292 September 1749. 



pear-trees will not fucceed,becaufe the win- 

 ter is too fevere for them ; and fometimes 

 they are killed by the froft in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Montreal. Plum-trees of fe- 

 veral forts were firft brought over from 

 France, fucceed very well, and withftand 

 the rigours of winter. Three varieties of 

 America walnut-trees grow in the woods ; 

 but the walnut-trees brought over from 

 France die almoft every year down to the 

 very root, bringing forth new fhoots in 

 fpring. Peach-trees cannot well agree with 

 this climate ; a few bear the cold, but, for 

 greater fafety, they are obliged to put ftraw 

 roprid^hem. Chefnut- trees, mulberry-trees, 

 and the like, have never yet been planted in 

 Canada. 



THE whole cultivated part of Canada 

 has been given away by the king to the 

 clergy, and fome noblemen 5 but all the 

 uncultivated parts belong to him, as like- 

 wife the place on which Quebec and Trvis 

 Rivieres are built. The ground on which 

 the town of Montreal -is built, together 

 with the whole ifle of that name, belongs 

 to the priefts of the order of St. '"Sulfticwj, 

 who live at Montreal. -They have given 

 the land in tenure to farmers and others 

 who were willing to fettle on it, in fo m4idh 

 that they have more upon their handset 



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