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leagues in a straight line. The Savages take five
days to go up by this route, because of the currents
and falls which they encounter ; but they need only
two long days' journey [75] for the descent, being
aided by the swiftness of the current.
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From lake Piouakouami one must proceed to
another lake named Outakouami; the distance between
the two, according to the Savages' account, is
the same as that between Kebec and Montreal, that
is, sixty leagues, which they accomplish in ten days
going up and in five coming down.
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The distance from lake Outakouami to the sea
is, as I infer from their reports, about sixty leagues.
They take five days for this journey, which is
slightly descending, by way of a large Bay or inlet
which is on the
the North.
same meridian as this lake, toward
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On the left side of lake Outakouami, as you go
toward the West, a river, flowing from the inland
region, or rather from the forests with which this
country is completely covered, empties into this lake.
The Savages say that, on ascending this stream, one
comes to the river Metaberoutin, which we call the
Three Rivers, about three days' journey beyond a lake
called by them Ouapichiouanon ; and thence one
proceeds to the Bay of the people named Kilistinons,
[76] who are on the North sea.
" The second route to this sea is by way of the
Three Rivers, going
toward the Northwest. One
goes from Three Rivers to the lake called Ouapichiouanon,
about a hundred and fifty leagues from
where the Three Rivers empty into the St. Law-
rence. Coming down, the Savages make this jour-
ney in seven days.