fixed at the source of the Sagunay where the water takes opposite directions so that my placing it in the beginning of this account of the Country at the Post of Mistassini was erroneous. A light Canoe well manned and well pilotted may perform the Journey from Eastmain to Tadousac in twenty days. We shall now take leave of the Sagunay and steer N.E. along the S^t Lawrence and sea Coast.

On the 21^st of Aug^t, having taken my large Canoe and Crew en passant at Chicoutimy, I left Tadousac early in the morning and arrived the same day in the evening at Portneuf which is fifteen leagues from Tadousac and due north from the Island of Beek. This Place, (six leagues in length from Saut au Mouton to Saut au Cochon, two pretty falls which at some distance appear like linen bleaching,) though in the center of the Kings Domains belongs to private Individuals. It was given by the French to some Guenille Noblesse. The soil is sandy and the Beach level & skirted with small wood. The Post is built upon a high sand Bank with a fine River meandering before it which soon loses herself in the S^t Lawrence. The deceased M^r Peter Stuart resided here with his family while manager of the Posts to which circumstance

Portneuf

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