McKenzie, James. Some Account of the King's Posts, the Labrador Coast, and the Island of Anticosti by an Indian Trader Residing there Several Years with a Description of the Natives and the Journal of a trip through those Countries in 1808 by the Same Person. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0017
The Jesuits thought it was owing to the Grass. A he goat not long since wounded the Clerk of Shecoutimy with his horns in the thigh & the Bull another time nearly finished him[.]
The largest River on the S. of Mingan is the Nat[a]squan near half way between Napioshiboo and Masquaro. She is about 2½ miles wide at the Entrance but very Shallow. Two hundred and fifty Tierces of Salmon are taken in Nets out of this River every year by five men. The sand on the east side of the mouth of this River is collected into high hillocks of the shape of a Sugar Loaf or to use a Comparison more familiar at Natasquan we may say they resemble a Montagner Womans Cap.
Exclusive of the rivers already mentioned there are seven more on this Seignory into which the salmon enters and which are pretty Large but would be too tedious to describe here[.]
The 2nd of Septr we left Masquaro on our return to Quebec where we arrived on the 15th the distance two hundred leagues[.]
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