Ml . Some Ne» Voyages 



2.d of November we made the Mouth of the 

 River, having firft ftem'd feveral rapid Currents of 

 that River, though 'twas then at loweft Ebb. In 

 this little paffage we kiil'd feveral wild Beeves which 

 we broil'd, and catch'd feveral large Dabs. On the 

 we enter'd the Mouth of the Long River, which 

 looks like a Lake full of Bull-ruflies j we found in 

 the middle of it a narrow Channel, upon which 

 we fteer'd till Night, and then lay by to deep in 

 our Canows. In the Morning I enquired of my 

 ten OutagamiS) if we had far to fail before we were 

 clear of theRulhes, and received this anfwer, that 

 they had never been in the Mouth of that River 

 before, though at the fame time they affur*d me, 

 that about twenty Leagues higher, the Banks of it 

 were clad with Woods and Meadows, But after 

 all we did not fail fo far, for about ten a Clock 

 next Morning the River came pretty narrow, and 

 the Shoar was covered with lofty Trees ; and after 

 continuing our courfe the reft of that day, we had 

 a profpe&of Meadows now and then. That fame 

 Night we landed at a point of Land, withadefign 

 to drefs our broil'd Meat, for at that time we had 

 none frefh. The next day we ftop'd at the firft 

 Ifland we faw, in which we found neither Man 

 nor Beaft j and the Evening drawing near, I was 

 unwilling to venture far into it, fo we e'en con- 

 tented our felves with the catching of fome forryFifii. 

 The 6th a gentle Gale fprung up, which wafted us 

 to another Ifland about 12 Leagues higher, where 

 we landed. Our paffage to this place was very 

 quick, notwithftanding the great calm that always 

 prevails upon this River, which I take to be the leaft 

 rapid River in the World. But thequicknefsof the 

 paffage was not the only furprifal, for I was amaz'd 

 that I faw no Harts, nor Bucks, nor Turkeys, ha- 

 ving met with ? em all along in the other parts of 

 my Difcovery. The jtb the fame Wind drove us 



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