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and go to bed as late, as any of the people 

 in the houfe. I have been affured, that, 

 in general, their fortunes are not confider- 

 able; which are rendered ftill more fcarceby 

 the number of children, and the fmall reve- 

 nues in a houfe. The girls at Montreal 

 are very much difpleafed that thofe at Que- 

 bec get hufbands fooner than they. The 

 reafon of this is, that many young gentle- 

 men who come over from France with the 

 fhips, are captivated by the ladies at Que- 

 bec, and marry them ; but as thefe gentle- 

 men feldom go up to Montreal, the girls 

 there are not often fo happy as thofe of the 

 former place. 



September the 2%d. THIS morning I 

 went to Saut au Reco//ef, a place three 

 French miles northward of Montreal^ to 

 defcribe the plants and minerals there, and 

 chiefly to collect feeds of various plants, 

 Near the town there are farms on both 

 fides of the road ; but as one advances fur- 

 ther on, the country grows woody, and 

 varies in regard to height. It is generally 

 very ftrongj and there are both pieces of 

 rock-ftone, and a kind of grey lime-ftone* 

 The roads are bad, and almoft impaffable 

 for -chaifes. A little before I arrived at 

 Saut an Re collet, the woods end, and the 

 country is turned into corn-fields, mear 

 dows, and paftures. 



