A Voyage to North-America

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The fifth, about four o'clock in the Afternoon, we perceived Land to the South, and twolittle Iflands which are near it: They call them the [flex o'er Serpent a San netter (rattle-snake Iflandr); and it is faid they are to full of them, that they infee'r the Air. We entered into the Strait an Hour before Sun-fer, and we patfed the Night under a very fine Ifland, 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 Ifle of i'st. Claire the' Strait grows wider, and forms a Lake, which has received its Name from the Ifland, or has given its own to it. It: is about fix Leagues long, and, as many wide in fome Places.

The fifth, about four o'clock in the Afternoon, we perceived Land to the South, and twolittle Iflands which are near it: They call them the [flex o'er Serpent a San netter (rattle-snake Iflandr); 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 Ifland, 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 Ifle of i'st. Claire the' Strait grows wider, and forms a Lake, which has received its Name from the Ifland, or has given its own to it. It: is about fix Leagues long, and, as many wide in fome Places.