to North America. i$7 



ty. As for the HUnefe Lake, 'tis three hundred Leagues 

 in Circumference, as you may fee by the Scale of 

 Leagues upon the Map. ? Tis feated in an ad mi ra- 

 bble Climate ; its Banks are cloath'd with fine and tall 

 Trees, and have but few Meads. The River of 

 the Oumamis is not worth your regard. The Bay 

 de I 'Ours qui dort, is of an indifferent large extent, 

 and receives the River upon which the Outaouas are 

 wont to hunt Beavers every third year. In fhort, 

 it has neither Shelves, Rocks, nor Banks of Sand, 

 The Land which bounds it on the South fide, is re- 

 pleniih'd with Roe-bucks, Deer, and Turkeys. Fare- 

 wel, Good Sir : And allure your felf, that 'twill al- 

 ways be a fenfible pleafure to me, to amufe you 

 with an account of the greateft Curiofities I meet 

 with. 



But now, Sir, I hope you will not take it ill, that 

 the Relation I here give you, is only an Abridg- 

 ment of my Voyage: For, in earneft, to be mi- 

 nute upon every particular Curiofity, would require 

 more time and leifure than I can fpare. 1 have 

 here fent you a view of the fubftantial part ; and 

 fliall afterwards hope for an opportunity of recount- 

 ing to you by word of Mouth, an infinity of Ad- 

 ventures, Rencounters, and Obfervations, which 

 may call up the refie<fting faculty of thinking Men. 

 My own Thought is too Superficial to philofophife 

 upon the Origin, the Belief, the Manners and Cu~ 

 ftoms of fo many Savages ; or to make any advan- 

 ces with reference to the extent of this Continent 

 to the Weftward. I have contented my felf with 

 offering fome thoughts upon the caufes of the bad 

 fuccefs of the Difcoveries, that feveral experienced 

 Men have attempted in America, both by Sea and 

 Land: And I flatter my felf, that my thoughts up- 

 on that head are juft. The frefh Inftances of Mr, 

 de la Salle, and feveral other unlucky Difcoverers, 

 jnay afFqrd a fufficien? and feafonable caution to 



