29-2 September 174^. 



pear-trees will not fucceedjbecaufe the win- 

 ter is too fevere for them ; and fometimes 

 they are killed by the froft in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Montreal. Plum-trees of fe- 

 veral forts were firft brought over from 

 France, fucceed very well, and withftand 

 the rigours of winter. Three varieties of 

 America walnut-trees grow in the woods ; 

 but the walnut-trees brought over from 

 France die almoft every year down to the 

 very root, bringing forth new fhoots in 

 fpring. Peach-trees cannot well agree with 

 this climate ; a few bear the cold, but, for 

 greater fafety, they are obliged to put flraw 

 round them. Chefnut- trees, mulberry-trees, 

 and the like, have never yet been planted in 

 Canada. 



The whole cultivated part of Canada 

 has been given away by the king to the 

 clergy, and fome noblemen -, but all the 

 uncultivated parts belong to him, as like- 

 wife the place on which ^lebec and Trois 

 Rivieres are built. The ground on which 

 the town of Montreal is built, together 

 with the whole ille of that name, belongs 

 to the priefls of the order of St. Sidpiciu&y 

 who live at Montreal. They have given 

 the land in tenure to farmers and others 

 who were willing to fettle on it, in fo much 

 that they have more upon their hands at 



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