140 -Auguft 1749. 



BESIDES the bifliop, there are three kinds 

 of clergymen in Canada; viz. Jefuits, 

 pricfts, and recollets. The Jefuits are, 

 without doubt, the moft confiderable ; 

 therefore they commonly fay here, by way 

 of proverb, that a hatchet is fufficient to 

 fketch out a recollet -, a prieft cannot be 

 made without a chiffel ; but a Jefuit abfo- 

 lutely requires the pencil *; to mew how 

 much one furpafles the others. The Je- 

 fuits are commonly very learned, ftudious, 

 and are very civil and agreeable in com- 

 pany. In their whole deportment there is 

 ibmething pleafing ; it is no wonder there- 

 fore that they captivate the minds of peo- 

 ple* They feldom fpeak of religious mat- 

 ters ; and if it happens, they generally 

 avoid difputes. They are very ready to do 

 any cne a fcrvice ; and when they fee that 

 their affiftance is wanted, they hardly give 

 one time to fpeak of it, falling to work 

 immediately, to bring about what is re- 

 quired of them. Their converfation is 

 very entertaining and learned, fo that one 

 cannot be tired of their company. Among 

 all the Jefuits I have converfed with in 

 Canada, I have not found one who was not 

 poffeffed of thefe qualities in a very emi- 



nenc 



* Pour f MT e un recolet i! fart une bacbette, pour uu prelre 

 <un cifeau, mais pour un Jejuite il faut un pinceau* 



