6i Auguji 1749. 



tlnent, except among the European fettle- 

 ments, 



Juguft the I ft. The governor-general 

 of Canada commonly refides at ^ebec ; but 

 he frequently goes to Montreal^ and gene- 

 rally fpends the winter there. In fummer 

 he chiefly refides at Quebec, on account of 

 the king's fliips, which arrive there during 

 that feafon, and bring him letters, which 

 he mufi: anfwer ; befides other bufinefs 

 which comes in about that time. During 

 his reiidence in Montreal he lives in the 

 caftle, as it is called, which is a large houfe 

 of (lone, built by governor-general Vau- 

 dreuiiy and ftill belonging to his family, 

 who hire it to the king. The governor- 

 general de la Galiffoniere is faid to like Mont^ 

 real better than !^iebec, and indeed the fi- 

 tuation of the former is by far the mors 

 ageeable one. 



They have in Canada fcarce any other 

 but paper-currency. I hardly ever faw any 

 coin, except French fols, conlifting of brafs, 

 with a very fmail mixture of filver j they 

 were quite thin by conftant circulation, and 

 were valued at a fol and a half. The bills 

 are not printed, but written. Their ori-; 

 gin is as follows. The French king hav- 

 ing found it very dangerous to fend money 



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