...does not wind at all ; its two prevailing winds are the north-east and the south-west. This country, so temperate, so fertile, and so beautiful that it may justly be called the earthiy paradise of North America, deserves all the care of the King to keep it up and to attract inhabitants...

...does not wind at all; its two prevailing winds are the northeast and the south-west. This country, so temperate, so fertile, and so beautiful that it...usual vicissitudes of the other posts in which only a mere garrison is placed. I could not send any of our oxen or calves to Prance until after barges...

..."stop treating this country as a mere outpost [and] plant a genuine colony here." Cadillac argued that "this country [is] so temperate, so fertile, and so...be called the earthly paradise of North America," and that it could be a dazzling addition to the Crown's holdings if France would expend some effort...

...met with. There are partridges, hazel-hens, and a stupendous number of turtle-doves — This country, so temperate, so fertile, and so beautiful that it...justly be called the earthly paradise of North America ..." The entire letter can be found in Cadillac's "Account of Detroit," published \R Michigan Pioneer...