128 An Hijtorîcaî Journal of 



I embarked the 14th, exaâ:!/ at the fame Hour I arrived at 



7^ , Catarocoui the Evening: before. I had but iix 



Departure from j - . t/i r ^7 -7,7^ 



Catarocoui -.The ^^^f'f ' T ^\ ' T^^-^^- 



T> ' ,7 Bucks) where there is a pretty Fort that can 



Rout fGr?n thence - % t>i \^ ?• ii 



^ 1?^^;*,^ -Do.. receive large JBarics ; but Canaàans had 



7^ /'v.- .7 î^^^*^ e.xaminea their Canoe, and the Sun had 

 IJeJcriptzon of the 1. j ^ r • • 



Countr rnelted tiie Gum or it m many Places ; it 



tootk Water every where, and I was forced 

 to lofe two whole Hours to repair it in one of the Iflands at the 

 Entrance of the Lake Ontario. After that we failed till Ten 

 o'clock at Night, without being able to reach the Me of Che^j- 

 reuilsy and we were obliged to pafs the reft of the Night in the 

 Corner of a Forell. 



This was the firft Time I perceived fome Vines in the Vv^ood. 

 Of ^i?" Vines of '^^^^^^ were almoft as many as Trees ; to the 

 CanadV ^^^^ Top of which they rife. 1 had not yet made 

 this Remark, becaufe I had always till then 

 flopped in open Places ; but they affure me it is the fame every 

 where, quite to Mexico, The Stocks of thefe Vines are very large, 

 and they bear inany Bunches of Grapes ; but the Grapes are 

 fcarcely fo big as a Pea ; and this muft be fo, as the Vines are 

 not cut nor cultivated. When they are ripe, it is a good Manna 

 for the Bears, who feek . for them at the Tops of the higheft 

 Trees. They have, neverthelefs, but the Leavings of the Birds, 

 who have foon gathered the Vintage of whole Forefts. 



I fetout early next Morning, and at Eleven o'Clock I flopped 

 at the Ifle mix Gallots^ three Leagues beyond the He aux Chc^ures^ 

 (of Goats), in 43^. 33'. I re-embarked about Noon, and made a 

 Traverfe of a League and a half, to gain the Point of the Tra- 

 ^erfe. If to come hither from the Place where I pafTed the 

 Night, Î had been obliged to coaft the Continent, 1 fhould 

 have had above forty Leagues to make ; and we muft do this^ 

 when the Lake is not very calm ; for if it is the leall agi- 

 tated, the Waves are as high as in the open Sea : It is not even 

 poffible to fail under the Coaft, when the Wind blows hard from 

 the Lake. From the Point of the Ifle aux Gallots, we fee to 

 the Wefl the River Chouguen, other wife called the River d^On- 

 nontaguêy which is fourteen Leagues off. As the Lake was calm, 

 and there was no Appearance of bad Weather, and we had a 

 little Wind atEafl, which was but juft enough to carry a Sail, T 

 refolved to make directly for this River, that I might fave fifteen 

 or twenty Leagues in going round. My Condu&ors, whô had 

 more Experience than niyfelf, judged it a.dangerous Attempt; 

 but, out of Complaifance, they yielded to my Opinion. — The 

 Beauty of the Country which I quitted on the Lçjft Hand, did 

 mt tempt rne any more than the Salmon, and NuiHbers of other 



excellent 



