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It never entered into my Thoughts to build Gondola's on Lake Champlain, as I well knew that they could not without great Danger If at all, be got into the St Lawrence. Altho' we have very good Ship Carpenters here, Yet none acquainted with the Construction of Gallies. It will therefore be proper to send a few Good Hands from Pennsylvania, as none are to be had in Canada, these ought to be sent immediately. Altho' no Pitch, Tar or Oakham can be sent on until Hudson's River opens, For these Articles shall apply to the New York Convention.ー