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at ^^ehec, but feldom go to Montreal The 

 ladies of this laft place are accufed by the 

 Fre?ich of partaking too much of the pride 

 of the Indians, and of being much want- 

 ing in French good breeding. What I 

 have mentioned above of their dreffing 

 their head too affiduoully, is the cafe with 

 all the ladies throughout Cafiada. Their 

 hair is always curled, even when they are 

 at home in a dirty jacket, and fliort coarfe 

 petticoat, that does not reach to the mid- 

 dle of their legs. On thofe days when 

 they pay or receive vifits, they drefs fogayly, 

 that one is almoll: induced to think their 

 parents poilefled the greatefl: dignities in 

 the ftate. The Frenchmen^ who confidered 

 things in their true light, complained very 

 much that a great part of the ladies in Ca- 

 nada had got into the pernicious cuftom of 

 taking too much care of their drefs, and 

 fquandering all their fortunes, and more, 

 upon it, inftead of fparing fomething for 

 future times. They are no lefs attentive 

 to have the newefl fa(hions ; and they laugh 

 at each other, when they are not dreffed to 

 tach other's fancy. But what they get as 

 new falhions, are grown old, and laid afidc 

 in France ; for the fhips coming but once 

 every year from thence, the people in Ca- 

 nada conlider that as the new falhion for 



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