Between Forts Anne and St. Frederic* 3 1 5 



nioft numerous. The trees ftand at fome 

 diftance from each other ; and the foil in 

 which they grow is extremely rich. 



After we had walked about a Swedijh 

 mile, or fix Englijh miles, we came to the 

 place where the fix Frenchmen had left 

 their bark boats, of which we took one, and 

 rowed down the river, which was now be- 

 tween nineteen and twenty yards broad. The 

 ground on both fides was very fmooth, and 

 not very high. Sometimes we found a hill 

 confirming of grey quartz, mixed with fmall 

 fine grains of grey fpar. We likewife o]d- 

 ferved black ftripes in it ; but they were 

 fmall, that I could not determine whe- 

 ther they were of glimmer, or of another 

 kind of ftone. The hills were frequently 

 divided into ftrata, lying one above another, 

 of the thicknefs of five inches. The ftrata 

 went from north to fouth ; and were not 

 quite horizontal, but dipping to the north. 

 As we went further on, we faw high and 

 fteep hills on the river-fide, partly covered 

 with trees ; but in other parts, the banks 

 confift of a fwampy turf ground, which 

 gave way when it was walked upon, and 

 had fome fimilarity to the fides of our 

 marfhes, which my countrymen are now 

 about to drain. In thofe parts where the 

 ground was low and fiat, we did not fee any 



flones 



