to North- America.. i$£ 



ing his Skin, for the Flea's are there more nume- 

 rous than the grains of Sand. I am informed, that 

 the Natives of this place make the beft Soldiers in 

 the Country. 



Three Leagues higher we enter 'd St. Peter's La ke^, 

 which is fix Leagues long, and had difficulty enough 

 in croffingitj for the frequent Calms obliged us to 

 caft Anchor feveral times. It receives three or 

 four Rivers that abound with Fi/h ; upon the 

 Mouth of which, I defcry*d with my Teiefcope 

 very fine Houfes. Towards the Evening we fail'd 

 out of that Lake with a freih Eafterly Gale ; and 

 though we hoift&d up all our Sails, the Current run 

 fo ftrong againft us, that 'twas three hours before 

 we could make Sorely which was two fmall Leagues 

 off. Sorel is a Canton of four Leagues iq fronts 

 in the neighbourhood of which, a certain River 

 conveys the waters of Champlain Lake, to the Ri- 

 ver of St. Laurence, after having formed a Water-fall 

 of two Leagues at Chambli. Though we reckon but 

 eight Leagues from Sorel to Monreal, yet we fpent 

 three days in failing between ; em ; by reafon partly 

 of flack Winds, and partly of the ftrength of the 

 Currents. In this courfe we (aw nothing but I- 

 flands j and both fides of the River all along from 

 Quebec to this place, are fo repSenifh'd wich Inhabi- 

 tants, that one may juftly call em two continued 

 Villages of fixty Leagues in length. 



This place, which goes by the name of ViUernarle^ 

 or Monreal, lies in the Latitude of forty five De- 

 grees, and fome Minutes ; being feated in an Ifland 

 of the fame name ; which is about five Leagues broad, 

 and fourteen Leagues long. The Directors of the 

 Seminary of St. Sulptius at ?ark y are the Proprietors of 

 the Ifland, and have the nomination of a Bailiff, and 

 feveral other Magiftrates ; nay, in former times they 

 had the priviledge of nominating a Governor. This 

 Iktk Town Ym all opm without any Fortification 



G % ekhe?" 



