^ They upon this asked if 

 we are where the trumpetts are blowne. We said yea, and tould that 

 they weare a nation not to be trusted, and if we came to that sea we 

 should warre against them, because they weare bad nation, and did 

 their indcavour to tak us to make us their slaves. 



" In the beginning of the Spring, there came a company of mea 

 that came to see us from the elders ^^ anM brought us furrs to intice us 

 to see them again .... By our ambassadors I cam to know an 

 other lake ®* which is northerly of their countrey. They say that it's 

 bigger than all the rest. The upper end is always frozen .... 

 " All the circumjacent neighbours do incourage us, saying that 

 they would venture their lives with us, for which we weare much over- 

 joyed to see them so freely disposed to goe along with us 



The boats ready, we embarque ourselves. We weare 700. There was 

 not scene such a company to goe downe to the ffrench. There weare 

 above 400 Christinos boats that brought us their cantors, in hope that 

 the people should give some marchandises for them .... The 

 company that we had filled about 360 boats. There weare boats that 

 caryed seven men, and the least two .... In two days we arrived 

 att the River of the sturgeon .... There we weare to make our 

 provisions to passe the lake some 14 dayes .... We goe from 

 thence, but before we come to the Longpoint wherof we spoake before, 

 the wildmcn called it oHnototmme, we perceive smoake. We goe to 



