22 o September 1749. 



they always anfwered in the negative. 

 They fay that the Tnow fometimes flays 

 on the highefl, 'viz. on fome of thofe be- 

 tween Canada and the EngHJh colonies, 

 during a great part of the fummer ; but 

 that it melts as foon as the great heat be- 

 gins. 



Every countryman fbws as much flax 

 as he wants for his own ufe. They had 

 already taken it up fome time agOy and 

 Ipread it on the held?, meadows, and 

 paftureSjin order to bleach it. It was very 

 ihoft this year in Canada. 



They find iron -ore in feveral places 

 bereabouts. Almoft a SwediJJj mile from 

 bay St. Paul, up in the country, there is 

 a whole mountain full of iron ore. The 

 country round it is covered with a thick 

 foreft, and has many rivulets of different 

 lizes, which feem to make the ered;ion of 

 iron-works very eafy here. But the go- 

 vernment having as yet fufFered very much 

 by the iron-works at Trois Rivieres^ no- 

 body ventures to propofe any thing further 

 in that way. 



Septe?}2ber the 5th. Early this morn- 

 ing vi'e let out on our return to ^lebec. 

 We continued our journey at noon, not- 

 withilanding the heavy rain and thunder 

 we got afterwards. At that time we were 



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