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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