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pleased to know that in two or three days after the 

 date of my laft, I imbarqu'd on board of a Ca* 

 now that was work'd by three expert Canow-Men. 

 Every Canow contained two Soldiers; and we all 

 row'd up againft the Current of the River till we 

 arrived at Saut de St. Louis, about three Leagues a- 

 bove this Town, which i§ a little Water-fall, but 

 fo rapid, that our Watermen were forced to ftand 

 in the water up to their Middle, in order to drag 

 the Canows againft the Stream for half a quarter 

 of a League. We reimbarqu'd above this Pafs, and 

 row'd about twelve Leagues up the River, and thro' 

 the Lake of St. Louis, till we arrived at a place call'd 

 the Cafcades, where we were forc'd to turn out and 

 carry our Boats and Baggage over-land, about half 

 a quarter of a League. "Tis true, we might have 

 tow'd our Boats againft the Stream in this place 

 with fome labour ; but there was a Cataract a little 

 above it, which they call le Caiaratle du Trou. I had 

 taken up a notion that the only difficulty of fail- 

 ing up the River, confided in the trouble of Land- 

 carriage; but when I came to be a Spectator of 

 the matter, I found that the ftemming of the Cur- 

 rents whether in towing of the Canows, or in fet- 

 ting them along with Poles, was equally laborious. 

 About five or fix Leagues higher we came to the 

 Water- falls call'd Sauts des Cedres, and du Bmjjon, 

 where we were forcd to tranfport our Boats five 

 hundred paces over Land. Some Leagues above 

 that, we entered the Lake of St. Francis, which is 

 laid to be twenty Leagues in Circumference; and 

 having crofs'dit, met with as ftrong Currents as 

 before, particularly at a fall call'd Long Saut, where 

 we had recourfe to Land-carriage for half a League. 

 Then we were forced to drag up the Boats againft the 

 rapid Stream ; and after a great deal of fatigue came 

 at laft to a Pafs call'd la GaUte, from whence we had 

 but twenty Leagues failing to Fort Front mac. This 



