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Lake which constitutes the Waters of the River Bourbon, that discharges itself into Hudsons Bay. On the 25th. I returned and came to the Canoe that I left opposite the River St. Pierre, the River being clear of Ice, by reason of its western situations, I found nothing to obstruct my passage, but cold nights; the 28th. I arrived about forty miles to the entrance of a small branch from the north, here, as I found my stone of names pretty well exhausted, I gave to this river my own name, about forty miles farther up, I came to the forcks of [[unclear]] and Red Marble Rivers, that form a junction just before they enter the St. Pierre, The 7th. of December I arrived to the utmost bounds of my travels West, when I found a part of five bands of the Naudowessie Nation, here I resided near seven months. The River St. Pierre, at its junction with the Mississippi, is about a hundred yards wide, and continues that width nearly all the way as far as I went, it has a great depth of Water, and in some places runs with a hard Current, about fifty miles from the mouth are some rapids, and near where I found those bands of Naudowessie are some more rapids. This river flows thro' a most delightful Country, abounds with a spontaneous growth of many, if not a sufficiency, for the necessaries of life, and with a little improvement might arrive to a degree Luxury, having abundance of wild Rice, the shores lined with Plumb trees loaded with fruit, vines, full of Grapes, Apples much larger than the Common Crab, the Meadows covered [[catchword]] with [[/catchword]]
