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light into a Ttt& of land for God knowes 
how many miles full of ddfcs and dingles^ 
and dangerous precipices, Rocks and inex* 
tricabk difficulties which did juftly daunt, 
yea quite deter him from endeavouring to 
pafs any further : many fuch like places are 
to be met with in New -England* 
The ponds or lakes in this province arc 
very large and many, out of which the great 
Rivers have their original i we read of the 
lake Balfena that is thirty milc^ about, here 
are that come very near to it, ftored with all 
forts of freih water fifh and if you will 
believe report, in one of them hugefiflies 
like Whales arc to be feen, and feme of 
them have fair Iflandsin them.Twelve mile 
from Cafco-hayy and paffable for men and 
horfcs, is a lake called by the Indians 
Sibug^ on the brink thereof at one end is the 
famous Rock (hap'd like a Moofe-Vecre or 
Helhy Diaphanous,and called the Moofc-KocJ^ 
Here are found ftones like Cryftal , arid. 
Lapis SpecularU or Mufcovia glafs both white 
and purple. 
On the Eaft-lide of Blacl^^poim Kivct 
upon a plain, clofc t© the Sea-bank is a 
pond two mile in compafs, iifiiit produceth, 
but thofe very fmall and black, and a num- 
ber of Frogs and Snakes , s^nd much fre- 
quent- 
