$2 Auguji 1749. 



behind and ferves him ; but in the townr?, 

 the ladies are more diftinguiftied, and would 

 willingly aflume an equal, if not a fuperior, 

 power to their hufbands. When they go 

 out of doors they wear long doaks, which 

 cover all their other clothes, and are either 

 grey, brown, or blue. The men fome- 

 times make ufe of them, when they are 

 obliged to go into the rain. The women 

 have the advantage of being in a defiabille 

 tinder thefe cloaks, without any body's per- 

 ceiving it. 



We fometimes faw v^ind-mills near the 

 farms. They were generally built of flone, 

 with a roof of boards, which, together with 

 its flyers, could be turned to the wind occa- 

 lionally. 



The brecxdth of the river was not always 

 equal to-day ; in the narroweft place, it 

 w^as about a quarter of an EnghJJj mile 

 broad j in other parts it was near two Efig- 

 life miles. The {hore was fometimes high 

 and fceep, and fom.etimes low, or Hoping. 



At three o'clock this afternoon we paf- 

 fcd by the river, which falls into the river 

 St. Laivrencey and comes from lake Cham- 

 plaiUi in the middle of which latter is a 

 large illand. The yachts which go be- 

 tween Montreal and ^ebec^ go on the 

 fouth-eafi fide of this illand, becaufe it is 



deeper 



