propriety Riviere Aux Morts. Two or three leagues above rivière aux Morts is a clear spot on which M^r. Joseph Frobisher is said to have passed a winter, and is called Fort a Mon^s. Frobisher. The first rapid we come to is Le Sault à la Biche about three leagues above Mr. Frobisher's Fort and three leagues long – at low water it is a great obstacle, but at any other time the men push up the canoes with setting Poles.

Near the head of the Sault a la Biche the plains come to the very brink of the river, but in small openings of an acre and a half – but the grass and other weeds are so tall owing to the moistness of the soil, that it is very disagreeable walking. There is always plenty of water from the Sault a la Biche to the Forks computed six leagues. At the Forks the remains of several old Forts are still to be seen; some of which were built as far back as the time of the French Government.

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