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a number of fmall fprlngs 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 T'rois Rivieres. It is 

 not conceivable from whence that number 

 of fmall rivulets takes their rife, the ground 

 above being flat, and exceeding dry in 

 fummer. The lands near the river are 

 cultivated for about an Englifld mile into 

 the country; but behind them there are 

 thick forefts, and low grounds. The woods, 

 which colled^ a quantity of moifture, and 

 prevent the evaporation of the water, force 

 it to make its way under ground to the 

 river. The {Lores of the river are here 

 covered with a great deal of black iron- 

 fand. 



Towards evening we arrived at l^rois 

 Rivieres, where we (laid no longer, than 

 was neceflary to deliver the letters, which 

 we brought with us from ^lehec. 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 oid Jefuit, 

 called father Jofeph Auhery, who had been 

 a miffionary to the converted Indians of 

 St. Francois. This fummer he ended the 

 fiftieth year of his miffion. Pie therefore 



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