ia.6 Auguft 1749. 



paft all danger in the river, and have efcap- 

 ed all the fands in it. 



THE water had a pale red colour, and 

 was very dirty in thofe parts of the river, 

 which we faw to-day, though it was every 

 where computed above fix fathoms deep. 

 Somewhat below St. Anne, on the weft 

 fide of the river St. Lawrence, another ri- 

 ver, called la Grande Riviere, or the Great 

 River, falls in it. Its water flows with 

 fuch violence, as to make its way almoft 

 into the middle of the branch of the river 

 St. Lawrence, which runs between the coa- 

 tinenr, and the ifle of Orleans. 



ABOUT two o'clock in the afternoon the 

 tide began to flow up the river, and the 

 wind being likewife againft us, we could 

 not proceed any farther, till the tide be- 

 gan to ebb. We therefore took up our 

 night lodgings in a great farm, belonging 

 to the priefts in Quebec, near which is a 

 fine church, called St. Joachim, after a 

 voyage of about eight French miles. We 

 were exceeding well received here. The 

 king has given all the country round about 

 this place to the feminary, or the priefts at 

 Qiiebec, who have leafed it to farmers, who 

 have built houfes on it. Here are two 

 priefts, and a number of young boys, whom 

 they inftrudl in reading, writing, and La- 

 tin. 



