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5 em over-land where fiich obfti unions happen, or 

 elfe to tow 7 em along where the Current isnotov^r- 

 rapid, and the ilioar is acceffib|e. Thefc Boats are 

 of no ufe for the Navigation- of Lakes; for the 

 Waves would fwallow 5 em up, if they could not 

 reach the (hoar when a wind ariks. 'Lis true, the 

 Inhabitants venture in 'em for four or five Leagues, 

 from one Ifland to another ; but then 'tis, always in 

 calm Weather, and nothing is made ufe oi but Oars ; 

 for befides the rifque of being over-fet, the Goods 

 are in danger of being dammag'd by the Water, ef- 

 pecialiy the Furs which are the moil valuable part 

 of the Cargoe. When the feafon ferves, they carry 

 little Sails ; but if the Wind be but a little brisk, 

 tho* they run right afore it, 'tis impoffible to make 

 any ufe of it without running the rifque of Ship- 

 wrack. If their courfe lies diredly South, they 

 cannot put up fail without the wind (lands at one 

 of the eight points, between North- Weft and North- 

 Baft ; and if a wind happens to fpring any where 

 elfe, ( unlefs it comes from the Land which they 

 coaft along ) they are obliged to put in to the flioar 

 with all poffible expedition, and unload the Boat 

 out of hand , till fach time as a calm returns. 



As for the working of thefe Boats, the Canow- 

 Men ply fometimes on their Knees, namely, when 

 r they run down the fin all Water-falls; fometimes 

 Handing , when they ft em a Current by fetting 

 the Boat along with Poles ; and fometimes fitting, 

 viz,, in fmootft and ftagnating water. The Oars 

 they make ufe of are made of Maple-wood, and 

 their form is reprefented in the annex'd Cute. 

 The Blade oi the Oar is twenty Inches long, fix 

 Inches broad, and four Lines thick : The^andleis 

 about three Foot long, and as big as a Pigeons Egg. 

 When they have occafion to run up againft rapid 

 Currents, they make ufe of Poles made of Pine- 

 wood ; and the fetting of the Boat along with thefe, 



