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full of frefh water this morning. About 

 five o'clock in the eveningj we arrived at 

 bay St. Pauly and took our lodgings with 

 the priefts, who have a fine large houfe here, 

 ^nd entertained us very hofpitably. 



Bay St. Faiil is a fmall parifli, about 

 eighteen French miles below ^iebec, lying 

 at fome diftance from the ftiore of a bay 

 formed by the river, on a low plain. It is 

 furrcunded by high mountains on every fide, 

 pne large gap excepted, which is over- 

 againft the river. All the farms are at fome 

 difiance from each other. The church is 

 reckoned one of the moft ancient in Gana^ 

 da't Vvhich feems to be confirmed by its bad 

 archited:ure, and want of ornaments i for 

 the walls are formed of pieces of timber, 

 ere(fled at about two feet diftance from each 

 Other, fupporting the roof. Between thefe 

 pieces of timber, they have made the walls 

 of the church of lime-ilate. The roof is 

 flat. The church has no (leeple, but a bell 

 fixed above the roof, in the open air. Al- 

 moft allthe country in this neighbourhood 

 belongs to the priefls, who have leafed it to 

 the farmers. The inhabitants live chiefly 

 upon agriculture and making of tar, which 

 lafi is fold at ^lebec. 



This country being low, and fituated 

 upon a bay of the river, it may be conjec- 

 tured, 



