1 82 Augufi 1749. 



this enterview. As foon as the governorr 

 general came in, and was feated in order 

 to fpeak with thenij the Mickmacks fat 

 down on the ground, hke Laplanders^ but 

 the other Indians took chairs. 



There is no printing- prefs in Canada^ 

 tho' there formerly was one : but all books 

 are brought from France, and all the orders 

 made in the country are written, which 

 extends even to the paper-currency. They 

 pretend that the prefs is not yet intro- 

 duced here^ left it fhould be the means of 

 propagating libels againft the government, 

 and religion. But the true reafon feems 

 to ly in the poornefs of the country, as no 

 printer could put oft a fufficient number 

 of books for his fubfifience 5 and another 

 reafon may be, that France may have the 

 profit arifing from the exportation of books 

 hither. 



The meals here are in many refpeds 

 diiTerent from thofe in the Fnglijlo pro- 

 vinces. This perhaps depends upon the 

 difference of cuftom, tafte, and religioHj 

 between the two nations. They eat three 

 meals a day, ijiz, breakfafl, dinner, and 

 fupper. They breakfaft commonly be- 

 tween feven and eight. For the French 

 here rife very early, and the governor- 

 general can be Ipoke to at feven o'clock, 



which 



