Between ^'ehec and Trots Rivzeres. 1^5 j 



Near each farm there is a kitchen^ 

 garden, in which onions are moH: abun- 

 dant ; becaufe the French farmers eat their 

 dinners of them with bread, on Fridays and 

 Saturdays, or fafting days. However, I 

 cannot fay, the French are ftrid: obfervers 

 of falling J for feveral of my rowers ate 

 flefh to-day, though it was Friday. The 

 common people in Cajiada may be fmelled 

 when one palTes by them, on account of 

 their frequent ufe of onions. Pumpions 

 are likewife abundant in the farmer's gar- 

 dens. They drefs them in feveral ways, 

 but the mofl common is to cut them 

 through the middle, and place the inlide 

 on the hearth, towards the fire, till it is 

 quite roafied. The pulp is then cut out 

 of the peel, and eaten ; people above the 

 vulgar put fugar to it. Carrots, fallad, 

 French beans, cucumbers, and currant 

 flirubs, are planted in every farmer's little 

 kitchen-garden. 



Every farmer plants a quantity of to- 

 bacco near his houfe, in proportion to the 

 iize of his family. It is likewife very ne- 

 ceffary that they {hould plant tobacco, be- 

 cauie it is fo univerfally fmoaked by the 

 common people. Boys of ten or twelve 

 years of age, run about with the pipe in 

 jheir mouths, as well as the old people. 



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