6 July. 1749. 



ing the gathered feeds and roots, is pre- 

 fcribed, fo that they may grow, and be 

 icrit to Paris. Specimen? of all kinds of 

 minerals are required \ and all the places in 

 the French fettlements are mentioned, 

 where any ufeful or remarkable ftone, 

 earth, or ore has been found. There is 

 likewife a manner of making obfervations 

 and collections of curiofities in the animal 

 kingdom. To thefe requefts it is added, to 

 enquire and get information, in every pof- 

 lible manner, to what purpofe and in what 

 manner the Indians employ certain plants 

 and other productions of nature, as medi- 

 cines, or in any other cafe. This ufeful 

 paper was drawn up by order of the 

 marquis la Galiffonmere, by Mr. Gaultier 9 

 the royal phyfician at Quebec, and after- 

 wards correded and improved by the 

 marquis's own hand. He had feveral copies 

 made of it, which he fent to all the officers 

 in the forts, and likewife to other learned 

 men who travelled in the country. At the 

 end of the writing is an injunction to the 

 officers, to let the governor-general know, 

 which of the common foldiers had ufed the 

 greateft diligence in the difcovery and collec- 

 tion of plants and other natural curiofities, 

 that hemight be able to promote them, when 

 an opportunity occurred, to places adapted 



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