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Show TRAVELS THROUGH UPPER CAN ADA~ leno-th, and a[,out fix in brc. lth. From its upper end tr> 1 in.oflc51.' at 1 ~ 1 1 we a1·1 · 1 ' w 11<.: 1 p ace < vcu·1 e ·t rly in the cv uin o· , th~ di fLmcc lS filtt.:cn: mih:s. . The kno-th of time required to a[cend the I ivcr St. I ,;\wrencc, from Mot 1,·d t~ Kingfton, is com nonly found to b<; about It:vcn (hy s. JC the \\·ind (boulci be !hong and very favonrable, the !· afT~tgc may l>c pl:rtorm 'll in a lcfs time; but (}wuld it, on the contrary, be advedc> nml blo v very {lrong, th p~t{E ge will be protracted !orne~ ~1at l gc_r; an a 'vcrfe or [wourablc wind, however, fdd m makes a d1flcrcnce o( more than three days in th kngth of the p<l1hge up vards, as in c·:t h c.:dc it is neccffitry to wod tbc bateau ' along by m an or poks for the grc,Hct• part of the way. Tile p:1f1~1ge downwards~·~ Tformed in. two r three. lhys, according to the wind. The curren t rs io il:rotw, that a contrary \:ind. id lom Icngtl ns the paflage in that di~:•..:c io1 1 wre t! an ~l day. . The Miffif11 ppi is the only river in 1:' orth Amcrtca, ~vhicb, for r;ran ... th:ur and comn odiuuli1 I~ of navi ,ration, com in competition with th · St. Lawr nee, or with that river which run from Lake 01 tario to th~ ocean. If, how ·ver, we confider that im ncnfc body of water thnt flow from L ke vVinnip g tbrou:_;h the Lal c of the Vood:s, Ltkc Superi r,. &c. down·to the fa, a one entire flrcat 1, ~u1 I of courfe as a continuation of the St. Lawr nee, it muft be alb ved to be: a v.:.ry fi.tpcrior rivL.r o the MifliOi.ppi in every point of view; and we may certainly confiJcr it as one ilream, wi th as mu~·h rca.fon a.s w' look upon tl at as one rivez;· whi h fiow!> frum Lake Ontari to the fca; for before it meets the oc an it pafi~s throngh four large lal cs, not indeed to be compar~.-d wi h thoic· of <.ric or Superior, in fiz ·, but they ara indepcn :knt bk ·s n Jtwitb ·anding, as much as any of tl c oth rs. The l\1ill1flippi is principally to be admired for the c cnncf: of its current, :11nd the prodigiou len1th of way it is navi a.blc, without any interruption, for bateau. of a v ry hv·go l)LHthcn; but in !nany rdp as it is a 'Cr inferior river to the ... L;tW. rcncc, pmpe1 ly fo called. he MiHiilipp,i- at its mouth is not tweJ.t.yt mil es br .ad, and the navi >ation ·s tJ1crc [o obfl·uetcd by b.u ks or b,u·..,, l .Jt a vdJel d.rawjng mo.rc than twelv feet w.ater cannot af<~:cndit without R I v E R s T I LAw R E N G E. out very imminent da1tgcr., Tht:,Cc bars :1t it· 1 outh or mouths, for it is divided by ll'Vcral ill.mch, arc formed by L rgc q•m11titic · of trct!s th lt cotnc drifting down. from the u-pper country; <llld when nc.; n.oppc<l b ~ny o.b11.tcle, arc qtnc!·ly cemented t< , ther by the muth depolitcd bc..twecn the braiJchc ,by the \~,tt<' t:> of I ri~'Cf', whieh arc u11commonly foLJl and muddy.. .h-c ~h har :Hc··fot ed, or the lcl bar arc cnlnrg d v. '~'Y year, ~ln~ 1t JS fitn:. that un kf'i folllc fh.:p :\rc t.1kcn to prevent the lmlg.ncJHs of th He •s an.w:tJly bt"O l '!•ht .o•vn ,., tll•' tr'rn ot· tl · . Q I •L '- l! 111LIJ1- Ufit!Oll, tl c navi .;atiorJ m yin a f~.-w yc.trs b-: fl:ill mor, obtlru Cl.:d than it is at pref~:nt. 1 t ·i t1ot rious, til. t flllcc the ·ri er w.ts firfl: diicov ' r -cf fcvcr<ll illand .uhi points h .tv been fo rmed near its n uth, and the dif~ [\:rent hanncls k1v ·under. ·m'fC vcP. m t ·i~l ·titcl'·lti ns L 1. tl1e 1· o • ~ • ' ru wor c, as to their courfl:s and d pths. The River St. Lawrcn<.: , however on the conrr~~r., is.no ]cf. han ninety mi ~s wide t it9-mooth; an( it;· navigable for 1htp. of the lme . .)'l fAr as.: uc ... c,-a di!h rt c f ... ur hun red miles i~·om .th~ fca . The ch:mn I ali\ infh:~d of .fi: v.fng · een impair d by ' tllllC,l fo wd to bt: confi er.th ly ttcn1ow tha11 whc'l'\ the river w.t fir(l; difcovcrcd; and then~ i · re.tfon to imagin that it will irnprov ll:ill more in procefs of tin c, as the clear water th·tt flow!r fi-orn Lal:c Ontario comes down with [nell ·mpetuofi.Jy, during the floodc; in the fpring f they ar, as free ncntly to n.:movc l , nb of gr:rvJ-:ltH ], ofc il.onc in the river, ao thu · t dtq en :t; b~ I. The chann ·1 on tl 1 orth fide oftlw ifl.tnd of Orlean , in m c1i·tt 1J bdow ~·be<.~; vh ·c , a c JJi g to the a·ccount of LcP.deCh 1:c n., '"'' ' n :t fur·~i ntlyd•tp in the year 17::.0 o admit a i11allo1 of , fm I •J/.{;, c. Cl pt at tltc time 0 (' hi·>-h r-id s • - 1::> ' JS at prdcnt found t be dee tnvugh ·for t l e l.trgr r vcfl;.Js, , d ib the charm ·I n oil: gencr.tlly 11fcd. The follo ing table fhc vs fo w 1at vdTc · the St. Lawr 'llC<: is navigahlc in dilfcn.: lt phcrs; and a.lo point..: Ollt the various ur:.adtl S of the rhcr f ·om its JU uth upwa ·d ·: ,; v •• |