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fold for five. They make no cheefe nt 

 Montreal', nor Is there any to be had, ex- 

 cept what is got from abroad. A water- 

 melon generally cofts five or fix Sols-, but 

 if of a large fize, from fifteen to twenty. 



There are as yet no manufactures eftab- 

 lifhed in Canada ; probably, becaule France 

 will not lofe the advantage of felling off its 

 own goods here. However, both the in- 

 habitants of Canada, and the hid tans, are 

 very ill off for want of them, in tim.es of 

 war. 



Those perfons who want to be married, 

 muft have the confent of their parents. 

 However, the judge may give them leave 

 to marry, if the parents oppofe their union, 

 without any valid reafcn. Likevvife, if the 

 man be thirty years of age, and the woman 

 twenty-fix, they may marry, without far- 

 ther waiting for their parents confent. 



September the 29th. This afternoon I 

 went out of town, to the fouth-wefi: part of 

 the ille, in order to view the country, and 

 the oeconomy of the people, and to colled 

 leveral feeds. Jufi: before the tovv'n are fome 

 fine fields, which were formerly culti- 

 vated, but now ferve as paftures. To the 

 north-weft appears the high mountain, 

 which lies weftward of Montreal and is 

 very fertile, and covered with fields and 



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