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EngKJh do not ufe half fo much r ugar, as 

 we do in Sweden ; though boti: n^ons 

 have large fugar-plantations in their Weft* 

 Indian poffeflions. They fay no grace before, 

 or after their meals but only crofs them- 

 felves, which is likewife omitted by fome. 

 Immediately after dinner, they drink a dilh 

 of coffee, without cream. Supper is com- 

 monly at feveh o'clock, or between feven 

 and eight at night, and the difhes the fame 

 as at dinner. Pudding and punch is not 

 to be met With here, though the latter is 

 well known. 



Aitgufl the 2^d. IN many places here- 

 abouts they ufe their dogs to fetch water 

 out of the river. I faw two great dogs to 

 day put before a little cart, one before the 

 other. They had neat harnefs, like horfes, 

 and bits in their mouths. In the cart was 

 a barrel. The dogs are directed by a boy, 

 who runs behind the cart, and as foon as 

 they come to the river, they jump in, of 

 their own accord. When the barrel is 

 filled, the dogs draw their burthen up the 

 hill again, to the houfe they belong to. 

 I have frequently feen dogs employed in 

 this manner, during my ftay at Quebec. 

 Sometimes they put but one dog before the 

 water-carts, which are made fmall on pur- 

 pofe. The dogs are not very great, hard- 



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