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atvl to th.?' cuth-weft there i'vims mountuias ; in many oth-r sarta there are barren Dlains, lgs, and moraijcs. Its latitude is between fifty two arid fifty-four degrees north, ad it lies nearly fonth-weft of Hudfon's Bay. A? through its northern, fituation tlie weather there is extremely cold, nly a fi r animals are to befoand ia the coun r :hat borders on it. They gave nic fcu: 'm iadiffercnt acceunt either of the be.- U, buds, or fifties. There arc in deed feme buffaloes of a finall fizc, which a-e fat and good about the latter end of the fuinner, with a few rnoofe and carri boo der ; however this deficiency is mae ;'-p by the furs of every fort that are to be met. with in great plenty around the ijake. The timber growing here is chiefly fir, cedar, fpracc, and fome ma ple, j Lake VirnepceV, or as the French write; it Las Cuinipique, which lies near eft tcj the foregoinj, is compofed of the fame waters. It is in length about two hundred miles north and fouth ; its breadth has never been properly afcer tained, but is fuppofed to be about one hundred miles in its wideft parr.. This Like is very full of Mauds ; thefe, how ever are of no great magnitude. Many confulerable rivers empty themfelves into it, which, as yet, are not diftingailhed by any riames. The waters arc fiore J with nth, jfuch as trout aH fturgeon, and al io with others of a frualler kind peculiar to thtfe lakes. I he land on tne loutu weit pare or is is very good,efpecially about theentrance of al large branch of the River Bourbon which flows from the faith-weft. On this; river there is a fadoiy that was built by the French, calkd Fort LaReir.e, to which tht traders from Michilhmacki y.acjrefjrtto trade with ihe Aftmipoils andKilliftinoes. To this place the Ma h;:hs, who inhabit a country two hundred and fifty miles fouth weft, come alio to trade with them, and bring great quan tities of Indian ccrn to exchange for kaives, tomahawks, and other articles. Thefe people are fuppod to dwell on f?me of the branches of the river of iht weft. Lak? Winr.epeekhas ca the norih-csft fotns mountains, -and Civ the eaft many barren plains. The maple or fugar tree grows here in jreat plenty, and there i? lik twit's gathered an amazing quantity rt ricc,vhich proves that jrain iil ilouiiih in thefe northern climates as we'l as in warmer. Buffalo? cariaboo, and raor it der are nu.rr:rous ia thde pairs. The bmTdocs of this country cificr f:em t!f: th it are found mere to the fouth air ia iz: j the j:m:r being much (74-) fWler, juft as the Wack rattle of the northern arts of Great-Britain differ from Engli'h oxen. 1 .i." jmr-rrttttfZ3U9LkSMS& EUROPEAN INTEL LI GEN LONDON, SEPTSEMJEa 2. THE new parliament, when it meets,, will have bufineh 'cr its firft ief fian 6f as mack importance as kas coaie before any parliament for many years paft. The firft bu fin efs they wrll have todhpofe of, .will b tht impeachment they will have the bufmefs ff the Ea& India company 10 go through with, both commercial and territorial ; the Canada eonUitation to form ? the quefticn on the flare trade to get rid of as iafcly as they can ; though laft not leaft, they will have to come before them many impor tant conftdcrations upon the politics of Europe. Tli vigorous preparations made by our government will now foonbe brought into aSion, and fortunate it is that they hae been executed 'with fueh diligence. Vc arc allured that our cabimet will no longer fuffer a tardy negotiation, but a Mow will be immediately . ftruck againft the Spaniard,, previous to a juntfiou: be tween the combined fleets of Fjaneand Spain. The veil is now thrown afide, aad net a moment is to be loft. Faui Jones is in the higheft favour with General Fayette, and is now under a fpelling and reading mafter, in order to make him coirpetent to deliver a fpe-chto tha r.a Lnal affembly, on the fubjeft of liberty uhcontroled by law. We learn from Medina, that on the 31ft cf March, at eight in the corning, the mountain Paei, which covers Sylla, on the eafi fide, fell iito the lea with a horrid craftu The commotion it exciied cafed the waters to verflovr the coun try for two league --, and rife to the top of th? Iiht-hnulc at ylia. Six perfons ' perifhei at Sy-la ; but the fiftiermeri in the Hjjht-hcuf had lim to fave tjiem tclvsrs. It is fuppofed that th?' fea had b-:-en undrrmining iz ever fince the earth- qnak of 1 783, by getting; into the ex cavations t!en Siiade. It is r:ortcJ, that the fo of a prelate in iieianJ, lately cn his travels. in Italy, has brought home an Italian tranftajtien fr;m the Arabian lanuag'cf the part cf Livy which is wanting ''to coraplcre hij hi 'lory. Th.e difcovery th'3 literary trsifiire wou!--! be important indeed, as tlie latter part cf IJvy's hiftory muft be LiSiuIy mcr2 valuable thau :he tlrft, by recorjfinpr to tn the hiRory f an aera f ,11 tbers the ioft imoriant, if truth m this cafe' has mbt been iacrifidd t court adalaticm. J he Arabi trauilticn fif T' ;t has beeii handed about ai .v- 1-T-Tr1 nntrards or two cenSnn??. iu i.miiv- r , ; 1 srid it muft be a ftronj; prof: id 'cri. that can eftablifti its authenticity. ' j.ivt's celebrated hiflory is fuppoied to kaTc concliidtd with the battle of Apum, when" the ftar of Augu?lUs prevailed ; and Livrhimielr diad on the .4th '7 ear of the rtign or uibenus Cceiar. ? A R I S, NATIONAL, ASSEMBL it TUESDAY, AUCJUST 3. j Ar letter vas read from M. Mntri9 rin, minifterof the foreign -itlepaijweat, anwour.cing that the armament ordered by the alfembly was now complete He hinted, however, that this was nt fdffi cient, as the Englifti were proeciag with the utmoft activity and exerticrt in the augmentation of their armaments. The mmifter further obfcVved,. tiat al though the Btitifn cabinet had fh.Jwn ?!:e moft amicalfcle difpofuich towards prsr.re, yetthekiag thought that the dignity, and fecarity of the natioa'requiredthef (Iioaltl equip a force proportiocate to hat oi Great-Briuin.- To this confiderajtica M. dc Montmorin added another,) which was, that the king f Spain at this mo ment called upen them for the flu! foment of the family compach Thus it bthovcA the afFemkly immediately to ddlibtiatc n the prpofcd augmentatin orjthe ar rnamen,, aad on the application msc'.e by.-the ambafla'dor cf the king ci Sp-b, The letter ddreifed to M. Mcntxnori.v by the Spatiiih ambafTador was aft read. It inbfted thai the court o fheutd immediately make to that a precifc and categorical anfwpr, that might p'ace them out of all I d :ubt ; otherv iic the ambaflador gavd notice, that his mafter th kiag of Spain was de termined to feek other alliances.! In his aifwcr to the amkalTadcr, rl. Mor.tmorin iafifted on the necefuty f n offer from the ourt of Spain lb, 'd5- c Britain : Firft, of the reliitiui(n of the veflels ihat.hai been taker, from tlK-rri ; fcondlyj an-inaemr.iScatiqn toj th: ivs j'ircd parties ; thirdly, a .rcpaatirn-ior the injury done to the honour ot th.e Britifn flag. The ambauadbr, ih-rpply, m untsirfd that Spain owed no reparation I to 1 tl' land on that head, as the capturj-d ven'c!s were not. under the efcert r ji re'e-11 of .aay fhip of ihe BriiiCa navv, as.d as itrwarcs Fracc ri 0:v?i
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