288 TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AMERICA t 
e LETTER XXL 
Embark on Lake Champlain. — Difficulty of 
procuring Provisions at Farms bordering 
upon it. • — Ticonderoga. — Crown Point .—- 
Great Beauty of the Scenery.—General De¬ 
scription of Lake Champlain and the adja¬ 
cent Country. — Captain Thomas and his 
Indians arrive at Crown Point.'—Character 
of Thomas.—Reach St. John.—Description 
of that Place.—Great Difference observable 
in the Face of the Country, Inhabitants, 8$c. 
in Canada and in the States. — Chambly 
Castle. — Calashes.-—Rons Dieux.— Town of 
La Prarie.—Great Rapidity of the River 
Saint Lawrence. — Cross to Montreal ..— 
Astonishment on seeing large Ships at Mont¬ 
real.—Great Depth of the Rive 
Montreal, July. 
SHORTLY after our arrival in Skenesbo- 
rough, we hired a small boat of about ten 
tons for the purpose of .crossing Lake Cham¬ 
plain. It was our wish to proceed on the 
voyage immediately; but the owner of the 
boat asserting.that it was impossible to go out 
with the wind then blowing, we were for 
three days detained in Skenesborough, a deli¬ 
cious feast for the hungry musquitoes. The . 
