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de LongueiU dated the twenty-firft of t'he 

 lame month. They mentioned that I had 

 been particularly recommended by the 

 French court, and that the governor (hould 

 fupply me with every thing I wanted, and 

 forward my journey j and at the fame time 

 the governor received two little caiks of 

 wine for me, which they thought vv^ould 

 reHeve me on my journey. At night we 

 drank the kings of France and Swede?2S 

 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 oar journey xo Prairie, from whence 

 we intended to proceed to Montreal -, the 

 diflance of Prairie from fort St Johny by- 

 land, is reckoned fix French miles, and from 

 thence to Montreal two lieiies (leagues) 

 and a half, by the river St. Lawre?ice. At 

 firft we kept along the fliore, fo that 

 we had on our right the Riviere de St. Jean 

 (St. John's 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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