September 1749. 



they always anfwered in the negative. 

 They fay that the fnow fometimes ftays 

 on the higheft, viz. on fome of thofe be- 

 tween Canada and the Englifh colonies, 

 during a great part of the fummer ; but 

 that it melts as foon as the great heat be- 

 gins. 



EVERY countryman fbws as much flax 

 as he wants for his own ufe. They had 

 already taken it up fome time ago, and 

 Ipread it on the fields, meadows, and 

 paftures,, in order to bleach it. It was very 

 fhort this year in Canada. 



THEY find iron-ore in feveral places 

 hereabouts. Alrnoft a SwediJJi mile from 

 bay St. Paul, up in the country, there is 

 a whole mountain full of iron ore. The 

 country round it is covered with a thick 

 foreft, and has many rivulets of different 

 fizes, which feem to make the erection of 

 iron-works very eaiy here. But the go- 

 vernment having as yet fuffered very much 

 by the iron- works at Trois Rivieres^ no- 

 body ventures to propofe any thin? further 



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to that way. 



September the jth. EARLY this morn- 

 ing we fet out on our return to Quebec* 

 We continued our journey at noon, not- 

 withftanding the heavy rain and thunder 

 we got afterwards. At that time we were 



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