Excerpt from New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Vol. 2 of 2 I give of the courfe of the Mefehafipi, and that it is not poflihle I jhould have travelled in [o [hart a time from its M oath to its Source. To thefe I reply, that they are not acquainted with Canous made of Bark of Trees, which are [0 light that one may travel 20, 25, and in cafe of need 30 Leagues in a Day againfl the Stream of a River, whereas by my Account it does not come to Ten in a Day. But if one follows the Stream, as we did from the River of the Illinois to the M oath of the Mefehafipi, the fwiftnefs is [0 great, that I am [are we [pent twice more than was requir'd. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.