Between Forts Anne and St. Frederic. 3 1 7 



very late at night. We fometlmes thought, 

 through fear, that the Indians, who were 

 gone to murder fome Eng/i/b, would una- 

 voidably meet with us. Though we rowed 

 very faft, yet we were not able to-day to 

 get half-way back to the place where we 

 nrft left the true river. 



The moft odoriferous effluvia fometimes 

 came from the banks of the river, towards 

 nieht , but we could not determine what 

 flowers diffufed them. However, we fup- 

 pofed they chiefly arofe from the Afclepias 

 Syriacay and the Apocynum androfczmifo- 



lium. 



The Mujk-Rats could likewife be fmelled 

 at night. They had many holes in the 

 fhores, even with the furface of the water. 



We paned the night in an ifland, where 

 we could not ileep on account of the gnats. 

 We did not venture to make a fire, for fear 

 the Indians mould find us out, and kill us. 

 We heard feveral of their dogs barking in 

 the woods, at a great diftance from us, 

 which added to our uneafinefs. 



METEO.RO- 



