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to them ; but moft of thefe habitations were: 

 no more than wretched cottages, no better 

 than thofe in the moft wreched places of 

 Sweden ; with that difference, however, that 

 their inhabitants here were rarely oppref- 

 fed by hunger, and could eat good and 

 pure wheat bread. The huts which they 

 had erected confifted of boards, (landing 

 perpendicularly clofe to each other. The 

 roofs were of wood too. The crevices were 

 flopped up with clay, to keep the room 

 warm. The floor was commonly clay, or 

 a black limeflone, which is common here. 

 The hearth was built of the fame (lone, ex- 

 cept the place were the fire was to ly, 

 which was made of grey fandftones, which 

 for the greatefl part confifl of particles of 

 quartz. In forne hearths, the (lones quite 

 clofe to the fire-place were limeflones; how- 

 ever, I was affured that there was no danger 

 of fire, efpecially if the ftones, which were 

 moft expofed to the heat, were of a large 

 fize. They had no glafs in their windows. 

 July the 8th. THE Galium tin 5^ or him is 

 called Tjfavojaune rouge by the French 

 throughout all Canada^ and abounds in the 

 woods round this place, growing in a moift 

 but fine foil. The roots of this plant are 

 employed by the Indians in dying the quills 

 of the American porcupines red, which they 



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