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de Longtieil, dated the twenty-firft of the 

 fame month. They mentioned that I had 

 been particularly recommended by the 

 French court, and that the governor fhould 

 fupply me with every thing I wanted, and 

 forward my journey -, and at 'the fame time 

 the governor received two little cafks of 

 wine for me, which they thought would 

 relieve me on my journey. At night we 

 drank the kings of France and Sweden's 

 health, under a falute from the cannon of 

 the fort, and the health of the governor- 

 general and others. 



July the 23d. THIS morning we fet 

 out on our journey to Prairie, from whence 

 we intended to proceed to Montreal -, the 

 di (lance of Prairie from fort St John, by 

 land, is reckoned fix French miles, and from 

 thence to Montreal two lieues (leagues) 

 and a half, by the river St. Lawrence. At 

 firft we kept along the fhore, fo that 

 we had on our right the Riviere de St. Jean 

 (St. Johns river). This is the name of 

 the mouth of the lake Champlain, which 

 falls into the river St. Lawrence, and 

 is fometimes called Riviere de Champlain 

 (Champlain river.} After we had travelled 

 about a French mile, we turned to the left 

 from the fhore. The country was always 

 low, woody, and pretty wet, though it was 

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