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we clear the paffage of IJle Rouge, or RedTfland, 

 which is no eafy matter. You mufl firft fleer right 

 upon this iOand, as if you had a mind to land on 

 it this is done to fhun the point aux Allouettes^ 

 which lies at the entrance into the Saguenay on the 

 left, and advances a good way into the river ; this 

 done, you ftand the direct contrary way. The paf- 

 fage to the fouthward of Red-IOand is much fafer ; 

 but in order to make this we muft have returned di- 

 rectly back, and the wind might have come to have 

 failed us. The Red ljland is no more than a rock 

 almoft level with the furface of the water which ap- 

 pears of a true red colour, and on which many a 

 fhip has been call away. 



Next day with little wind and the help of the 

 tide we come to an anchor above the Ifle aux Cou- 

 dres y which lies at fifteen leagues diftance both from 

 Quebec, and TadourTac. You leave this on the left, 

 and this paffage is dangerous when you have not 

 the wind to your liking-, it is rapid, narrow, and a 

 good quarter of a league in length. In Champlain's 

 time it was much eafier; but in 1663, an earth- 

 quake plucked up a mountain by the roots, and 

 whirled it upon the IJle .aux Coudres^ which it en- 

 creafed in dimenfions more than one half, and in the 

 place where this mountain flood appeared a whirl- 

 pool, which it is dangerous to approach. One 

 might pafs to the fouthward of the IJle aux Ccudres* 

 and this paffage would be both eafy and without 

 danger. It bears the name of Monf. D' Iberville 

 who attempted it with fuccefs •, but the general way 

 is to pafs on the north fide of it, and cuftom you 

 know is a fovereign law for the common run of 

 mankind. 



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