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that the French reforted hither as foo^s the Navigation was 

 free, both from France and Canada ; tlj^Miffionaries alfo made 

 Ufe of the Opportunity, and came to trade here for Heaven : 

 And when the Trade was over, the Merchants returned to their 

 Homes, the Savages took the Way to their Villages or Forefts, 

 and the Gofpel Labourers follov/ed the lail, to compleat their 

 Inftruftions. Yet fome Accounts, and fome Travellers, have 

 fpoken much of Tadou[fac\ and the Geographers have fuppofed 

 it was a Town ; and fome Authors have given it a Jurifdiélion. 



Tadoujfac in other Refpefts, is a good Port, and they aflured 

 me that 25 Men of War might lay here fheltered from all Winds ; 

 that the Anchorage is fafe, and Entrance eafy. Its Shape is al- 

 moll: round, fome fleep Rocks of a prodigious Height furround 

 it on all Sides, and a fmall Stream runs from them, which may 

 fupply the Ships with Water. All the Country is full of Mar- 

 ble ; but its greatell Riches would be the Whale FiHiery. In 

 X705, being at Anchor with the Heroe in this Place, I faw four 

 of thefe Filh, which were between Head and Tail, almoft as long 

 as our Ship. The Bijcaniers have followed this Fifhery formerly 

 with Succefs, and there is ilill upon a little Ifland of their Name^ 

 and which is little lower than lile Verte (Green IJland) fome Re- 

 mains of the Furnaces, and the Ribs of the Whales. What a 

 Difference is there betwixt a fixt Fiihery, which they might fol* 

 low quietly in a River, and that which they go to Greenland for 

 with fo much Danger and Expence. The two following Days 

 there was no Land Wind, and we greatly regretted our firil An- 

 chorage, near which there were fome i^r^«ry^ Habitations, whereas 

 here we faw neither Man nor Beaft : In jfhort, the 3d Day at 

 Noon we weighed Anchor, and we cleared the Pa/Tage of Vljle 

 Rouge (Red IJland) v/hich is difficult. You rnuft iirft bear upon 

 the Ifland as if you would land on it, this is to fhun the Pointe 

 aux Allouetts (Lark Point) which is at the Entrance of Saguettay 

 upon the Left, and which advances greatly into the River; hav- 

 ing done this, we change our Coarfe. The Paffage on the South 

 of Uljle Rouge is much fafer, but to do this we muft have gone 

 back, and the Wind might have failed us. Uljle Rouge is only 

 a Rock a little above Water, which appears red, and upon 

 which more than one Ship has been lofc. 



The next Day with little Wind and Tide, we came to an 

 Of the I fie aux above the Ifland Coudresy which is 15 



Condres! the J'^^S"". ^^^Jad^uffacx and thig 



Q^lf railage is dangerous, when the Wind is not 



to our Defire ; it is rapid, ftraight, and a Mile 

 long. Formerly it was much fafer, butin 1663 an Earthquake 

 rooted up a Mountain, and threw it upon the Ifle of Coudres^ 

 which was made one half larger than before, and in the Place of the 



Mountain 



