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produced, as they fay, two Drachms of Silver; but fome Berfpnâ 

 fufpeél he put in the Silver, Some Months after he returned 

 again, and without thinking any more of Silver, from two or 

 three thoufand Weight of the Mineral he extradled fourteen 

 Pounds of very bad Lead, which coll him 1400 Livres : Being 

 dilheartened with this bad Succefs, he returned to France, 



The Company, being perfuaded of the Certainty of the Signs 

 which Jiad been reporte^ to them, thought the Unfkilfulnefs of 

 the Founder was the only Caufe of this ill Succefs, and fent in 

 his Stead a Spaniard^ named Anthony, taken at the Siege of Pm- 

 facola, and who had been a Slave in the Gallies, but who boafi- 

 ed of having worked at a Mine in Mexico, He was allowed a 

 confiderable Salary, but he fucceeded little better than the Sieur 

 de Lochon, He was not difheartened however, and People were 

 willing to believe he failed only through Want of Skill to build 

 Furnaces. lie gave up the Lead, and undertook to get Silver, 

 jke found Means to open the Rock, which was eight or ten Feet 

 thick, and he blew up feveral Pieces of it, which he put into 

 melting Pots ; 'twas reported, that he got two or three Drachms 

 cf Silver, but many Perfons ftill doubt of it. 



During thefe Tranfaflions, there arrived a Company of the 

 King^s Miners, the Chief which was onQ Renaudiere, who de- 

 termining to begin with the Lead Mine, did nothing at all, be- 

 caufe neither he nor any of his Company underftood the Con- ^ 

 flru£lioh of Furnaces. 'Twas very furprifing, to fee the Eafi- 

 nefs of thé Company in advancing large Sums, and the littlfe 

 Precautioil they took to be allured of the Capacity of thofe they 

 employed. ^ La Renaudiere and his Miners not being able to ac- 

 complifh the making of Lead, a particular Company undertook 

 the Mines of Maramegy and the Sieur Renaud^ one of the Di- 

 reélors, furveyed them very carefully. He found here in the 

 Month of June lall â Bed of Lead at only the Depth of two 

 Feet through the whole Length of a Mountain, which extends 

 a great Way, and he is a£lually at Work upon it. He Hatters 

 himfelf alfo that there is Silver under the Lead ; but every 

 Body is not of his Opinion : Time will difcover what there is 

 in it. 



I arrived the next Day at the Kajkafq^uias at Nine in the 

 r\ r ' r Morning. The Jefuits had here a very flou- 



r ^'JfPi''''. 'J rifhing Miffion, which has lately been di- 

 t/7e J^alkalquias. ^ij^d into two, becaufe it was thought pre- 

 fer to form two Villages of Savages inllead of one. The moll 

 populous is on the Side of the MiJJij[Jîpfi\ two Jefuits (a) have 

 the Government of it in Spiritual Affairs. Haif a League 



(d ) leather Li Boulanger^ and Father dc Kersbenn 



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