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And although this paradife of fifh may feem tq 
exhibit a juft reprefentation of the peaceable and 
happy ftate of nature which exifted before the fall, 
yet in reality it is a mere reprefentation ; for the 
nature of the fifh is the fame as if they were in Lake 
George or the river ; but here the water or element 
in which they live and move, is fo perfectly clear 
and tranfparent, it places them all on an equality 
with regard to their ability to injure or efcape 
from one another ; (as all river fifh of prey, or fuch 
as feed upon each other, as well as the unwieldy 
crocodile, take their prey by furprife ; fecreting 
themfelves under covert or in ambufh, until an 
opportunity offers, when they rufh fuddenly upon 
them :) but here is no covert, no ambufh ; here the 
trout freely paffes by the very nofe of the alligator, 
and laughs in his face, and the bream by the trout. 
But what is really furprifing is, that the confpiouf- 
nefs of each other’s fafety, or fome other latent caufe, 
ftiould fo abfolutely alter their conduct, for here is 
not the leaft attempt made to injure or difturb one 
another. 
The fun pairing below the horizon, and night ap- 
proaching, I arcfe from my feat, and proceeding on 
arrived at my camp, kindled my fire, fupped and 
repofed peaceably. Rifmg early, I employed the 
fore part of the day in collecting fpecimens of grow- 
ing roots and feeds. In the afternoon, I left thefe 
Elyfian fprings and the aromatic groves, and brifkly 
defcended the pellucid little river, re-entering the 
great lake. The wind being gentle and fair for 
Mount Royal, I boifted fail, and luccefsfully crofting 
the N. weft bay, about nine miles, came to at 
Rocky Point, the weft cape or promontory, as we 
enter the river defcending towards Mount Royal : 
