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fonous fnakes, and other dangerous animals 

 and infeds. Thefe deftroy a great part of 

 the youth in Canada, and prevent the 

 people from growing old. By this means, 

 however, they become fuch brave foldiers, 

 and fo inured to fatigue, that none of them 

 fear danger or hardships. Many of them 

 fettle among the Indians far from Canada, 

 marry Indian women, and never come back 

 again. 



The prices of the skins in Canada, in the 

 year 1749, were communicated to me by 

 M. de Couagne, a merchant at Montreal, 

 with whom I lodged. They were as fol- 

 lows : 



Great and middle fized bear skins, 

 coft: five livres. 



Skins of young bears ^ fifty fols. 



-— lynxs, 25 fols. 



— ^ ' — pichoux dufiid, 35 fols. 



— foxes from the fouthern parts, 



35 fo^s. 



■ ' — , — otters, 5 livres. 



• raccoons, 5 livres. 



-~ — martens, 45 fols. 



— — •— — wolf-lynxes *, 4 livres. 



wolves, 40 fols. 



carcajoux, an animal which 



I do not know, 5 livres. 



* Loups cerviers. 



