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Excerpt from A Voyage to North-America, Vol. 2
The fifth, about four o''clock in the Afternoon, we perceived Land to the South, and twolittle I?ands which are near it: They call them the [?ex o''er Serpent a San netter (rattle-snake I?andr); and it is faid they are to full of them, that they infeé''r the Air. We entered into the Strait an Hour before Sun-fer, and we patfed the Night under a very fine I?and, called l/ze dc?! Boir blane (of Wbite Wood) From ''the Long Point to the Strait, the Co''urfe is near Wet}; from the Entrance of the Strait to the Hle St. Claire, which is five or fix Leagues, and, from thence to Lake Huron, it is a little Eaft by South So that all the Strait, which is thirty-two Leagues long, is between forty-two Degrees twelve or fifteen Minutes, and forty-three and half North Latitude. Above the I?e of i''st. Claire the'' Strait grows wider, and forms a Lake, which has received its Name from the I?and, or has given its own to it. It: is about fix Leagues long, and, as many wide in fome Places.
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The fifth, about four o''clock in the Afternoon, we perceived Land to the South, and twolittle I?ands which are near it: They call them the [?ex o''er Serpent a San netter (rattle-snake I?andr); and it is faid they are to full of them, that they infeé''r the Air. We entered into the Strait an Hour before Sun-fer, and we patfed the Night under a very fine I?and, called l/ze dc?! Boir blane (of Wbite Wood) From ''the Long Point to the Strait, the Co''urfe is near Wet}; from the Entrance of the Strait to the Hle St. Claire, which is five or fix Leagues, and, from thence to Lake Huron, it is a little Eaft by South So that all the Strait, which is thirty-two Leagues long, is between forty-two Degrees twelve or fifteen Minutes, and forty-three and half North Latitude. Above the I?e of i''st. Claire the'' Strait grows wider, and forms a Lake, which has received its Name from the I?and, or has given its own to it. It: is about fix Leagues long, and, as many wide in fome Places.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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