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enormous stream is also extraordinary. At its 

 discharge, attempts have been made to find the 

 bottom with five hundred fathoms of hne, but 

 without effect ; about two miles higher up, it 

 has been repeatedly sounded from one hundred 

 and thirty to one hundred and forty fathoms ; 

 and from sixty to seventy miles from the St. 

 Lawrence, its depth is found from fifty to 

 sixty fathoms. The course of the river, not- 

 withstanding its magnitude, is very sinuous, 

 owing to many projecting points from each 

 shore. The tide runs about seventy miles up 

 it, and on account of the obstructions occa- 

 sioned by the numerous promontories, the ebb 

 is much later than in the St. Lawrence; in 

 consequence of which, at low water in the 

 latter, the force of the descending stream of 

 the Saguenay is felt for several miles. Just 

 within the mouth of the; river, opposite to Pointe 

 aux Allouettes, is the harbour of Tadousac, 

 which is very well sheltered by the surrounding 

 high lands, and has good anchorage for a great 

 number of vessels of large size, where they may 

 lie in perfect safety. On the northern shore 

 of the St. Lawrence, and at many places on 

 the Saguenay, there are stations for trading 

 with the Indians in peltry, and for carrying 

 on the whale, seal, porpoise, and salmon-fishery ; 

 these are known by the name of King's Posts^ 



