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colour and fpecies, with tht European ones. 

 Otters are faid to be very abundant iii 

 Canada. 



Seal-Jkins are here made ufe of to cover 

 boxes and trunks, and they often make 

 portmantles of them in Canada. The 

 common people had their tobacco-pouches 

 made of the fame ikins. The feals here 

 are entirely the fame with the Swedijh or 

 Fjuropean one, v^hich are grey with black 

 fpots. They are faid to be plentiful in the 

 mouth of the river St. tLaiirence^ below 

 ^ebecy and go up that river as far as its 

 water is fait. They have not been found 

 in any of the great lakes of Canada. The 

 French call them Loiips ?narins. * 



The French, in their colonies, fpend 

 much mere time in prayer and external 

 worfhip, than the Englijh, and Dutch fet- 

 tlers in the BritiJJj colonies. The latter 

 have neither morning nor evening prayer in 

 their fhips and yachts, and no difference is 

 made betu^een Sunday and other days. They 

 never, or very fcldom, fay grace at dinner. 

 On the contrary, the French here have 

 prayers every morning and night on board 

 their fhipping, and on Sundays they 

 pray more than commonly : they regularly 

 fay grace at their meals ; and every one of 

 * Sea Wolves. 



them 



