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a number of fmall fprings arife. The water 

 in them is generally filled with yellow ockre, 

 which is a fign, that thefe dry fandy fields 

 contain a great quantity of the fame iron 

 ore, which is dug at Trots Rivieres. It is 

 not conceivable from whence that number 

 of fmall rivulets takes their rife, the ground 

 above being flat, ar*d exceeding dry in 

 fummer. The lands near the river are 

 cultivated for about an Englijh mile into 

 the country; but behind them there are 

 thick forefts, and low grounds. The woods, 

 which colledl a quantity of moifture, and 

 prevent the evaporation of the water, force 

 it to make its way under ground to the 

 river. The fhores of the river are here 

 covered with a great deal of black iron- 

 fand. 



TOWARDS evening we arrived at Trois 

 Rivieres ', where we flaid no longer, than 

 was neceffary to deliver the letters, which 

 we brought with us from Quebec. After 

 that we went a French mile higher up, be- 

 fore we took our night's lodging. 



THIS afternoon we faw three remark- 

 able old people. One was an old Jefuit, 

 called father Jofeph Aubery, who had been 

 a miffionary to the converted Indians of 

 St. Francois. This fummer he ended the 

 fiftieth year of his miffion. He therefore 



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