256 September 1749. 



AT night we lay at a farm-houfe, near 

 a river called Petite Riviere, which falls 

 here into the river St. Lawrence. This 

 place is reckoned fixteen French miles from 

 Quebec, and ten from Trois Rivieres. The 

 tide is ftill considerable here. Here is the 

 laft place where the hills, along the river, 

 confift of black lime-flate ; further on they 

 are compofed merely of earth. 



FIRE-FLIES flew about the woods at 

 night, though not in great numbers ; the 

 French call them Monches a feu. 



THE houfes in this neighbourhood are 

 all made -of wood. The rooms are pretty 

 large. The inner roof refts on two, three, 

 or four, large thick fpars, according to the 

 iize of the room. The chinks are filled 

 with clay, inftead of mofs. The windows 

 are made entirely of paper. The chimney 

 is eredted in the middle of the room ; that 

 part of the room which is oppofite the 

 fire, is the kitchen ; that which is be- 

 hind the chimney, ferves the people to 

 fleep, and receive ftrangers in. Sometimes 

 there is an iron uove behind the chimney. 



September the I3th. NEAR Champ lain* 

 which is a place about five French miles 

 from Trois Rivieres, the fteep hilk near 

 the river cpnfift of a yellow, and .fome- 

 tunes ockre-coloured fandy earth, in which 



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