Mingan now stands was formerly overflowed by the sea which by raising those mounds in the course of time forced itself within its present compass and it is not improbable but the Islands at some future period may in like manner become a part of the main Land the intermediate space being now very shoal. The wood about Minigan is the same as has been described at Seven Islands. Salmon & trout are taken in the river and seals shot in the harbour before the House. Minigan Island is a mile in circumference low & covered with grass lies three leagues above the Post and one from the shore[.] The Post stood here in the time of the French who had it fortified. A chimney and a well are however now the only marks remaining to prove the existence of such a place[.] Near to Mingan Island is a small rocky Island – it is called Ile de Perroquets from the vast number of these Birds hatching on it and it is remarkable from the sides of it appearing from a distance like the walls of a Garrison with the different kinds of Birds arranged round the edge in the utmost order like so many troops to defend it.

The Great River S^t John which divides the Quebec from the Newfoundland District and where the coast of Labrador commences falls

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