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tiour to be. The entertainment lafted very 

 long, and was as elegant as the occafion 

 required. 



The governor-general, marqnis de la 

 ^onqiilere, was very tall, and at that tiirse 

 fomething above fixty years old. He had 

 fought a defperate naval battle with the 

 JLnglijh in the laft war, but had been obliged 

 to lurrender, the E?2glijh being, as it was told, 

 vaftly fuperior in the number of fhips and 

 men. On this occafion he was wounded 

 by a ball, which entered one fide of his 

 flioulder, and came out at the other. He 

 was very complaifant, but knew how to 

 preferve his dignity, when he diftributed 

 favours. 



Many of the gentlemen, prefent at this 

 entertainment, alferted that the following 

 expedient had been fuccefsfully employed 

 to keep wine, beer, or water, cool during 

 fummer. The wine, or other liquor, is 

 bottled ', the bottles are well corked, hung 

 up into the air, and wrapped in wet clouts. 

 This cools the wine in the bottles, not- 

 withftanding it was quite warm before. 

 After a little while the clouts are again 

 made wet, with the coldefl water that is 

 to be had, and this is always continued. 

 The wine, or other liquor, in the bottles 

 is then always colder, than the water with 



which 



