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I embarked on the 1 4th, precifely at the fame 

 hour, on which I arrived the evening before at Ca- 

 tarocoui. I had only fix leagues to make, in or- 

 der to gain the ifland aux Cbevreuils, or of Roe- 

 bucks, where there is a good harbour capable of 

 receiving large barks ; but my Canadians having 

 forgot to examine their canoe, and the fun having 

 melted the gum in feveral places, it admitted the 

 water on all fides, and I was obliged to ftop two 

 hours in order to repair it in one of the iflands at 

 the entrance of Lake Ontario; we continued our 

 courfe afterwards till paft ten at night, but not be-* 

 ing able to gain the ifland aux Chevreuils, we were 

 obliged to pafs the remainder of the night at the 

 corner of the foreft. 



Here T obferved for the firft time vines in the 

 woods. There were almoft as many as there were 

 trees, and they always climbed quite to their top. 

 This was the firft time I had made this obfervation 

 having never ftopt before but in open fields ; but 

 I am told this continues all the way to Mexico. 

 Thefe vines are very thick at bottom, and bear great 

 plenty of grapes, which, however, are no larger 

 than peafe, but this cannot be otherwife, feeing they 

 are neither pruned nor cultivated. When ripe they 

 afford excellent feeding for the bears, who climb to 

 the tops of the higheft trees in queft of them. Af- 

 ter all, they have only the leavings of the birds, 

 which would foon rob whole forefts of their 

 vintage. 



JSIext day I fet out early in the morning, and at 

 eleven o'clock ftopt at the ifland aux Gallots^ three 

 leagues beyond the ifland aux Cbevres, in 43 deg, 

 33 min. lat. I reimbarked a little after mid-day, 

 and made a traverfe of a league and a half, in or- 



