Montreal, 279 



almofl quite pure ; fo that It does not want 

 melting over again, but is immediately fit 

 for working. Father Charlevoix * fpeaks of 

 it in his Hiilory of Neiv-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 mouths 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 header fuperior of theprieflsof M?;z- 

 trealy gave me a piece of lead-ore to-day. 

 He faid it was taken' from a place only a few 

 Fre72cli miles from Montreal, and it confid- 

 ed of pretty compad, fhining cubes, of lead 

 ore. I v/as told by feveral 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 In- 



*SeehisHm. delaNouv. Fr. Tom. VI. p. 415. 



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