Settlement which was burneil by the English in the year 1628; near this place is Cape Brule, between which and the Isle aux Coudres is a chan-

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nel of 8. 10. & 12 fathoms of water. Oa the South shore are mud and rocks & on the North, high land &c

7. The Island of Orleans, six leagues long; very beautiful and pleasing on

account of the diversity of timbei', meadows & vines in some parts, with nut-trees. The west end of this island is called Cape Cond'-.

8. Falls of Montmorency, twenty fathoms high; formed by a liiver which

comes from the mountains and empties itself into the River St Lawrence a league & a half below Quebec.

9. St Charles River, which rises in Lake St. Joseph; very beautiful k. agreeable, with meadows at low water; Vessels at high water can go as far as the first Rapid. On this river are built the churches and establishments of the Revd. .Tesuit and Recollet Fathers. Game abounds there in Spring and Fall.

10. Etchemins River, by which the Indians go to Quinebequi, crossing the

country with difficulty on account of Rapids and shallow Water. Sieur Champlain had this discovery made in 1628, and there was found an Indian tribe within 7 days journey of Quebec, called the Abenaqui-oit.

11. Champlain River, near that of Batisquan, north east of Grondines.

12. Indian River. [Trois Pistoles.]

13. Green Island, five or six leagues from Tadoussac.