2 84 September 1749. 



and go to bed as late, as any of the people 

 in the houfe. I have been alTared, that, 

 in general, their fortunes are not confider- 

 able; which are rendered ftill more fcarceby 

 the number of children, and the fmall reve- 

 nues in a houfe. The girls at Montreal 

 are very much difpleafed that thofe at ^e- 

 Bee get hufbands focner than they. The 

 reafon of this is, that many young gentle- 

 men who come over from France with the 

 fhips, are captivated by the ladies at ^le- 

 beCi and marry them j but as thefe gentle- 

 men feldom go up to Montreal, the girls 

 there are not often fo happy as thofe of the 

 former place. 



September the 23d. This morning I 

 went to Saut au Recollet, a place three 

 French miles northward of Montrealy to 

 defcribe the plants and minerals there, and 

 chiefly to collect feeds of various plants. 

 Near the town there are farms on both 

 iides of the road ; but as one advances fur- 

 ther on, the country grows woody, and 

 varies in regard to height. It is generally 

 very ftrongj and there are both pieces of 

 rock-ftone, and a kind of grey lime-ftone. 

 The roads arc bad, and almoft impaffable 

 for chaifes. A little before I arrived at 

 Saiit au Recollety the woods end, and the 

 country is turned into corn-fields, mea- 

 dows, and paflures. 



