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the Sloops can only pafs. In time of Peace tha 

 Bifcayans of France, and the Normans, us'd to filh for 

 Cod at this place : For here that Fifli are very plen- 

 tiful^ and at the fame time larger, and more proper 

 for drying than thofe of New-Foundland. But there 

 are two great Inconveniencies that attend the fi fil- 

 ing upon this Ifland ; one is, that the Ships ride in 

 great danger, unlefs they ' have good Anchors and 

 ftrong Cables ; another Inconvenience is, that this 

 place affords neither Gravel nor Flint-ftones to 

 ftretch out the Fifh upon before the Sun, and that 

 the Fifliermen are forc'd to make ufe of a fort of 

 Hurdles. 



There are other Fifliing-places befides this, which 

 lie fome Leagues higher up upon the fame fide of 

 the River. Such is that call'd Gafpe, where the Ships 

 Crew fometimes trade in Skins with the Gafyefeans, 

 to the prejudice of the Proprietors of this River, 

 The other places for God-fifli lie toward Monti notre 

 dame, in the little Bays or Rivers that empty them- 

 feives into the River of St. Laurence. 



Onthe other fide of the River,there lies the wide ex- 

 tended Country of Labrador,, or of the Eskimaux, who 

 are fuch a wild barbarous People 3 that no means what- 

 foever, have hitherto been able to civilife 'em. One 

 would think that good old Homer had this People in 

 his view, when he fpeaks of the Cyclopes ; for the 

 Character of the one, fuits the other admirably well, 

 as it appears from thefe four Verfes, in the ninth 

 Book of his Odyjfea, which are fo pretty, that I can- 

 not forbear inferting them in this place. 



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