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of Montreal, for a long Time, had a Miffion of Savages near this 

 Place, which they have Unce removed to another Part. 



The third Arm of the River is ftrewed as it were with fuch a 

 Of the En<vi p^'odigious Number of Iflands,. that there is 

 i\/r f '^^"1 almoft as much Land as Water. This Chan- 

 rons of Montreal. ^^^^^^ Milles-ijles, or River of St. Jean, 



{thou/and Ijlands, or St. John* s River.) At the Head of the 

 liland Jefus, is the little Ifland Bizard, fo called from the Name 

 of a S^-wifs Officer, to whom it belonged, and who died a Major 

 ^ Montreal. A little higher towards the South, is the Ifland 

 Perrot ; thus called by Mr. Perroi^ who was the firfl Governor of 

 Montreal, and the Father of Madam the Countefs de la Roche- 

 Jllard, and of Madam the Frefidentefs of Lubert. This Ifland is 

 near two Leagaes every Way, and the Lands are good, and they 

 begin to clear them. The lile Bizard terminates the Lake des 

 deux Montagnes (of the two Mountains) and the Ifland Perrot fe- 

 parates the fame Lake from that of 5'/. Louis. 



The Lake of the two Mountains is properly the Mouth of the 

 Great Ri'ver, otherwife called the River of the Outaouais, into the 

 River St. Laiire?ice. It is two Leagues long, and near as wide. 

 The Lake of St. Louis is fomething larger, but it is in Fa£l no- 

 thing more than an Enlargement of the River St. Laurence. Till 

 lately, ûit French Colony extended no farther to the Weft ; but 

 îhey begin to make fome new Habitations a little higher, and 

 the Lands are every where excellent. 



That which has been the Security of Montreal and its Envi- 

 Of the Fall of ^^"^ during the laft Wars, are two Villages 

 St Louis * Iroquois Chrijlians, and the Fort de Chambly. 



The fîrft of the two Villages is that of the 

 Fall of St. Louis, fituated on the Continent on the South Side, 

 three Leagues above the Town of Montreal. It is very popu- 

 lous, and has always been efreemed one of our ftrongeft Barriers 

 again ft Fie at hen Iroquois, and the Englijhoï Ne-xv York. It has 

 already been twice removed within the Space of two Leagues. 

 Its fécond Situation, where I faw it in 1708, was over- againft the . 

 Fall of St. Louis ; and it keeps this Name, though it is now a 

 good Diftance from it. It looks as if they had fixed it now ; 

 for the Church, which is j aft iinilhed, and the Houfe of the Mif- 

 iionaries are, each in its Kind, two of the flneft Buildings in 

 the Country. The Situation is charming : The River 6*/. Z^/^r^;?r^, 

 which is very wide here, is alfo hereabouts full of Iflands, which 

 have a very iine Eifedl. The liland of Montreal, entirely peopled, 

 is a Perfpeélive on one Side ; and the View has fcarce any Bounds 

 on the other Side, on Account of the Lake St. Louis, which be- 

 gins a little higher* 



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