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beautiful plains and Meadows, with Islands numerous, with a soil of the richest kind, with rich nut Trees, Maple for Sugar, and the shores lined with vines, loaded with the richest Grapes, Plumbs and other Spontaneous fruits, this Lake is about 20 Miles long and about six in width, the water in some places is very deep, it abounds with abundance of Fish, a vast plenty of Fowl frequent the Lake, and the River hereabout, of Storks, Swan, Cormorants, Geese, Ducks of all sorts and Brant; in the Groves of trees are great plenty of Turkies and Partridges, on the the plains are Buffalo of the largest size, I believe of any in America besides, here I found the ruins of a factory, where it was said, Captain St. Piere resided and carried on a very great trade with the Naudowissie bands, before the Conquest of Canada. The 7th. of November proceeded up the Mississippi, and on the 17th. arrived at the great faces of St. Anthony. The Mississippi, as far as the entrance of the St. Croix, thirty miles above Lake Pepin, is very full of Islands, some of which are covered with Maple or Sugar trees, some of these Islands are miles long, and many of the highest trees have vines twining round them loaded with Grapes to the very tops, from the Lake upwards, are few Mountains to be seen, and those but small, the Land in general is very good, about thirty miles below the falls is a remarkable great Cave, the entrance about ten feet ride, the heighth five feet, the Arch within is near fifteen feet high and about thirty feet broad, the bottom is a clean fine sand, within twenty feet from the mouth begins [[catchword]] a [[/catchword]]
