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house, to which they send provisions, &c, from 

 the New Fort, as the river from this to that 

 place is generally shallow, and is full of rapids. 

 Those, therefore, who are going into the interi- 

 our, cannot take a full load, until they arrive at 

 this place ; and here they usually take their sup- 

 ply of provisions. 



Tuesday, 16. New Fort, or, as it is called by 

 the Natives, Ka~mi-ni-ti-qui-a, is built on the bank 

 of Dog River, which is a considerable stream, 

 that empties into Lake Superiour, about four or 

 five hundreds rods below the fort. The vessel 

 that runs on that lake, can come, with a part of 

 her lading, quite up to the quay, before the fort. 

 Here the French, before the English conquered 

 Canada, had an establishment. 



We here meet a number of gentlemen, some 

 of whom came this summer from Montreal, and 

 others from different parts of the Interiour. 

 There are also here, one thousand labouring men, 

 the greater part of whom, are Canadians, who 

 answer better in this country, for the service re- 

 quired by the Company, than any other people 

 would probably do. 



The country, for some considerable distance 

 round, is covered with heavy timber, consisting of 

 a kind of red pine, poplar, aspin, birch, cedar, &c, 

 but the soil does not appear to be of the first 

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