254 September 1749. 



Perfons above the vulgar, do not refufe to 

 fmoak a pipe now and then. In the north- 

 ern parts of Canada, they generally fmoak 

 tobacco by itfelf; but further upwards, 

 and about Montreal, they take the inner 

 bark of the red Cornelian cherry *, crufh 

 it, and mix it with the tobacco, to make 

 it weaker. People of both fexes, and of 

 all ranks, ufe fnuff very much. Almoft 

 all the tobacco, v^^hich is confumed here, 

 is the produce of the country, and fome 

 people prefer it even to Virginian tobacco : 

 but thofe who pretend to be connoifleurs, 

 reckon the lad kind better than the other. 

 Though many nations imitate the Fr^;?^/? 

 cuftoms ; yet I obferved on the contrary, 

 that the French in Canada in many refpecfts 

 follow the cuftoms of the Indians, with 

 whom they converfe every day. They 

 make ufe of the tobacco-pipes, fhoes, gar- 

 ters, and girdles, of the Indians. They 

 follow the Indian way of making war with 

 exadtnefs ; they mix the fame things with 

 tobacco^ they make ufe of the Indian bark- 

 boats, and row them in the Indian way j 

 they wrap fquare pieces of cloth round 

 their feet, inftead of (lockings, and have 

 adopted many other Indian fafhions. When 



* Cornus /anguine a, Linn. 



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