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From the Superior or Upper Lake, I fteer to that 

 of Hurons, to which I allot four hundred Leagues 

 in Circumference. Now to make this Lake, you 

 niuft fail down by the fall call 'd Saut St. Mary, which 

 I defcrib'd in my fifteenth Letter. This Lake is fitu- 

 ated in a fine Climate, as you'll perceive from the 

 Map. The North fide of it is beft for the Naviga- 

 tion of Canows, by reafon of the frequency of Ifles 

 which afford fhelter in bad Weather. The South 

 fide is pleafanter, and more convenient for the 

 Hunting of Deer, which are there very plentiful. The 

 figure of this Lake comes near to an equilateral Tri- 

 angle. Of all its IfleS; that call'd Manitoualm, is the 

 moft confiderable , being above twenty Leagues 

 long, and ten broad. Informer times, the Outaouas 

 of the Nations of Talon and Sable dwelt in it ; but 

 the dread they were under upon the account of the 

 Iroqwfe, oblig'd both them and their Neighbours to 

 retire to Miffilimahnac. That part of the Conti- 

 nent that faces this Ifland , is inhabited by the 

 Nockes and the Miffitagues, in two different Villa- 

 ges, which are twenty Leagues diftant, the one 

 from the other. Towards the Eaft end of this I- 

 (land, we fall in with the River des Francois^ which f 

 took notice of in my fixteenth Letter. ? Tis as 

 broad as the"5e/»* is at Paris, and runs not above for- 

 ty Leagues in length from its fource in the Lake 

 Nepkerini, to its Mouth. To the North- Weft of 

 this River, there lies the Bay of Toranta, which is 

 twenty, or five and twenty Leagues long, and fif- 

 teen broad at its Mouth. This Bay receives a Ri- 

 ver that fprings from a little Lake of the fame name, 

 and forms feveral Catara&s that are equally im- 

 practicable both upon the accent and defcent. Up- 

 on the fide of this River you'll fee a Man's Head 

 mark'd in my Map, which fignifies a large Village 

 of the Huron* , th$t was deftroy'd by the Iro^ime* 

 You may go from the fource of this River to the 



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