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had made about a League, he anchored again to wait for fome 

 of his PalTengers, who embarked in the Middle of the Night : 

 He then gave Orders to prepare for failing as foon as the Tide 

 fhould begin to fail, and went to Bed in pretty good Time. 

 About Midnight they waked him, to let him know that the 

 VefTel was filling with Water : They pumped, but to no Pur- 

 pofe : The Water increafed continually, inftead of diminiili- 

 ing. In fhort, every one began to think of faving himfelf, and 

 it was Time. The laft were not yet alhore when the Ship dif- 

 appeared. A Bark loaded with Merchandize from Montreal 

 met with the fame Fate at the Lake St. Pierre, (Sf. Peter ^) but 

 they hope to get them both up again, when the fine Weather 

 returns ; and they flatter themfelves that the greateft Part of the 



Loading of thefe two Veifels will not be loft, The Affair of 



the Ship of Marfeilles may have fome Confequences ; for the 

 Captain fufpeds that fome Body play'd him a Trick. . 



I now come to my Pilgrimage. Three Leagues from hence, 

 À n r '^f' r North-Eaft, there is a little Village of 



Lo etto Chriftian Hurons, ^ whofe Chapel is built after 



* theModel,and with alitheDimenfions, of the 



Banta Cafa of Italy, or the Houfe of Loretto ; from whence they 

 fent to our new Converts an Image of the Virgin, like that which 

 is in that celebrated Place. They could not well have chofen a 

 wilder Place for this Milfion : Neverthelefs, the Concourfe here 

 is very great ; and whether it be Fancy, Devotion, or Prejudice, 

 or what you pleafe, many Perfons have aflured me that they 

 were feized upon their Arrival here with a fecret and holy Hor- 

 ror, which they could not refift : But what makes a ftill 

 greater ImprelTion, is the folid Piety of the Inhabitants of this 

 Defart. 



They are Savages, but they retain nothing of their Birth ancj 

 ctu y / /- /, Original but what is valuable ; that is to fay, 

 ihe l.eaL of tfpe simplicity and Freedom of the firft Age of 

 i^a^uages. World, with the Addition of Grace ; the 



Faith of the Patriarchs, a fincere Piety, that Reditude and Do- 

 cility of Heart, which is the Character of Saints, an incredi^ 

 ble Innocence of Manners, a pure Chriftianity, on which the 

 World has never breathed the contagious Air that corrupts it, 

 and often Adions of the moft heroic Virtue. Nothing is more 

 afFe£ling than to hear them fing in two Choirs, the Men on one 

 Side, and the Women on the other, the Prayers of the Church, 

 and Hymns in their own Language. Nothing is comparable to 

 the Fervour and Modefty which they make appear in all their 

 Exercifes of Religion. I never faw any Perfon who was not 

 touched with it to the Bottom of his Soul. 



-This Village was formerly more populous ; but Difeafes, and 

 ibmething, I know not what, that reduces infenfibly to nothing 



o all 



