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Çountry, but who have entirely difappeared for fome Years » 

 Tiiis^ is the fineft Place, and the beft Soil of Lomfeana. M. de 

 towhomic was granted, has done nothing here yet : Ne- 

 verthelefs he keeps here a Diredor, who has neither Men nor 

 Merchandize. 



The 5 th we Hopped to dine at a Place which they call the 



• Defcription of ^^^P^^^^'^^^^^ ^i^^ which is but three Leagues 

 the Chapftoulas ^^^^^^ horn Ne^ Orleans^ where we arrived 

 at Five in the Evening. The Chapitoulas, 

 and fome neighbouring Habitations, are in very good Condition. 

 I'he Soil is fruitful, and it is fallen into the Hands of People 

 that are Ikilful and laborious. They are the Sieur du Breuil and 

 three Canadian Brothers, named Chauvins, The laft have con- 

 tributed nothing but their Induilry, which was perfeded by the 

 NecelTity of labouring for a Subfiilence. They have loft no 

 Time, they have fpared no Pains, and their Example is a LeiTon 

 for thofe lazy People, whofe Poverty very unjuftly difparages a 

 Country which will render a hundred-fold of whatever is fowed 

 in it. 



/ am^ &c. 



LETTER XXXL 



journey from New Orleans to the Mouth of the Mississippi: 

 Defcription of this Rluer quite to the Sea* Refëxions on the 

 Grants* 



Toulouse Island, or La Balise (the Buoy, or Sea 

 Mark) January 26. 



Madam, 



THE Environs of Ne^-w Orleans have nothing very remarka- 

 ble. I did not find this City fo well fituated as I had been 

 told. Others are not of the fame Opinion. Thefe are the Rea* 

 fons on which their Opinion is founded : I will afterwards ex- 

 plain mine. The firft is, that about a League from hence, in- 

 clining to the North Eaft, they have found a little River, which 

 they have called the Bayouc of St. John (a)^ which at the End 

 of two Leagues difcharges itfelf into the Lake P ont char train^ 

 which communicates with the Sea : By this Means, they fay, it 



(a) Bayouc in the Savage Language fignifies a Rivulet, 



is 



