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forty young Algonklns, who were well made clever 3 

 Fellows. My Defign in accompanying them, was, to 

 learn their Language, which is mightily efteem'd in 

 this Country; for all the other Nations for a thou* 

 fand Miles round ( excepting the Iroquefe and the Hu- 

 rons) underftand it perfedly well ; nay, all their 

 refpedKve Tongues come as near to this, as the Tor- 

 tugmfe does to the Spanijh, I have already made my 

 felf Matter of fome Words with a great deal of Fa- 

 cility ; and they being mightily pleafed in feeing a 

 Stranger ftudy their Tongue, take all imaginable 

 pains to inftrud me. I am, 



SIR, 



Tours, &c. 



LETTER W. 



Dated at Monreal, June 14. 1684* 



Containing a Irief Defcription of the Habitations 

 of the Savages in the Neighbourhood of Que- 

 bec; Of the River of St. Lawrence, &c. as far 

 up as Monreal j Of a curious way of fifhtng Eels « 

 and of the Cities of Trois Rivieres and Mon- 

 real : Together with an Account 

 of the CoM cf the * Forrejl 

 plication Tabk> Rangers or Pedlers. 



S IR, 



T>Efore my Departure from Quebec, I viiited the 

 O adjacent Villages inhabited by the Savages. The 

 Village of Lorete is peopled by two hundred Fa- 

 milies 



