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cut a pumpion in four pieces, peal them, 

 and take the feeds out of them. The pulp 

 is put in a pot with boiling water, in which 

 it muft boil from four to fix minutes. It is 

 then put into a cullender, and left in it till 

 the next day, that the water may run off. 

 When it is mixed with cloves, cinnamon, 

 and fome lemon peel, preferved in fyrup, 

 and there muft be an equal quantity of fy- 

 rup and of the pulp. After which it is 

 boiled together, till the fyrup is entirely im- 

 bibed, and the white colour of the pulp is 

 quite loft. 



September the 2oth. THE corn of this 

 year's harveft in Canada^ was reckoned the 

 fineft they had ever had. In the province of 

 New-Torky on the contrary, the crop was 

 very poor. The autumn was very fine this 

 year in Canada. 



September the 22d. THE French in Ca- 

 nada carry on a great trade with the Indians; 

 and though it was formerly the only trade 

 of this extenfive country, yet its inhabi- 

 tants were confiderably enriched by it. At 

 prefent, they have befides the Indian goods, 

 feveral other articles which are exported 

 from hence. The Indians in this neighbour- 

 hood, who go hunting in winter like the 

 other Indians nations, commonly bring their 

 furs and fkins to fale in the neighbouring 



French 



