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it, that pilots always give the preference to 

 running through the Traverse. Not the smallest 

 difficulty will ever be found in making this 

 passage ^ood. if the bearings and directions 

 laid down upon my Topographical Map be 

 duly attended to ; I can speak with confidence, 

 from having had the satisfaction to verify 

 them most completely in August, 1814, when 

 I passed it on board H. M. S. Ajax, of 74 guns. 

 Rear Admiral Otway, to whom I feel happy in 

 acknowledging my obligations for the polite- 

 ness with which he facilitated, by all the means 

 in his power, my wish to make such additional 

 remarks as appeared to me to be necessary. 

 Passing the Traverse, a very agreeable view of 

 the settlements of the bay of St. Paul, enclosed 

 within an amphitheatre of very high hills, and 

 the well cultivated Isle aux Coudres at its en- 

 trance, presents itself. Continuing down the 

 river, the next in succession are the islands of 

 Kamourasca, the Pilgrims, Hare Island, and 

 the cluster of small ones near it, named the 

 Brandy Pots; these are reckoned 103 miles 

 from Quebec, and well known as the general 

 rendezvous where the merchant ships collect to 

 sail with convoy. From hence, at no great 

 distance, is Green Island, on which is a light- 

 house, where a light is shewn from sun-set until 

 sun-rise, between the 15th April and the 10th 



