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A ftrong gale of wind from the land, which o- 

 vertook us oppofite to the Bay des Goyogouins, 

 obliged us to take fancluary in it. This is one of 

 the fined fpots I have ever feen. A peninfula well 

 wooded advances from the middle, and forms a 

 kind' of theatre. On the left as you enter, you per- 

 ceive in a bight a fmall ifiand which conceals the 

 mouth of a river, by which the Goyogouins defcend 

 to the lake. The wind did not continue long, we 

 therefore fet out again, and made three or four 

 leagues farther. This morning we embarked before 

 fun-rife, and have actually made five or fix leagues. 

 I know not how long the north-weft wind may de- 

 tain us here. Whilft I wait till a favourable gale 

 arifes, I will refume my relation of the wars of the 

 Indians, where I left it off. 



Thefe Barbarians rarely refufe to engage in a war, 

 when invited by their allies. - They commonly do 

 not even want any invitation to take up arms ; the 

 fmalleft motive, even a very nothing, is with them 

 caufe fufficient. But above all, vengeance is their 

 darling paOion ; they have always fome old or new 

 grudge to fatisfy ; for no length of time ever clofes 

 thofe fort of wounds, let them be ever fo (light. 

 Thus one can never be fure that the peace is fully 

 eftablifhed between two nations who have been long 

 enemies : on the other hand, the defire of replacing 

 the dead by prifoners to appeafe their manes ; the 

 caprice of a private , perfon, a dream which every 

 one explains at random, with other reafons and pre- 

 texts equally frivolous, will often occafion a party 

 to go to war, who thought of nothing lefs the day 

 before. 



'Tis true, thefe fmall expeditions, without con- 

 tent of the council, are generally without any great 



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