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the true caiife why they durft not go far from the 

 North fide ; and that no body could enfure a Ship 

 that fhould fteer on the South fide, except it were 

 in the Months of June, Jtdy> and Auguft. If it 

 were not for that., I believe ic would be more plea- 

 fant, more eafie, and lefs dangerous to fail on the 

 South, than on the North fide, becaufe one might 

 caft Anchor every Night at the entrance of thofe 

 Rivers which discharge themfelves all along that 

 Coaft, and would not be obliged to be veering a- 

 bout continually Night and Day, as he is forc'd to 

 do, when he fteers his courfe on the North fide. 

 This, Sir, is all I had to fay at prefent about our 

 failing in this River, which I fhali have occafion to 

 mention to you again. After our Ship caft Anchor 

 before Quebec, I landed with the Chevalier Meaupou,^ 

 whom 1 conduced to the Houfe of Mr. Frontenac, who 

 offend to him as well as to me, the ufe of his Table 

 and Houfe. lam inforrn'dthat 500 Englijhj and 200 

 Ircquefe, approached about* two Months agoe to the 

 Ifle of Movreal; That the Governour oi that Ifle 

 rranfported 15- Companies from the other fide of the 

 River, to watch their Motions; That a Detach- 

 ment of the Enemy having furpriz'd our Out- 

 Guards, attack'd the whole Body of them, and our 

 Camp at the fame time with fo much Vigour and 

 Courage, that they kill'd upon the fpot more than 

 three hundred Soldiers,befides two Captains,fix Lieu- 

 tenants, and five Enfigns; and that after this fatal 

 Expedition, Mr. Valrenes, a Captain of the Ma- 

 rines, fee out from Monreal, with a Detachment of 

 French and Savages, to go to Fort Chambtt 7 ( for 

 fear the Jnquefe ftould attack that Poft ) who ha- 

 ving met in their paifage a party of Englijh and Iroquefe, 

 attack'd them vigoroufly, and defeated them. 



All thefe different Adventures give me ground 

 to conjeflure, that it will be much more difficult 



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