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fnafts 1 8 or a o feet long, pointed at the end 
with iron fee the Ihape. The i fplints of wood 
fpreading each fide, directs the point into the 
filh, which at a great depth it would be other- 
wife difficult to hit. I law upon one of their 
canoes in the morning a large piece of bark 
Ipread a-crofs. On this lay gravel and fand, 
and on thefe coals and allies, which I luppoled 
had been a fire, and the gravel placed there 
to lave the bark. And I took it to be a de- 
fign both to allure and lee to ftrike the fiffi. 
25th. Our guide, and leveral other Indians , 
lead us to the canoes belonging to the town, 
into one of which we got full of hopes of go- 
ing by water, but were much chagrin’d to find 
ourfelves only paddled crols the water, where 
we unwillingly took out our cloaths, victuals 
and blankets, and carried them on our backs 
following our guides, who were now increaled 
to three. We had 1 2 miles down the river by 
land, ' molt of the way middling land, fome 
white pine and fpruce groves to pals through, 
but moft of the way in fight of the river, 
which is very rapid moft of the way to the 
lake. On the point formed by the entrance 
of the river. Hands the fort or trading caftlc, 
it is a ftrong ftone houfe, incompaffed with a 
ftone wall near 20 feet high, and 1 20 paces 
round, built of large lquared ftones; very cu- 
rious for their loftneft, I cut my name in it 
with my knife. The town confifts of about 
70 log- 
