Montreal. 75 



fupply themfelves on that day. becaufe it is 

 the only market-day in the whole week. 

 On that day likewife a number of Indians 

 come to town, to fell their goods, and buy 

 others. 



THE declination of the magnetic needle 

 was here ten degrees and thirty-eight mi- 

 nutes, weft. Mr. Gillian^ one of the priefts 

 here, who had a particular tafte for mathe- 

 maticks and aftronomy, had drawn a me- 

 ridian in the garden of the feminary, which 

 he faid he had examined repeatedly by the 

 fun and ftars, and found to be very exad:. 

 I compared my compafs with it, taking 

 care, that no iron was near it, and found 

 its declination juft the fame, as that which 

 I have before mentioned. 



ACCORDING to Monf. Gillian's obferva- 

 tions, the latitude of Montreal is forty- 

 five degrees and twenty-feven minutes. 



MONSR. Pontariori) another prieft, had 

 made thermometrical obfervations in Mont- 

 real, from the beginning of this year 1749. 

 He made ufe of Reaumur 's thermometer, 

 which he placed fometimes in a window 

 half open, and fometimes in one quite 

 open, and accordingly it will feldom mark 

 the greateft decree of cold in the air. How- 

 ever, I fhall give a fhort abftradl of his ob- 

 ligations for the winter months. In Ja- 

 nuary 



