From Prairie to Montreal. 5.5 



were to pafs through. They were very 

 defirous of feeing us, becaufe they were in- 

 formed that fome Swedes were to come to 

 town ; people of whom they had heard 

 fomething, but whom they had never feen ; 

 and we were affured by every body, that 

 we were the firft Swedes that ever came to 

 Montreal. As foon as we were landed, the 

 governor of the town fent a captain to me, 

 who defired I would follow him to the 

 governor's houfe, where he introduced me 

 to him. The Baron Lvngueuil was as yet 

 vice-governor, but he daily expected his 

 promotion from France. He received me 

 more civilly and generoufly than I can well 

 defcribe, and (hewed me letters from the 

 governor-general at Quebec, the Marquis 

 de la Galffiniere, which mentioned that he 

 had received orders from the French court 

 to fupply me with whatever I Should want, 

 as I was to travel in this country at the ex- 

 pence of his moft Chriftian majefty. Jn 

 ihort governor Lengueuil loaded me with 

 greater favours than 1 could expect or even 

 imagine, both during my prefent flay and 

 $n my return from Quebec. 



THE difference between the manners and 



cuftoms of the French in Montreai and 



Canada, and thofe of the Englifb in the 



American colonies, is as great as that be- 



D 4 tween. 



