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Ships, amounting to thirty four Sail, was feeft near 

 Tadoujfac. Immediately he got on board of his Bri- 

 gamine, and order'd all the Troops to imbarque in 

 Canows and Boots, and to row Night and Day to 

 prevent the Enemy ; all which was happily put in 

 execution. At the fame time he gave orders to" Mr* 

 de Caiiieres, to bring down as many of the Inhabi- 

 tants as poflibly he could. We rowel with fuch 

 expedition, and diligence, that we arrived the \A 

 day at Quebec. As foon as Mr. de Frontenac debar- 

 qued, he view'd the weakeft Pofts, and order'd 

 5 em to be fortified without lofs of time : He rais'd 

 Batteries in feveral places, and though in that ca- 

 pital City we had buc twelve great Guns, and but 

 little Ammunition, yet he feem'd to be refolutely 

 bent upon an obftinate Refinance to the efforts of 

 the Enemy's Fleet, which in the mean time flood 

 catching of Flies, at the diftance of two Leagues 

 from Quebec We took the advantage of their flow 

 approaches, and worked inceffantly to put our felves 

 in a pofture of defence. Our Troops, our Militia* 

 and cur confederate Savages, came up to us on all 

 hands. 'Lis certain, that if the Englijh Admiral 

 had made his Defcent before our arrival at Quebec, 

 or even two days after, he had earry'd the place 

 without ftriking a blow ; for at that time there was 

 not two hundred French in the City, which lay 

 open, and exposed on all hands. But inftead of 

 doing that, he caft Anchor towards the point of 

 the Ifland of Orleans, and loft three days in con- 

 futing with the Captains of the Ships, before they 

 came to a Refolutiog. He took the Sieur Joltet 

 with his Lady and his Mother- in- Laws in a Bark in 

 the River of St. Laurence. Three Merchant-men? 

 from France, and one laden with Beaver-Skins from 

 Budjon Bay, entered the River of Saguenay, by the 

 way of TadouJJac, where they fculk'd, and after 

 hauling their Guns afhoar,. rais'd very good Batte- 



