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in the night. Sunday ITovember tlie 8th, we lay 

 still, and on Monday the 9th, went again up the 

 main river, being well stucked with provisions, 

 and all things necessary, and proceeded upwards 

 till Thursday noon, the 12th, at which time we 

 came to a place, where were two islands in the 

 middle of the river; and by reason of the 

 crookedness of the river at that place, several 

 trees lay cross both branches, which stopped 

 the passage of each branch, so that we could pro- 

 ceed no farther with our boat ; but went up the 

 river side by land, some three or four miles, and 

 found the river wider and wider. So we return- 

 ed, leaving it as far as we could see, up a long 

 reach, running N". E. we judging ourselves near 

 fifty leagues north from the river's mouth. 



In our return, we viewed the land on both sides 

 the river, and found as good tract of dry, well 

 wooded, pleasant and delightful ground as we 

 have seen any where in the world, with abund- 

 ance of long thick grass on it, the land being ve- 

 ry level, with steep banks on both sides the river, 

 and in some places very high, the woods stored 

 every where, with great numbers of deer and tur- 

 keys, we never going on shore, but we saw of 

 each sort ; as also great store of partrides, cranes, 

 and conies, in several places we likewise heard 

 several wolves howling in the woods, and saw 

 where they had torn a deer in pieces. Also in 

 the river we saw great store of ducks, teal, wid- 

 geon ; and in the woods great flocks of parrakee- 



