September 1749. 



Perfons above the vulgar, do not refufe to 

 fmoak a pipe now and then. In the north- 

 ern parts of Canada, they generally fmoak 

 tobacco by itfelf; but further upwards, 

 and about Montreal, they take the inner 

 bark of the red Cornelian cherry *, crufh 

 It, and mix it with the tobacco, to make 

 it weaker. People of both fexes, and of 

 all ranks, ufe fnuff very much. Almoft 

 all the tobacco, which is confumed here, 

 is the produce of the country, and fome 

 people prefer it even to Virginian tobacco : 

 but thofe who pretend to be connoifleurs, 

 reckon the laft kind better than the other. 

 THOUGH many nations imitate the French 

 cuftoms -, yet I obferved on the contrary, 

 that the French in Canada in many refped:s 

 follow the cuftoms of the Indians, with 

 whom they converfe every day. They 

 make ufe of the tobacco-pipes, fhoes, gar- 

 ters, and girdles, of the Indians. They 

 follow the Indian way of making war with 

 exactnefs ; they mix the fame things with 

 tobacco; they make ufe of the Indian bark- 

 boats, and row them in the Indian way ; 

 they wrap fquare pieces of cloth round 

 their feet, inftead of ftockings, and have 

 adopted many other Indian fafhions. When 



* Cornus fangziinea. Linn. 



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