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f hafts 18 or 20 feet long, pointed at the end 
with iron fee the fhape. The 2 fplints of wood 
fpreading each fide, diredts the point into the 
fifh, which at a great depth it would be other- 
Avife difficult to hit. I faw upon one of their 
canoes in the morning a large piece of bark 
fpread a-crofs. On this lay gravel and fand, 
and on thefe coals and afhes, which I fuppofed 
had been a fire, and the gravel placed there 
to fave the bark. And I took it to be a de- 
fign both to allure and fee to ftrike the fifh. 
25 th. Our guide, and feveral 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 Avere much chagrin’d to find 
ourfelves only paddled crofs the water, where 
we unwillingly took out our cloaths, victuals 
and blankets, and carried them on our backs 
following our guides, who were now increafed 
to three. We had 12 miles down the river by 
land, moft of the way middling land, fome 
white pine and fpruce groves to pafs through, 
but moft of the way in fight of the river, 
which is very rapid most of the way to the 
lake. On the point formed by the entrance 
of the river, ftands the fort or trading caftle, 
it is a ftrong ftone houfe, incompaffed with a 
ftone wall near 20 feet high, and 120 paces 
round, built of large fquared ftones ; very cu- 
rious for their foftnefs, I cut my name in it 
with my knife. The town confifts of about 
70 log- 
