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IE remained two days at Cape Chatte guests 

 of Mr. Antoine Labrie, and early on the 

 third morning, everything being ready, we start- 

 ed with four of the best horses that could be pro- 

 cured. Just before leaving the village, one of 

 the drivers asked me if I did not think it would be 

 prudent, in case of necessity, to get a bottle of 

 brandy. I answered that personally I did not 

 require any, but that if others thought it neces- 

 sary he might buy a bottle, for which I handed 

 him $1.25. Then he remarked that he could not 

 procure it unless he was sick, but that as I was a 

 stranger and had a sick brother, the Cure would 

 give me the necessary certificate. As we had to 

 pass the good Cure's door, I called on him and 

 was given a slip of paper initialed and marked 

 broadly with a paint brush in red, and with this 

 document my driver was given the desired art- 

 icle at the medical depot. It was surprising to 

 see how chilled the drivers became, two or three 

 times that day, driving against a strong westerly 

 wind. It took us three hours and a half to reach 

 Capucins, a small settlement ten miles west of 

 Cape Chatte, where we had lunch and gave the 

 horses a rest, and in the evening we reached 

 Mechins, making a total of twenty-five miles for 



