LAKE CHAMPLAIN, JB9§ 
habits of liis nation, than of one that becomes 
a trader, and assimilates his manners to those 
of the whites. 
Lake Champlain is about one hundred and 
twenty miles in length, and is of various 
breadths: for the first thirty miles, that is, from 
South River to Crown Point, it is in no place 
more than two miles wide; beyond this, for 
the distance of twelve miles, it is five or six 
miles across, but then again it narrows, and 
again at the end of a few miles expands. That 
part called the Broad Lake, because broader 
than any other, commences about twenty-five 
jniles north of Crown Point, and is eighteen 
miles across in the widest part. Here the lake 
is interspersed .with a great number of islands, 
the largest of which, formerly called Grande 
Isle, now South Hero, is fifteen miles in length, 
and, on an average, about four in breadth. 
The soil of this island is fertile, and it is said 
that five hundred people are settled upon it. 
The Broad Lake is nearly fifty miles in length, 
and gradually narrows till it terminates in a 
large river called Chambly, Rich lieu, or So- 
relic, which runs into the St. Lawrence. 
The soundings of Lake Champlain, except 
at the narrow parts at either end, are in general 
very deep; in many places sixty and seventy, 
and in some even one hundred fathoms. In 
proportion to its breadth and depth, the water 
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