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almoft clofe to an ifland fituated at the end of the 

 lake, where we were obliged to ftop. Our young 

 Indian feemed not much mortified at the difap- 

 pointment, thefe people feldom taking any thing 

 of that fort much to heart perhaps he had no 

 other intention in drefiing himfelf than the va- 

 nity of being admired by us ; but if this was his 

 defign, all his care was labour in vain, as I had 

 feen him in his own likenefs but two days before, 

 when I thought he looked much better than with 

 all that ridiculous dawbing that had coil: him fo 

 much trouble ; few of the women here paint their 

 faces, but all the men, and efpecially the young 

 feilows are mighty fond of this decking, there are 

 fome of them who will fpend half a day in dawb- 

 ing themfelves in this manner, only that they may 

 have the pleafure of ftrolling from door to door 

 in order to be admired, and return afterwards ex- 

 tremely well fatisfied with themfelves, though not 

 a word has been fpoke to them. 



We entered lake Huron the 21ft about ten 

 o'clock in the forenoon, where we had foon the 

 pleafure of fifhing for fturgeon. On the morrow 

 in fpite of the thunder which rumbled the whole 

 day, but which was fatisfied with threatening us ; 

 I advanced near twenty-five leagues in the lake, 

 but the 23d a thick fog, which hindered us from 

 feeing four paces before our canoe, obliged us to 

 fhorten fail, becaufe we were failing on a ledge of 

 rocks, which in many places has fcarce half a foot 

 water on it ; this rock extends a great way into the 

 lake and is ten leagues in length ; our Canadians 

 call it the low countries. The day following we 

 made the bay of Saguinam, five or fix leagues 

 broad at the mouth and thirty deep ; from thence 

 to Michillirnakinac the profpect is extremely dif- 



agreeable. 



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