The Sagunay is the largest and finest River on the Coast. She runs north east one hundred and fifty leagues to Tadousac from Lake Shaganaga or Stony Lake which is but one and a half league in circumference and marks the height of Land between Hudson's Bay and the River S^t Lawrence. At her entrance she is near a league in breadth and though so deep that no bottom has ever been found the passage is dangerous owing to the Current which is remarkably strong running with an irresistible force upon two Reefs of Rocks which project into the River on each side and are visible only at Low water when the current being slack and the danger visible the pilot seizes this favorable moment either to pass into or out of the River. She is navigable for vessels of any Burthen to Chicoutimy to which place the tide rises and whales & porpoises are seen. Her common breadth from Tadousac to Chicoutimy is from one and a half to three miles and soundings sixty fathoms. Beyond this last place as far as Lake S^t John the distance of twenty four leagues the water collects within a narrow channel and passes with such a force and

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