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Britain to all North America , both as prior 
difcoverers and prior planters, without a fubfe- 
quent defertion. 
The traders from New York come hither, 
up the Mohawks river, which difcharges itfelf 
into Hudfons river ; but generally go by land 
from Albany , to Schenectady about 20 miles 
from the Mohawks river, the carriage is but 
3 miles into the river that falls into the O- 
netdo lake, which difcharges itfelf by the Oneido 
river, into the Onondago river, and brings their 
goods to Ofwego in the manner I have before 
related. 
We came to the town about 12 o’clock, the 
commiffary invited us to the caftle where we 
dined, together with the Dodtor and Clerk. 
After dinner we had the fatisfadlion of fwim- 
ming in the lake Ontario , which is fome times 
called by our Indians Cadarakin , this is alfo 
the name of a french fort upon it, almoft op- 
pofite to Ofwego , N. It has 4 baftions built 
of ftone, and is near half a mile in circumference ; 
it ftands 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 Cadatakin 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 of flux 
and reflux peculiar, fince it is affirmed to be fen- 
fibly ebb and flood feveral times in a quarter 
of an hour, tho’ it be perfedfly fmooth and 
fcarce 
