Me rapids. 
lake the water of the two rivers may be plainly 
distinguished from each other. 
The Rapids immediately at the mouth of the 
south-west branch of the St. Lawrence are 
called “ Les Cascades/' or, " Le Saut de 
Troti.” In laden bateaux it is no arduous 
task to shoot down them, but it is impossible 
to mount against the stream even in such as 
are empty. In order to avoid the laborious 
task therefore of carrying them along the shore 
past the rapids, as used formerly to be done, a 
canal with a double lock has been made here 
at a great expence. This canal extends but a 
very little way, not more than fifty yards per¬ 
haps. Beyond this there is a succession of 
other rapids, the first of which, called Le 
rf Saut de Buisson” on account of the closeness 
of the woods along the shores on each side, 
is so strong, that in order to pass it, it is ne- 
cessaryto lighten the bateaux very considerably. 
If the cargoes are large, they are wholly taken 
out at once, and sent forward in carts to the 
distance of a mile and a half, past all the rapids. 
The men are always obliged here to get out 
of the bateaux, and haul them along with 
ropes, it being wholly impracticable to coun¬ 
teract the force of the current by means of 
poles alone. 
The passage of these rapids is so very tedious*' 
that we here quitted the bateaux, took our 
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