Extracts from a 'Journal of Travels' in the American interior 1766-1767 by Capt. Jonathan Carver.

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Continent of North America, (vize.) the St. Lawrence, the Mississippi, the River Bourbon, and the River of West, have their Sources in the same neighbourhood, and I find that some of the waters of the three former, are within thirty miles of each other, tho' the latter is much farther west, this shows that those parts are the highest Lands in all the vast Continent of North America, it being in general, [[underline]] as it is Calculated, [[/underline]] esteemed upwards of two thousand miles from the Bay of St. Lawrence East, from the Bay of Mexico south, from Hudson's Bay North, and from the West Bay at the straits of Annian in the Pacific Ocean, West, An instance of the kind in magnitude is not known in any of the other three quarters of the Globe. Naturalists take notice, that wind, in some respects resembles water, by running in Channels, and that the large streams have the wind to blow, either up or down, more commonly, than directly across streams; It is well known that the winds in the Gulph of Mexico, set in hard towards land about Michaelmass, I should not wonder, if in time it is found that those Winds by pressing up the Mississippi River, and meeting the North Winds from Hudsons Bay, are forced down the Current of the Waters of the St. Lawrence on the great Lakes, expand and become more general, and continue their course with such Violence, from the North West, upon the Colonies at certain times of the Year; [[catchword]] but [[/catchword]]