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Laurence, which runs north-eaft and fouth-weft; 

 and the northweft wind, which immediately Yofe, 

 would have ferved us well enough, but as we had 

 k>ft two hours on the twenty -fourth in fifhing, and 

 in confequence thereof, two whole days at the entry 

 of the gulph, we were obliged to wait here till the 

 north- weft mould fall, that is to fay, five days, in 

 which we did not make five leagues. This delay 

 was not even the greateft mifchief which it occa- 

 fioned us it was befides very cold, and there was 

 a great fwell which toffed us exceedingly, and when 

 the gale was about to fall it was very near being the 

 caufe of our deftruclion in the manner you are pre- 

 fently going to fee. But I muft firft give you a 

 map ot the country where we were. Cape Rofe is 

 properly the mouth of the river St. Laurence, and 

 it is here we muft meaflire its breadth at its opening, 

 which is about thirty leagues. Somewhat below 

 this, and more to the fouthward, are the bay and 

 point of Gafpey or Gachepe. Thofe v/ho pretend 

 that the river St. Laurence is forty leagues over at 

 its mouth, probably meafure it from the eaftern 

 point of Galpey. Below the bay you perceive a 

 fort of iiland, which is in fact, no more than a fteep 

 rock, of about thirty fathoms in length, ten high, 

 and four broad. One would take it for a fragment 

 of an old wall, and it has been afferted that it for- 

 merly joined Mont Jolt, which ftands over- again ft 

 it on trie Continent. This rock has in the middle 

 an opening in the form of an arch, through which 

 a Bifc ay an fhalop might pafs under fail, and hence 

 it has got the name of IJle Percee, or the bored 

 Iiland. Navigators know that they are near it when 

 they ciifcover a flat mountain, rifing above feveral 

 others, called Roland's Table. The iiland Bona- 

 venture is a league from Bored Ifland, and aim oft 

 at the fame diftance lies the iiland Mifcon, eight 



leagues 



