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LETTER XXVIL 



Voyage to Pimiteouy. Of the river of the Illi- 

 nois ' 9 Reception of prifoners of war dmongjl 

 that people. Manner of burning them. Some 

 particulars of their manner of living. 



Pimiteouy 0&. 5, 1721/ 



Madam, 



ON the night between the 17th and 18th of 

 lad month, the froft, which for eight days 

 before had beeri pretty fenfible every morning, was 

 considerably encreafed j this was early for the cli- 

 mate in which we were, it being in 40 deg. 40 min. 

 north latitude. The following days we continued 

 Our voyage, falling from morning till night, being 

 favoured by a pretty ftrong current, and fometimes 

 by the wind we rhade, indeed, a great deal of way, 

 but yet advanced very little in our courfe \ after 

 having failed ten or twelve leagues, we often found 

 ourfelves fo near our laft encampment, that from 

 the one place to the other we could have feen one 

 another, or even converfed together at leaft by means 

 of a fpeaking trumpet. 



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