.* Montr eat.' 301 



fold for five. They make no cheefe at 

 Montreal; nor is there any to be had, ex- 

 cept what is got from abroad. A water- 

 melon generally cofts five or fix 'Sols'; 'b'ui 

 if of a large fize, from fifteen to twenty^ J 



TH&RE are as yet no manufactures eftaff- 

 Hftied in Canada; probably, heczufe France 

 will not lofe the advantage of felling off its 

 own goods here. However, both the in- 

 habitants of Canada, and the Indians, are 

 very ill off for want of them, in times of 

 war. 



THOSE perfons who want to be married, 

 muft have the confent of their parents. 

 However, the judge may give them leave 

 to marry, if the parents oppofe their union, 

 without any valid reafon. Likewife, if the 

 man be thirty years of age, and the woman 

 twenty-fix, they may marry, without far- 

 ther waiting for their parents confent. 



September the agth. THIS afterncotT't 

 went out of town, to the fouth-weft part of 

 the ifle,ifr orderttf view the country, and 

 the ceconomy of the people, and to colled 

 ieveral feeds. Juft before the town -are fome 

 firre fields, which were formerly culti- 

 vated, but now ferve as paftures. To the 

 north-weft appears the high mountain, 

 which lies weft ward of Montreal, and is 

 very fertile, and covered with fields and 



gardens 



