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on the point, which appeared fome moments after* 

 v/ards. On the fourth in the evening we came to 

 anchor, for the firft time, a little above what is cal- 

 led the Paps of Maiane. Thefe are two fummits 

 of the fame mountain, fituated at the diftance of 

 two leagues from the river. I do not believe that 

 a wilder country can any where be feen. Nothing 

 appears on all hands but impenetrable thickets, 

 rocks, and fands, without one inch of good land. 

 There are, it is true, fine fprings, excellent game, 

 and that in great plenty, but hunting is here almoft 

 utterly impracticable to any except Indians and 

 Canadians. 



We remained here four days, as on the other 

 fide of the river we had to avoid the fhoal of 

 Manicouagau, famous for fhipwrecks, and which 

 advances two leagues into the river. It takes its 

 name from a river proceeding from the mountains 

 of Labrador, which forms a pretty large lake of 

 the fame name, but more commonly known by that 

 of St. Barnabas, and which empties hfdf acrofs 

 this fhoal. Some of our maps call it la riviere 

 Ncire, or Black River. 



On the eighth we made fail though, for any 

 way we made it was hardly worth while ; but va- 

 riety ferves to divert one, and exercife is of ufe to 

 the failors. In the night, between the 10th and 1 ith, 

 we made fifteen leagues ; had we got half a league 

 further we mould have got over the taoft critical part 

 of the whole river. We mould, befides, have got 

 up as high as the ftrong tides, for hitherto they 

 are fcarce perceptible, except near the fhore ; but 

 the wind miffed of a fudden to the fouth-weft, fo 

 that we were obliged to look out for a place of 

 ihelter which we found under UJJle Verte, or Green- 

 land, 



