Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Samuel de Champlain
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_N_. Seacoast of Port Royal.
_O_. Ranges of mountains. _P_. Island near the river St. Antoine. _Q_. Rocky Brook. [Footnote: Now called Deep Brook.] _R_. Another brook. [Note: Morris River.] _S_. Mill River. [Note: Allen River.] _T_. Small lake. _V_. Place where the savages catch herring in the season. _X_. Trout brook. [Note: Trout Brook is now called Shaefer's Brook, and the first on the west is Thorne's, and the second Scofield's Brook.] _Y_. A lane that Sieur de Champlain had made. * * * * * After having explored this harbor, we set out to advance farther on in Baye Francoise, and see whether we could not find the copper mine, [63] which had been discovered the year before. Heading north-east, and sailing eight or ten leagues along the coast of Port Royal,[64] we crossed a part of the bay Some five or six leagues in extent, when we arrived at a place which we called the Cape of Two Bays;[65] and we passed by an island a league distant therefrom, a league also in circuit, rising up forty or forty-five fathoms. [66] It is wholly surrounded by great rocks, except in one place which is sloping, at the foot of which slope there is a pond of salt water, coming from under a pebbly point, having the form of a spur. The surface of the island is flat, covered with trees, and containing a fine spring of water. In this place is a copper mine. Thence we proceeded to a harbor a league and a half distant, where we supposed the copper mine was, which a certain Prevert of St. Malo had discovered by aid of the savages of the country. This port is in latitude 45 deg. 40', and is dry at low tide. [67] In order to enter it, it is necessary to place beacons, and mark out a |
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