About Sixty Leagues S* West thereof is Montreal on the same side of the River which is regularry fortify'd & Surrounded with a strong stone wall, having Batteries within & a Large Trench round the North, East & West Sides thereof & to the South is the River. )

About Seven Leagues South from Montreal is a Village called Chambley scituated ona River running out of Corlaers Lake which is by the French called Champlain, & emptys it self into the River St. Lawrence at Soreil there is a good Strong Stone Fort at the side of the River at the upper end of a Bason.

The French have also a very Strong Fort to the west of Crown point, at the side & South east end of Corlaer's Lake beforementioned called by the French La pointe au la Chevleures, about Seventy miles to the Northward of our farthest Settlements, built in the year 1736 for a retreat when the French at any time

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should come to disturb or Annoy our Frontiers, either in our

Province or New England. This Fort is scituated on a Rock having a very Strong Cittadel Arch'd with Stone three Storys

high, the wall thereof is about Seven feet thick, it commands the

Entrance into the Lake beforementioned from the Southward & has

four Regular Bastions, to the Southward is a Large plain. They

Likewise by that means Extend their Limitts, having encroached

upon Land belonging to his Majesty.

They have also aStrong Fort at Cadaruchque at the North East End of the Lake Ontario which emptys it self in the River St. Lawrence, made there not only in order to entice the Six Nations of Indians to their Interest & to have an awe over them, but also for a retreat to the French when at any time they should attack or Annoy the Six Nations & likewise to prevent the said Six Nations from going to Canada in time of War.