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time we have feveral Land- carriages upon it : For 

 going down this River we pafs feveral Catara(5fo 5 

 where we are obliged either to carry our Canows 

 by Land, or to drag 'em back again. Thus we 

 arrive at the Upper Lake, which is reckon'd to be 

 five hundred Leagues in Circumference, including 

 the windings of the Creeks, and little Gulfs. This 

 little frefh-water Sea is calm enough from the be- 

 ginning of May, to the end of September. The South 

 fide is the fafeft for the Canows, by reafon of the 

 many Bays, and little Rivers, where one may put 

 in in cafe of a Storm., There is no fetled Savage 

 Nation upon the brinks of the Lake, that I know 

 of. 'Tis true indeed, that in Summer feveral Nor- 

 thern Nations come to Hunt and Fifh in thefe parts, 

 and bring with J em the Beaver-Skins they have got 

 in the Winter, in order to truck with the Coureurs 

 de Bois, who do not fail to meet 'em there every 

 year. The places where the Interview happens, 

 are Bagouafcb, Lemipifaki, and Cbagouamigon. 'Tis 

 fome years fince Mr. Dulhut built a Fort of Pales or 

 Stakes upon this Lake, where he had large Ma- 

 gazines of all forts of Goods. That Fort was call'd 

 Cama?nftigGjan> and did confiderable DilTervice to the 

 Englijh Settlements in Hud/on s Bay ; by reafon that 

 it £*v ? d feveral Nations the trouble of tranfporting 

 their Skins to that Bay. Upon that Lake we find 

 Copper Mines, the Mettal of which is fo fine and 

 plentiful, that there is not a feventh part lofs from 

 the Oar. It has fome pretty large ftlands, which 

 are repleniiPd with Elks and wild Affes ; but there's 

 fcarce any that goes to hunt upon 'em, by reafon 

 of the danger of croffing over. In fine, this Lake 

 abounds with Sturgeons, Trouts, and white Fifh. 

 The Ciimate is unfufferably cold for fix Months of 

 the year, and the Snow joyn'd to the Froft, com- 

 monly freezes the Water of the Lake for ten or, 

 twelve Leagues over. 



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