192 Aiigiijl 1749. 



it is not reckoned fo good as the firfl:, and the 

 place it comes from is farther diftant. 



Aiiguji the 26th. They fhewed a green 

 earth, which had been brought to the ge- 

 neral, marquis de la Galijformierc, from the 

 upper parts of Canada. It was a clay^ 

 which cohered very fall together, and was 

 of a green colour throughout, like verdi- 

 greafe.-f- 



All the brooks in Cajtada contain craw- 

 ii{h, of the fame kind with ours. The 

 French are fond of eating them, and fay 

 they are vailly decreafed in number fince 

 they have begun to catch them. 



The common people in the country, 

 feem to be very poor. They have the necef- 

 faries of life, and but little elfe. They 

 are content with meals of dry bread and 

 water, bringing all other provifions, fuch 

 as butter, cheefe, flefh, poultry, eggs, ^c. 

 to town, in order to get money for them, 

 for which they buy clothes and brandy 

 for themfelves, and dreiTes for their wo- 

 men. Notwithftanding their poverty, 

 they are always chearful, and in high 

 fpirits. 



Augujl the 29th. By the defire of the 

 governor-general, marquis de la Jonquiere, 



f It was probably impregnated with particles of copper 

 ore. 



and 



