Book VI

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The water of Lake George was held in particular veneration by the French catholics of Canada. Of this they formerly made their holy water; which was carried and distributed to the churches thro the province, and probably produced part of the revenues of the clergy. This water is said to have been chosen for the purpose on account of its extreme clearness. The lake was called _Lac du Saint Sacrement_.

No. 40.

_His savage hordes the murderous Johnson leads, Files thro the woods and treads the tangled weeds,_

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