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natural state, this indeed must be a heavenly 
little spot. 
The depth of the water in the lake is about 
eight feet, in some places more, in others less. 
The water is clear, and as several small 
streams fall into it, to supply what runs off 
by the River St. Charles, it is kept constantly 
in a state of circulation ; but it is not well 
tasted, owing, as is conceived, to the bottom 
being in some parts overgrown with weeds. 
Prodigious numbers of bull frogs, however, 
are found about the shores, which shews that 
springs of good water abound near it, for these 
creatures are never met with but where the 
water is of a good quality. 
At the upper part of the lake we landed, 
and having proceeded for about half a mile 
over some low ground bare of trees, from 
being annually flooded on the dissolution of 
the snow r , w r e struck into the woods. Here 
a road newly cut soon attracted our attention, 
and following the course of it for a mile or 
two, we at last espied through a sudden open¬ 
ing between the trees, the charming little set¬ 
tlement. 
The dwelling house, a neat boarded little 
mansion painted white, together with the of¬ 
fices, were situated on a small eminence; to 
the right, at the bottom of the slope, stood the 
