THE LON.G FALL. 
ductor gave the parting order; and in a few 
minutes we found ourselves once more seated 
in our bateau. 
From hence upwards,, for the distance of 
forty miles, the current of the river is extremely 
strong, and numberless rapids are to be en¬ 
countered, which, though not so tremendous to 
appearance as those at the Cascades, and Le 
Coteau du Lac,” are yet both more danger¬ 
ous and more difficult to pass. The great 
danger, however, consists in going down them; 
it arises from the shallowness of the water and 
the great number of sharp rocks, in the midst 
of which the vessels are hurried along with 
such impetuosity, that if they unfortunately get 
into a wrong channel, nothing can save them 
from being dashed to pieces; but so intimately 
are the people usually employed on this river 
acquainted with the different channels, ihat an 
accident of the sort is scarcely ever heard of. 
“ Le Long Saut,” the Long Fall or Rapid* 
situated about thirty miles above Lake St. 
Francis, is the most dangerous of any one in 
the river, and so difficult a matter is it to pass 
it, that it requires no less than six men on shore 
to haul a single bateau against the current. 
There is a third canal with locks at this place, 
in order to avoid a point, which it would be 
wholly impracticable to weather in the ordi¬ 
nary way. These different canals and locks 
