Montreal. 



almoft quite pure ; fo that it does not 

 melting over again, but is irpmediately fit 

 for working. Father Charlevoix * fpeaks of 

 it in his Hiftory of New-France. One of 

 the Jefuits at Montreal, who had been at 

 the place where this metal is got, told me, 

 that it is generally found near the mQUthg of 

 rivers, and that there are pieces of native 

 copper too heavy for a fingle man to lift up. 

 The Indians there fay, that they formerly 

 found a piece of about feven feet long, and 

 near four feet thick, all of pure copper. As 

 it is always found in the ground near the 

 mouths of rivers, it is probable that the ice 

 or water carried it down from a mountain ; 

 but, notwithftanding the careful fearch that 

 has been made, no place has been found, 

 where the metal lies in any great quantity 

 together. 



THE head or fuperior of the priefts of Mon- 

 treal, gave me a piece of lead-ore to-day. 

 He faid it was taken from a place only a few 

 French miles from Montreal* and it confifl> 

 ed of pretty compaft, fhining cubes, of lead 

 ore. I was told by feyer.al perfons here, that 

 furthermore fouthward in the country, there 

 is a place where they find a great quantity 

 of this lead-ore in the ground. The Inr 



^&e his Hift, de la NQUV. Fr. Tom. VI. p. 415. 



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