% t o Some New Poyages 



Letters. I have already touch'd upon the Forts of 

 Frontenac and Niagara ; as well as upon the River of 

 St. Laurence, which here takes leave of the Lakes, 

 and purfues a compa&er courfe to Monreal and Que- 

 bec, where its waters mingling with thofe of the 

 Sea, become fo brackifh, that they are not drink- 

 able. 



It remains only to give you a Defcription of A* 

 eadia, and the Ifland of Nwfound*Land, which arq 

 two Countries that differ widely from one another. 

 The Coaft of Acadia extends from Kenebeki, one of 

 the Frontiers of New-England, to Tip Percee^ new 

 the Mouth of the River of St, Laurence. This Sea- 

 Coaft runs almoft three hundred Leagues in length, 

 and has upon it two great Navigable Bays, name- 

 ly, the Bay calfd Frangoife, and the Bay des Cha* 

 leurs. It has a great many little Rivers, the Mouths 

 of which are deep, and clean enough for the greateft 

 Ships. Thef^ Rivers would afforda plentiful Salmon- 

 fiiliery, if there were any body to undertake it; and 

 moft of em as well as the Gulfs that lies before 'em, 

 furnilh fuch Cods as we take at the IJle Percee* For in 

 the Summertime, that fort of Fiih make in to the 

 Coaft in Shoals, efpecially about the Iflands ofCap£ 

 Breton, and of St. John. Tis true, the latter has 

 no Harbours, and the former has none that receive 

 any Veffel above the burthen of a Barque ; but if 

 thefe two Iflands were peopled, the Inhabitants 

 might fit out Sloops to manage the Fiihery ; and to* 

 wards the latter end of Augufi y when the Filh ars 

 curd and ready, the Ships might come to an An- 

 chor near the Land, and fo take 'em in. Twq 

 Gentlemen of the name of Amour of Q^ehec % have 

 a Settlement for Beaver-hunting upon jthe River of 

 St. John ; which is a very pleafant River,, and a- 

 (Jorn'd with Fields that are very fertile in Grain. 

 'Tis Navigable for twelve Leagues up, from its 

 Mouth, ftetwesn the po|nc of Acadia, anc| the It 



