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we saw, as we passed by. But we have often 

 seen other engravings, on the rocks, along the 

 rivers and lakes, of many different kinds of animals, 

 some of which, I am told, are not now to be found, 

 in this part of the world, and probably never 

 existed. 



Wednesday, 28. Island of St. Joseph. To 

 this place the British troops came and built a for- 

 tification, when the Americans took possession of 

 Michilimackinack. There are stationed here one 

 Captain, one Lieutenant, one Ensign and thirty 

 nine privates. The fort is built on a beautiful 

 rise of ground, which is joined to the main island 

 by a narrow neck of land. As it is not long since 

 a settlement was made here, they have only four 

 dwelling houses and two stores, on the other parts 

 of the peninsula ; and the inhabitants appear like 

 exiles. The North West Company have a house 

 and store here. In the latter, they construct ca- 

 noes, for sending into the interiour, and down to 

 Montreal. Vessels, of about sixty tons bur- 

 then, come here from Detroit and Mackana and 

 Soult St. Maries. The whole island is computed 

 to be about twenty miles in circumference ; the 

 soil is good ; it is distant, nearly nine hundred 

 miles from Montreal, and forty five from Macka- 

 na, and is in Lat. 47° North. Spirits are sold here 



