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Britain to all North America , both as trior 
difcoverers and prior planters, without a fubfe- 
quent defertion. .. 
The traders from New Tork come hither, 
up the Mohawks river, which difcharges itfelf 
into Uudfons river ;but generally go by land 
from Albany , to Schenectady about 10 miles 
from the Mohawks river, the carriage is but 
3 miles into the river that falls into the 0- 
neido lake, which difcharges itfelf by the Onei do 
river, into the Onondaga river, and brings their 
goods to Ojwego in the manner I have before 
related. 
W e came to the town about i a o’clock, the 
commiffary invited us to the caftle where we 
dined, together with the Do&or and Clerk. 
After dinner we had the fatisfaflion of fwim- 
mingin the la ke Ontario, which is fbme times 
called by our Indians Cadarakin , this is alio 
the name of a french fort upon it, almoft op- 
pofite to Ofwego , N. it has 4 baftions built 
of Hone, and is near half a mile in circumference; 
it Hands where the waters of this lake are al- 
ready formed into the river St. Lawrence, which 
makes a good road for great barks under the 
point of Cadarakin Bay. The famous and 
unfortunate .Mr. De la Sale had two barks 
which remains funk there to this day. 
Thefe lakes are faid to have a kind cf flux 
and reflux peculiar, fince it is affirmed to be fen- 
fiblv ebb and flood ieveral times in a quarter 
of an hour, tho’ it be perfectly fmooth and 
fcarce 
