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(- jgo—) cur. countries fpeclSei in this grint are faid to begin Ua miles irom ihc heads of ihc rtTcrt. that run from the c.dl and fouth into Lake George and Lake Champlain, and continuing from thefe in a direft line wcfivvard, extend to the nsid- dle of Lake Ontario ; from tlicncc, being bounded by the Cataraqui, or the river of the Iroquois, they take their ccurfc through Montreal, as far as Furt Sorell, which lies at the jundion af this river with the Richlcati ; and Irom that point are cnclofcd by the lail mentioned liter, til [it returns back to the two lakes. This imenenfe fpacc was granted, by the name of the pruvince of Laconia, to the aforcfald gentlemen, on fpecified con ditions, and under certain penalties ; but none of thefe amounted, in cafe qf omif- fiun In tlie fulfilment of any part of them to forfeiture, a fine only could be cxafl- ed. On account of the continual wars to which thefe parts have been fubjed, from their fituatlon between the fettlcments of the Englilh, the French, and the Indians, this grant has been fuffered to lie dor mant by the real proprietors, Notwith- itantiing winch Icveral towns have been fettled frnce the late war, on the borders ot Lake Champlain, and grants made to different people by the governor of New- York of part of thefe territories, whieh are now become annexed to that pro vince. There are a great number cf lakes on the north of Canada, between l.abrador. Lake Sup«rior, and Hudfor.’s B.ay, but thefe arc comparatively fmall. Ai they lie cut of the track that I purfued, I (hall only give a fummary account of them : the moft wcftcrly of thefe are the lakes Nipifing and Tamifcaming. The firft lies at the head of the French river, and runs into Lake Huron ; the other on the Ottawaw Pciver, which empties itfclf into the Cataraqui. at Montreal,. 'I'hefc lakes are each about one hundred milei in rircuTTiferer.ee. The next ?s Lake Miilaflin, on the head oi Rupert’s River, that falls into James’s Pay. This lake is io irregular,.Irom the Lrge point cf land by which i> is inter- /c»hcd on every ilde. tlvat it is dilEcuTt citiiCT to deferibe its lhape,or toafeertain -t." i:/,.-. It appears on th; whole to be more thr.r. two hundred iT::!es m circum- * Ml • w w • St. Tolin, which Is about ci'.'-htv n.iies roiiuo, a.nu (■! iicncular form, lies en tne i-aguenav i ivcr, dircAly north of tpiebc!.-, and hills into the St Lawrence, : -ntev.};..t north cad orThat chy. I^»kc h‘ivimk-uagc;,e lies n-car the head of die iuack Ivivt;-, wl'icL cu phts iticif into llic h;. Ls;.-ence, icn'.c’.vhat north call cf that city. Lake Manikcuagoiie lie.s r.c.:ir the head cf tbc Black Itiver, which en.p- tics itfclf to the cadward of the lad men tioned river, neat the coail of Labrador, and is about fixty miles in circumferenc*. Lake Pcriibi, l.ike Wincktagau, Lake Etchelaugon, and Lake Papenouagune, with a number of other fmall lakes, lie near the heads of the Buftard River to t.he north of the St. l.awrcncc. Many others, which it is urirecclfary to particu larize here, arc also found bctvirccn the lakes Huron and Ontario. Vhe whole of thole I have enumera ted, amounting to upwardi af twenty, arc within the limits of Canada; and from this account it might be deduced, that the northern pasts of North Ame rica, through thefe numerous inland fcas, contaisi a greater c uautity of wa ter than any other Oi the globe. M ORE 0 F F/ A R! LONDON, OBcber ij, GOVERNMENT are under great ap- prehenfions for Jamaica. It is well known that the fipanlard.s have long had an eye to it, and arc only watching a fa vourable opportunity to re-annex it to \V*(I-India pofTcilions- Th* duke oe Crillon, when encamped before the town of Gibralter, was frequently heard to declare his fentinicnts, that the key of that garrtfon was to be found at Jamai ca ; and if the king of Spain wilked to have Gibralter, he mull firft take Jamai ca, and England would be glad to ex change. With regard to Spam, ft is much to be wondered at, that the indignation and refentment of Europe has not long, ere now, burft forth againft that imperions country. The feelings of man muft be callous indceed, to have fuiTcred the moft fertile and valuable provinces in the world to be fo long fubjeded to her Hern and dcteftable domination. With wha^. indignation ought not every nation to be filled, by the ar.'-ogant claims of a fingle mennrchy pretending to engrefs fuch an extent of empire, and to prthibit every nation in Europe front approaching its ftioicii I Had it not been for its oppref- fions and milmariagenient, what myiiads of new inhabitants muft net have been liouriRiug at this time in thefe cliftant regions; and how mucli would not the enjoyments r t Eur.opc have been encrcaf- c(i byau inter courfc with them? It is iherefrre full time that this tyraisfcal fyftcrn of opprcluon liiould be aboliihed. snd that its rolTnirs jP.-uM ^ ftuue ll :-:- ^ ... / Cnpt. hi: iouii«« . On a lormcr occaf™ cf ,f. hm, naiu.e, a fcclch .aptaia /sp. cuu.fi-by the Spaniards for rjv': gMingintht Bit of Henduras. If;; adrenturc saually ntacie the cav.i.r! captatn’s fortune, a,d ^sa« th. cccLtia of a biOody war with Spain. A^ defefar the Dons The fire flips fopne pxnd naval armament have lur. rrls ^dljupplicj ; there is in each land and three pints cf oil. [ A char praef^r th: ttdvancid ftate of the phUefoph-- JtU eijrhL-essth eetituty.-] V / y ^ The court of France afr«fts to bclifve that the Bcgociaiion between England and hpain will be kept open *KtiI the fpring; but it is fo fully perfuaded that hoftihiics will begin at that epoch, ihit the armament of fiitecn more fl ips ( f the line, lately decreed by ti c af- fcmbly, is immediately to be effc6«d. Bruflcls is become a place of cxrctui. on for the friends of liberty ;• the moit horrid cxcffies are daily ccmir.ittcc v.ith impunity. Very lately feme volu»tcfrs of the ChafTcuis company ruflied iVerd in hand againft a young man of ancihcr company, who had keen wounded in bat tle by the Auftrians, and was tbciefcre unable to dcfcad himfclf, and hacked him to pieces. His allcdgcd crime was that he did not approve the conduct rf the prefent tyrants- Soon after war «j, thefe iiiurdcrcrs feized another yourg man, dragged him to the guard-houle, made him undergo a (ham examinatiow, and condemaedhim to death. Thcfcn- tence w’as immediately executed with eve ry mark of favage barbarity- B«t what appears incredible is, that the execrable priefts would not permit the bodies >hele viaims to be intcircd im the ufual place of burial. A conlidcrable numberof the kirg’s craifers are ordered to form a line aciofs the mouth of the Englifh chainel, in or der to imprefs hands from all Iritiih fhips homeward bonnd Another fqad- ron is appointed to crulfe for tkc fame purpofe about the longitude of Cape Clear, fo shat none may cfcape. , Might not an effer to Cergreft, for a fepply cffcamento ferve ©n bcaid cur fleet, be a fubjeft worthy the conficcra- licn of governmenr ? SVe have cftcit appl.cd to Germany for treepsj and why not to Am circa for Jailcn
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