40 ^ "July 1749. 



fometimes rocky, and fometlmes fanc^y 

 here. Towards night the mountains de- 

 creafed gradually j the lake is very clear, and 

 we obferved neither rocks nor fhallows in it. 

 Lateat night the wind abated, and weanchor- 

 edclofetotheihore, and fpentone night here. 



"July t}i\t 20th. This morning we pro- 

 ceeded with a fair wind. The place where 

 we pafied the^, night, was above half way 

 to fort ^X.'^'olUi for the diftance of that 

 place from fort St. Frederic^ acrofs lake 

 Chatnplain is computed to be forty-one 

 French miles ; that lake is here about lix 

 Fnglifi miles in breadth. The mountains 

 were now out of fight, and the country low, 

 plain, and covered with trees. The fhores 

 were fandy, and the- lake appeared now 

 from four to fix miles broad. It was really 

 broader, but the illands made it appear 

 narrower. 



We often faw Indians in bark-boats, 

 clofe to the ihore, which was however not 

 inhabited j for the Fndians came here only 

 to catch fturgeons, wherewith this lake 

 abounds, and which we often fav/ leaping 

 up into the air. Thefe Indians lead a very 

 fingular life : At one time of the year they 

 live upoQ the fmali ftore of maize, beans, 

 and melons, which they have planted; dur- 

 ii'ig another period, or about this time, 



their 



