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K> try the truth of what the Savages reported of its 

 depth. In effed, we found there three Fathom and 

 a half Water ; but the Savages of our Company al- 

 ledg'd, that 'twas more fwell'd than ufually. They 

 all agreed^ that 'twas Navigable an hundred Leagues 

 up, and I wiih'd heartily, that my time had allow'd 

 me to run up to its Source; but that being unfeafo- 

 nable, I failed up againft the Stream, till we came 

 to the River of the iBinefe, which we made on the 

 qth of April with fome difficulty, for the Wind was 

 againft us the firft two days, and the Currents was 

 very rapid. 



AH I can fay of the River MlJJijip, now that I 

 am to take leave of it, is, that its narroweft part 

 is half a League over, and the Hialloweft is a Fa- 

 thom and a half deep; and that according to the 

 information of the Savages, its ftream is pretty gen- 

 tle for feven or eight Months of the year. As for 

 Shelves or Banks of Sand, I met with none in it. 

 "Tis full of Itles which look like Groves, by reafoa 

 of the great plenty of Trees, and in the verdant 

 feafon of the year afford a very agreeable profped?. 

 Its Banks are Woods, Meadows and Hills. I cannot 

 be poficive, whether it winds much in other places; 

 but as far as I could fee, its courfe is very different 

 from that of o,ur Rivers in France ; for I muft 

 tell you by the way, that all the fivers of America* 

 run pretty ftraight. 



The River of the lilinefe is intkled to Riches, by 

 vertue of the benign Climate, and of the great quan- 

 tities of Deer, Roe- Rucks,- and Turkeys that feed 

 Vpon its brinks : Not to mention feveral other Beafts 

 apd Fowls, a description of which would require 

 9$ intire Volume, If you faw but my Journal, you 

 woyld be fickof the tedious particulars of our dai- 

 ly Adventures bo?h in Hunting and Fifhing divers 

 ipecks of Aaimals^and in Rencounters with the Sava- 

 ges. In fbort, t^e laft thing I fhall men.tioa of thk 



