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rattle-snakes. On each side it is skirted by prodi- 

 gious mountains, from which large quantities of red 

 cedar are every year carried to New York for ship 

 timber. The lake is full of fishes, and some of the 

 best kind ; among which are the black or Oswego 

 bass, and large speckled trouts. The water of this 

 lake is about 100 feet above the level of lake Cham- 

 plain. The portage between the two lakes is one 

 mile and a half, but with a small expense might be 

 reduced to 60 yards ; and with a sufficient number of 

 locks might be made navigable through, for bat- 

 teaux. This lake, in the French charts, is called 

 lake St. Sacrament; and it is said that the Romaiv 

 Catholics in former times, were at the pains to prom 

 cure this water for sacramental uses in all their' 

 churches in Canada ; hence probably it derived its 

 name.* 



