D^ripidn- dtlit Ld^ nouvellement decouverte 
, Au (ud Ouzfl dda Nouvelle France ;j«?^r Lovi^ 
i^jiM^'^mg^ isc. A Paris 
^1 'HE Voyage which is here defcribed, was begian 
\ JL wnder the coiidudl of Monfieur de la Salle, at the 
iatter end a^'the^y^^^^ From the ^oxitoiFrontenac^ 
i1i^bt)iit 4); d%r^erN^ bemg- the mbft 
Wefteriy Tl^titdtion' bf the French, !n the River of St. 
Lawrence. It w^s continued ^behind moft of the Ter- 
ritory's of the King of £^/<^w4 upon the Continent of 
America,^ firft thro' the fake oi Frontenac, or Ontorio^ 
beinrgf go/Leaguer' lor^^ diid ajr or Leagues broad ; 
next thr(f theLike 6f Cbi^^^y, or j&r^e ; tlten thro - the Lake 
oiOrteney, ot des Hurons^ laftly thro' the Lake 
or Illinois. Thefe i laft Lakes are neer of an equall com- 
pafs, being about or 1 5o Leagues long, arid 40, of 
joL^agues^yiroad. ^ --At thefurtlier etid of theLake T)au^ 
fhin iyxd^^OMt 57". of Latitude, tlie Voyagers went up a 
River South, till they came to a certain Pafle, of about a 
League and a I over land, leading to the River 
or Segnelay, which, after about 200 Leagues, falls into 
the River Mechacipy, or CoiUert y and tWat, after about 
120, or 1 3 o, Leagues more, runs into the Bay of Mexico. 
ThefeIafti3o Leagues are taken from the Relations of 
others, and were not travelled by our Author 5 butin- 
ftead of that, he makes you amends with f 00 Leagues 
rowed up theRiver Mechacipy,m a Canot,orBrark,againft 
the Stream. What Autl^ority there is for thefe laft Num- 
bers, I cant well fee ; f6rifthe length of the way be in- 
credible, you are like to find no Circumftances to help 
you to corred them ; whether the defign of the Author 
were to take Poffeflion^ of a great Continents or only to 
convert 
