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LETTER VII. 



Defcription of the Country and Iflands of Riche- 

 lieu and of St. Francis. Of the Abena- 

 quis village. Of the ancient fort of Riche- 

 lieu, and of fuch as were formerly in each 

 parijh. Shining aBions of two Canadian 

 Ladies. Of the other huntings of the Indians. 



St. Francis, March n, 1721. 



Madam, 



ISet out on the 9th from the Three Rivers, I 

 did no more than crofs lake St. Peter, inclining 

 towards the fouth. I performed this journey in a 

 fledge, or as it is called here a cariole, the ice be- 

 ing ftill ftrong enough for all forts of carriages, 

 and I arrived towards noon at St. Francis. I em- 

 ployed the afternoon, and yefterday the whole day, 

 in vifiting this canton, and am now going to give 

 you an account of what I faw. 



At the extremity of Lake St. Peter is a prodigi- 

 ous number of iflands of all fizes, called les IJles 

 de Richelieu, or Richelieu Iflands, and turning to- 

 wards the left coming from Quebec, you find fix 

 more, which lie towards the lhore of a creek of a 



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