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Maniftie, abounding in fiih and efpecially ftur- 

 geon. A little farther inclining to the fouthweft, 

 you come to a large gulph, in the entry of which 

 are a number of iflands, and which is called the 

 gulph or bay of the Noquets. This is the name of an 

 Indian nation, not very numerous, originally come 

 from the coafts of lake Superior, and of which 

 there remain only a few fcattered families, who 

 have no fixed refidence* 



The bay of the Noquets is feparated from the 

 great bay only by the iflands of the Poutewatamies, 

 which as I have already remarked, were the anci- 

 ent refidence of thefe Indians ; moft of them are 

 extremely well wooded ; but the only one that is 

 now inhabited is neither the largeft nor the bed, 

 and there remains a forry village, where, in fpite 

 of all our endeavours, we were obliged to pafs the 

 night, as it was impoftible to refill the prefling 

 inftances of the inhabitants. For there is not a 

 nation in all Canada more fincerely attached to 

 the French, than thefe Indians have been at alj 

 ti mes . 



On the fixth, we were ftopt almoft the whole 

 day, by contrary winds, but it growing calm in 

 the evening, we embarked a little after fun-fet, by 

 the favour of a moft beautiful moon-mine, and con- 

 tinued our voyage for four and twenty hours toge- 

 ther, having made only a very fmall halt, whilft 

 we were faying mafs and at dinner. The fun was fo 

 burning hot, and the water of the bay fo warm, that 

 the gum of our canoe melted in feveral places, To 

 com pleat our misfortune, the place where we went 

 afhore, was fo much infefted with what are called 

 here marigouins and bruleaus, a fpecies of very 

 troublefome gnats, that we could not fo much as 



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