Besides the bifhop, there are three kinds 

 of clergymen in Canada ; viz. Jefuits, 

 pricfts, and recollets. The Jefuits are, 

 without doubt, the moft confiderable ; 

 therefore they commonly fay here, by way 

 of proverb, that a hatchet is fufficient to 

 iketch out a recollet ; a priefl: cannot be 

 made without a chiflel j but a Jefuit abfo- 

 lutely requires the pencil * j to fhew how 

 much one furpafles the others. The Jc^ 

 fuits are commonly very learned, ftudious, 

 and are very civil and agreeable in com- 

 pany. In their whole deportment there is 

 fomething plealing j it is no wonder there- 

 fore that they captivate the minds of peo- 

 ple. They feldom fpeak of religious mat- 

 ters ', and if it happens, they generally 

 avoid disputes. They are very ready to do 

 any one a fervice ; and when they fee that 

 their affiftance is wanted, they hardly give 

 one time to fpeak of it, falling to work 

 immediately, to bring about what is re- 

 quired of them. Their converfation is 

 very entertaining and learned, fo that one 

 cannot be tired of their company. Among 

 all the Jefuits I have converfed with in 

 Cajiada, I have not found one who was not 

 poireffed of thefe qualities in a very emi- 

 nent 



* Pour faire un recclei il faut une bachette, pour un ptetre 

 un cijcauy via:s pour v.n Jejuite tlfaut tm pinceau. 



