Between ^roh Rivieres dnd ^.ehec. g^ 



pearance of the (liores, was the fame as 

 yeflerday ; they were high, pretty deep, and 

 quite perpendicular^ and confided of the 

 black date before defcribed. The country 

 at the top was a plain without eminences, 

 and clofely inhabited along the river, for 

 about the fpace of an E?ig!iJJj mile and a 

 halfin-land. Here are no illands in this 

 part of the river, but feverai dony places, 

 perceptible at low water only, which have 

 feverai times proved fatal to travellers. The 

 breadth of the river varies; in fome parts 

 it was a little more than three quarters ot 2l 

 mile, in others half a mile, and in fome 

 above two miles. The inhabitants made 

 ufe of the fame method of catching eels 

 along the fliores here, as that which i have 

 juft before mentioned. In many places 

 they make ufe of nets made of ofiers inilead 

 of the hedge. 



BaGs {Cimex kSlidarius) abound \nCa?2aaai, 

 and I met with' them in every place where I 

 lodged, both in the towns and country, and 

 the people know of no other remedy for 

 them than patience. 



The Crickets {Grylliis domefiicus) are al fo 

 abundant in Canada, efpecially in the coun- 

 try, where thefc difagrecable guefts lodge 

 in the chimnies \ nor are they uncommon 

 in the towns. They day here both fummer 



ai.d 



