Between Montreal and Tfois Rivieres, ^g 



country being flat throughout, and confifl- 

 ing of pure mould. 



All the farms in Canada fland feparate 

 from each other, fo that each farmer has 

 his pofleflions entirely diftind: from thofe 

 of his neighbour. Each church, it is true, 

 has a little village near it j but that con- 

 fifts chiefly of the parfonage, a fchool for 

 the boys and girls of the place, and of the 

 houfes of tradefmen, but rarely of farm- 

 houfesj and if that was the cafe, yet their 

 fields were feparated. The farm-houfes 

 hereabouts are generally built all along the 

 fifing banks of the river, either clofe to the 

 water or at fome diflance from it, and about 

 three or four arpeits from each other. To 

 fome farms are annexed fmall orchards; but 

 they are in general without them; how- 

 ever, almoft every farmer has a kitchen- 

 garden. 



I HAVE been told by all thofe who have 

 made journies to the fouthern parts of Cana- 

 da, and to the river MiJJifippi, that the 

 woods there abound with peach-trees, 

 which bear excellent fruit, and that the 

 Indians of thofe parts fay, that thofe trees 

 have been there fince times immemorial. 



The farm-houfes are generally built of 

 ftone, but fometimes of timber, and have 

 three or four rooms. The windows are 



feldom 



