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paffed thefe we have a League and half to arrive at Cataroccuh^ 

 the River is more open, and is ar leail: half a League v/ide i 

 then we leave upon the Right three great Bays pretty deep^ 

 and the Fort is built in the third. 



This Fort is a Square \vith four Bailions built with Stone^ 

 ADeC 'ht' n of Ground it occupies is a Quarter of 



'7- . r> f • Lea^rue in Compafs, its Situation has really 

 Fort Catarocoui. r^^^^u- 1 r ^ .i. cj r ^l' 



lomethmg very pleaiant ; the Sides or the 



River prefent every Way a Landfcape well varied, and it is the 

 fame at the Entrance of Lake Ontario, which is but a fmaîl 

 League diftant ; it is full of Iflands of different Sizes, all well 

 wooded, and nothing bounds the Horizon on that Side : This 

 Lake was fome Time called 6"/. Louis, afterwards Frontenac, às 

 well as the Fort of Catarocoui, of which the Count de Frontenac. 

 was the Founder; but infenfibly the Lake has gained its an tient 

 Name, which is Huron or Iroquois, and the Fort that of the 

 Place where it is built. The Soil from this Place to la Galette 

 appears fomething barren, but this is only on the Edges, it be- 

 ing very good farther on. There is over-againil the Fort a 

 very pretty Ifland in the midft of the River ; they put fome 

 Swine into it, which have multiplied, and given it the Name 

 of IJle des Porcs: There are two other Iflands fomewhat fmaller, 

 which are lower, and half a League diilant from each other ; 

 one is called the IJle of Cedars, the other IJle aux Cerfs, (Harts 

 IJland), The Bay of Catarocoui is double, that is to fay, that al- 

 moll in the midfl of it there is a Point that runs out a great 

 Way, under which there is good Anchorage for large Barks. 

 M. de la Sale, fo famous for his Difcovcries and his Misfortunes, 

 who was Lord of Cataracoui, and Governor of the Fort, had . 

 two or three here, which were funk in this Place, and remaini 

 there ftill : Behind the Fort is a Marfli where there is a 

 great Plenty of Wild Fowl : This is a Benefit to, and Employ-- 

 ment for, the Garrifon. There was formerly a great Trade 

 here, efpecialiy with the Iroquois ; and it was to entice them to 

 us, as well as to hinder their carrying their Skins to the Eng- 

 lijh, and to keep thefe Savages in Awe, that the Fort was built : 

 But this Trade did not lafl long, and the Fort has not hindered 

 the Barbarians from doing us a great deal of Mifchief. They 

 have Hill fome Families here on the Outfides of the Place, and 

 there are alfo îomz MiJftfague^, an Algonquin Nation, which ftill 

 have a Village on the Weft Side of Lake Ontario, another at 

 Niagara, and a third in the Streight. 



I find here. Madam, an Opportunity of fending my Letters 

 to^dec: I fliall take Advantage of fome lei fure Hours to fill 

 up this with what I have further to fay to you on the Difference 

 of the Languages of Canada. * Thofe who hàVe ftiidied them 



perfedly 



