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When fhe faw them at a lofs to guefs her mean- 

 ing, me exprefled herfelf fomewhat more clearly, 

 and when they had guefifed all, me caufed every 

 thing to be reftored. There was no longer any 

 doubt of her being perfectly cured, and a feftival 

 was made on the occafion, which confided in cries, 

 or rather, hideous howlings, and all manner of ex- 

 travagancies. Laftly, fhe 'paid her acknowledg- 

 ments, and, the better to teftify her gratitude, fhe 

 vifited all the cabbins a third time, but without any 

 ceremony. The miffionary, who was witnefs to 

 this ridiculous fcene, fays, that the lick perfon was 

 not entirely cured, but that me was, however, a 

 great deal better, though the moft healthy and ro- 

 buft perfon would have died under fuch an opera- 

 tion. The father was at great pains to caufe her 

 take notice, that her pretended genius or familiar, 

 had promifed her a perfect: cure, but had failed of 

 his promife. He was anfwered, that amongft fuch 

 a number of things as were to be done, it was hard- 

 ly poflible fomething mould not have been omitted. 

 He expected they would have chiefly infilled on the 

 refufal of the blue covering ; it is true they made no 

 mention of it, only they faid, that after this refufal, 

 the genius had appeared to the patient, and allured 

 her that this refufal mould do her no prejudice, be- 

 caufe, the French not being natives of the country, 

 the genii had no power over them. I return to my 

 voyage. 



The officers having departed, I afcended thofe 

 frightful mountains, in order to vifit the famous 

 Fall of Niagara, above which I was to take water ; 

 this is a journey of three leagues, though formerly 

 five becaufe the way then lay by the other, that 

 is, the weft- fide of the river, and alfo becaufe the 

 place for embarking lay full two leagues above the 



Fall. 



