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circulate Co freely as amongft the FngUjh. 

 The women are perfectly well acquainted 

 with ceconomy; they rile early, go to fleep 

 very late, and are almoft over nice and 

 cleanly, in regard to the floor, which is 

 frequently fcoured feveral times in the 

 week. The fervants in the town are chiefly 

 negroes. Some of the inhabitants wear 

 their own hair, but it is very ftiort, with- 

 out a bag or queue, which are looked 

 upon as the chara&criftics of Frenchmen ; 

 and as I wore my hair in a bag the firli 

 day I came here from Canada, I was fur- 

 rounded with children, who called me 

 Frenchman, and lb me of the boldeft of- 

 fered to pull at my French drefc. 



Their meat, and manner of drefling it, 

 is very different from that of the Englifh, 

 Their breakfafl is tea, commonly without 

 milk. About thirty or forty years ago, 

 tea was unknown to them, and they break- 

 faded either upon bread and butter, or 

 bread and milk. They never put fugar in- 

 to the cup, but tike a fmall bit of it into 

 their mouths whiift they drink. Along 

 with the tea they eat jbread and butter, 

 with dices of hung beef. Coffee is nor 

 ufual here ; they breakfad generally abou- 

 feven. Their dinner is butter- milk, and 

 bread, to which they fometimes add fugar, 



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