to them ', but mofl: of thefe habitations were 

 no more than wretched cottages, no better 

 than thofe in the mod wreched places of 

 Sivederr, with that difference, however, that 

 their inhabitants here were rarely oppref- 

 fed by hunger, and could eat good and 

 pure wheat bread. The huts which they 

 had ere(fled confifled of boards, llanding 

 perpendicularly clofe to each other. The 

 roofs were of wood too. The crevices were 

 flopped up with clay, to keep the room 

 warm. The floor was commonly clay, or 

 a black limefl:one, which is common here. 

 The hearth vvas built of the fame ftone, ex- 

 cept the place were the fire was to ]y, 

 which was made of grey fandftones, which 

 for the greateft part confifl of particles of 

 quartz. In foaie hearths, the ftones quite 

 clofe to the fire-place werelimeftonesj how- 

 ever, I was affured that there was no danger 

 of fire, efpecialiy if the fiones, which were 

 mod expofed to the heat, were of a large 

 fize. They had no glafs in their windows. 

 July the 8 th. The Galium tinBorlum is 

 called Tifavojatme rouge by the French 

 throughout all Canada^ and abounds in the 

 woods round this place, growing in a moid 

 but fine foil. The roots of this plant are 

 employed by the Indians in dying the quills 

 Qi l\iQ A??i erica?! porcupines red, which they 



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