. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. , gunner andarmorer, a small prison and a well, and just outside thegate were two bake-houses. The water supply of thefort seems always to have been inadequate. The Sieurdes Goutins, who disliked Villebon, complained that theGovernor kept the water within the fort for the exclusiveuse of his kitchen and his mare, others being obliged touse snow-water, often very dirty. Diereville, who visitedSt. John during his short stay in Acadia, describes thefort as built of earth, with four bastions fraised ( orpicketed )
. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. , gunner andarmorer, a small prison and a well, and just outside thegate were two bake-houses. The water supply of thefort seems always to have been inadequate. The Sieurdes Goutins, who disliked Villebon, complained that theGovernor kept the water within the fort for the exclusiveuse of his kitchen and his mare, others being obliged touse snow-water, often very dirty. Diereville, who visitedSt. John during his short stay in Acadia, describes thefort as built of earth, with four bastions fraised ( orpicketed ) each having six large guns. A new industrywas now coming into existence, namely the shipping ofmasts to France for the Kings navy. Diereville, sailedto France in the Avenant, a good Kings ship, mounting44 guns, which had brought out ammunition and provi-sions for the Fort. This ship took on board a numberof fine masts that fourteen carpenters and mast makershad manufactured at the River St. John. The vesselleft Acadia on the 6th of October and reached France inthirty-three ST. JOHN 125 CHAPTER Vni. French Settlers on the St. John — Seigneuries of the dAmours Brothers —Death of Villebon — Abandonment of Fort Jemseg — River St. JohnDeserted in 1702 owing to War — Louis dArmours Taken Prisonerby the English — Career of Madame Freneuse.
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