OF LA rCROUSE. Sj 



They gave iron a very decided preference 

 over every other article that wc oiTered them. 

 That metal is fo highly prized by this warlike 

 people, that they were tranfported v/ith joy 

 when they learnt that we bad fome ; although 

 we did not fliew it to them at iirfl: but at a great 

 didancc, they nevertl'Clefs recognized it per- 

 fcclly, by the found that illlied from two pieces 

 ftruck againft: each other. 



Thefe inhabitants jrave us, in cxchans;e for 

 our articles, almofi: every thing that tliey had 

 in their canoes ; we coniidered it as a mark of 

 thcgreatcft confidence, that, tvO oblige us, they 

 made not the fmalleft difficulty to part with ail 

 their arms. 



The largeft darts that they gave us, vv-erc net 

 more tlian five meters in length, by four centi- 

 meters in thicknefs; the fmallcfL were not half 

 fo long. They were all of a lingie piece of very 

 hard wood, which they had coniplctely po- 

 lilhcd. 



They gave us lines and hooks of dificrent 

 fliapes ; at the end of fome they had pur feathers, 

 a bait which they make ufe of to attrad: vora- 

 cious fiihes. Several of the lines Vvcre very 

 long, and had at their extremity a piece of hard 

 fcM-pent-fione, to fink them in the wa.cr to great 

 depths. We admirjd the beautiful i\^Iii]i that 

 they had given to this flone, which was of a 

 G 2 fpherical 



