92 Augiijl 1749. 



The fields here are generally Town with 

 wheat, oats, maize, and peafe. Gourds and 

 water-melons are planted in abundance near 

 the farms. 



A Humming bird (Trochilus Colubris) 

 ifew among the bufhes, in a place where 

 we landed to day. The French call it 

 Oijeau mouche^ and fay it is pretty common 

 in Canada y and 1 have ittw it fince feveral 

 times at Quebec. 



About five o'clock in the afternoon we 

 were obliged to take our night's lodgings on 

 ihore, the wind blowing very ftrong againft 

 lis, aod being attended with rain. I found 

 that the nearer we came to ^ebeCt the more 

 Qp^n and free from woods was the country. 

 The place where we paffed the night, is 

 diftant from ^ebec twelve Frenchm\\^%. 



They have a very peculiar method of 

 catching fifh near the (hore here. They 

 place hedges along the fhore, made of twifted 

 oziers, fo clofe that no iiQi can get through 

 them, and from one foot to a yard high, 

 according to the different depth of the 

 water. For this purpofe they choofe fuch 

 places where the water runs off during the 

 ebb, and leaves the hedges quite dry. With- 

 in this inclofure they place feveral weels, 

 or fiih-traps, in the form of cylinders, but 

 broader below. They are placed upright, 



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