92 Augujl 1749. 



THE fields here are generally fown with 

 wheat, oats, maize, and peafe. Gourds and 

 water-melons are planted in abundance near 

 the farms. 



A Humming bird (Trochilus Colubris) 

 flew among the bufhes, in a place where 

 we landed to day. The French call it 

 Oifeau mouche, and fay it is pretty common 

 in Canada; and I have feen it fince feveral 

 times at Qitebec. 



ABOUT five o'clock in the afternoon we 

 were obliged to take pur night's lodgings on 

 fhorc, the wind blowing very ftrong againft 

 us, and being attended with rain. I found 

 that the nearer we came to Quebec, the more 

 open and free from woods was the country. 

 The place where we pafled the night, is 

 diftant from Quebec twelve French miles. 



THEY have a very peculiar method of 

 catching fim near the (hore here. They 

 place hedges along the more, made of twifted 

 oziers, fo clofe that no fi(h can get through 

 them, and from one foot to a yard high, 

 according to the different depth of the 

 water. For this purpofe they choofe fuch 

 places where the water runs off during the 

 ebb, and leaves the hedges quite dry. With- 

 in this inclofure they place feveral weels, 

 or fifh-traps, in the form of cylinders, but 

 broader below. They are placed upright, 



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