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"we might raise a most excellent sort of it"

Proceeding to the south by the river
Huakiki which falls into the Ilionois he
observes that "at about fifty leagues from
"the source the country becomes beautifall con=
"=sisting of unbounded meadows where buffaloes
"are to be seen grazing in herds of two or
"three hundred Where the Huakiki Joins
"the Illinois the latter becomes a fine river
"it does not yeild in largness to any of
"our rivers in France and I can asure you
"it is not possible to behold a finer and a
"better country than this which it waters

"Before we come to Lake Pimeteouy we
"crossed a charming country and at the end of
"that lake came to a village of the Ilionois
"than which nothing can be more delightfull

than