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tomerit by our Dependence on, and.Refignation to the Willof Godf 

 They fay commonly that long Voyages do not make People re- 

 ligious ; but nothing one would think ûiould be more capable of 

 Hiaking them fo, than die Scenes they go through. 

 The fourth we were Hopped a good Part of the Day on a Point 

 Of the nvhke ^^'^^-^^^ ^^^^ three Leagues North and South, 

 J J ^ and which tl?iey call Points Pelés ( Bald Peint) : 



and red Ledars, - ^ -.-i n j- n j j 



It IS, notwxtkitanding, pretty well w^ooded 



on -the Weft Side ; but on the Eaft it is only a fandy Soil, with 

 red Cedars, pretty fmall, and in no great Number. The 

 white Cedar is of more Ufe than the red, whofe Wood is 

 brittle, and of which they can only make fmall Goods. They 

 fay here that Women with Child ihould not ufe it for Bufks. 

 The Leaves of this Cedar have no Smell, but the Wood has : 



This is quite the contrary of the white Cedar. There are 



many Bears in this Country, and laft Winter they killed on the 

 Point Pclae alone above four hundred. 



The £fth, about four o'Clock in the Afternoon, we perceived 

 Arrival at 'L^.nd to the South, and two little Illands 



troit'^'^^'^^ ^ " '^^^^^ ^^^^ • They call them the IJks 

 des Serpens a Sonnettes (Rattle- Snake IJlands)y 

 and it is faid they are fo full of them, that they infeél the Air. 

 We entered into the Strait an Plour before Sun fet, and v.'e paiîèd 

 the Night under a very finelfland, called Ijle des Bois Blanc {ryf 

 White Wood). From the La7ig Point to the Strait, the Courfe is 

 near Weft ; from the Entrance of the Strait to the I fie St, Cïairsr 

 which is five or fix Leagues, and from thence to Lake Hur^n, it 

 is a little Eaft by South: So that ail the Strait, which is thirty-tw-o 

 Leagues long, is between forty-two Degrees twelve or fifteen 

 Minutes, and forty-three and half North Latitude. Above th^ 

 Ifle of St, Claire the Strait grows wider, and forms a Lake, which 

 has received its Name from the Ifland, or has given its own 

 to it. It is about fix Leagues long, and as many wide in fome 

 Places. 



They fay this is the fineft Part of Canada, and indeed to 

 The Nature <^f ^/ Appearances, Nature has 



the Conner denied it nothing that can render a Country 



..oe umiy, beautiful : Hiils, Meadows, Fields, fine 



Woods of Timber Trees, Brooks, Fountains, and Rivers, and 

 all thefe of fuch a good Quality, and fo happily intermixed, that 

 one could fcarce clelire any Thing more. The Lands are not 

 equally good for all Sorts of Grain ; but the greateft Part are 

 furprifingly fertile, and I have feen fome that have produced 

 Wheat eight Years together without being manured. How- 

 ever, they are all good for fomething. The Ifles feem to have 

 been placed on Purpofe to pleafe the Eve. The Rivers and 



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