%6 Some Mew Voyages 



LETTER VL 



Dated at Mowed J me 20. 1684., 



Being an ample Description of the Canows made 

 of Birch-bark^ in which the Canadans per- 

 form all their Voyages^ with an account of 

 the manner in which they are made and ma* 

 pagd. 



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I thought to have fet out as this day ; but in regard 

 that our Complement of great Canows is not 

 yet brought up, our Voyage is put off for two 

 days. Having fo much leifure time upon my Hands, I 

 have a mind to imploy it in prefenting you with a 

 fliort view of thefe (lender Contrivances in which 

 the Canadans perform ail their Voyages : And this 

 will furnilh you with an Idaa of the Voiture of this 

 Country. I faw but now above an hundred Ca* 

 bows, fome great and fome little ; but confidering 

 that the former are only proper for Martial Expedi- 

 tions , and long Voyages, I iliall confine my Des- 

 cription to that fort. Even the great ones are of 

 different fizes ; for they run from ten to twenty 

 eight Foot long, Indeed the leaft of all hold but 

 two Perfons fet upon their Breech, as in a Coffin j 

 and are apt to over-fet, if the Paffengers move to 

 one fide or t'other : But thofe of a larger fize wiU 

 eafiiy afford ftowage for fourteen Perfons ; tho' they 

 are commonly mann'd only with three Men, when 

 they are imploy 'd in transporting Provinons and 

 Merchandize ; and even then they'll carry twenty 

 hundred weight. The largefl fort are fafe and 



