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tin. Moft of thefe boys are defigned for 

 priefts : Direftly oppofite this farm, to 

 the eaftward, is the north-eaft point, or 

 the extremity of the ifle of Orleans. 



ALL the gardens in Canada abound with 

 red currant (hrubs, which were at firft 

 brought over from Europe. They grow 

 exceflively well here, and the fhrubs, or 

 buflies, are quite red, being covered all 

 over with the berries. 



THE wild vines* grow pretty plentifully 

 in the woods. In all other parts of Ca- 

 nada they plant them in the gardens, near 

 arbours, and fummer-houfes. The fum- 

 mer-houfes are made entirely of laths, over 

 which the vines climb with their ten- 

 drils, and cover them entirely with their fo- 

 liage, fo as to {belter them entirely from the 

 heat of the fun. They are very refrefhing 

 and cool, in fummer. 



THE ftrong contrary winds obliged us to 

 )y all night at St. 'Joachim. 



Auguft the joth. THIS morning we 

 continued our journey in fpite of the wind, 

 which was very violent againft us. The 

 water in the river begins to get a brackifh 

 tafte, when the tide is higheft, fomewhat 

 below St. Joachim> and the further one 



* Vitis labrufca & vulpina. 



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