ore 
of five or fix mo nths, 
ced to the moft fanned 
hon hunger and fatigue. 
one 
t prefent, however, this traflicis.ina great meafure difc 
tinued, as they were ee to expend, 1 in the courfe of their 
journey, that ve mmun 
object.” Such i is the fubleance of the communications of the 
moft intelligent writers upon this interefting fubje&t, oS 
whom were ably qualified to give it elucidation from havin 
had ocular desaaeon of the facts they relate. But no ne 
of them attempt to detail the particular mode of — 
ndians, or the ratio of exchange or bart ween 
rea 
care particularly in voyages, may be 
accounted for thus : die writers ate _pevfon interefted in 
the trade, the lucrative returns eae a ftron 
thin narrate 
Sane ighe -have led 
idea, however, of the 
the manner of effect- 
Fe 
n ccount of the com- 
ans arid the Hudfon’s bay 
..A further elucidation may be found in the follow- 
anes, which, ‘as a maximum y government 
ie the benefit of both parties, though occafionally departed 
from, probably oma a general guidance or regulation 
or the trade. 
In the year 1762 the governor of Nova Scotia, having 
eonciliated the friendfhip of the neighbouring Indians, who 
had been converted to the religion of the French, 
an act was paffed by the provincial legiflature to guard 
againft the interruption of the provincial harmony, - by frau- 
dulent pees in Lele who trade with the Indians ; 3 and 
to oblige all fuch e out licences, and give see 4 a 
their compliance ao the regulation s of the a 
tute moreover eftablifhed a tariff of regulated price S» era 
were fixed as the ftandard of the trading intercourfe between 
the white Lele and the Indians. 
- A. pound of the beft. {pring beaver, valued at 5/. was 
eRablithed as the fixed ftandard, by which all ae goods 
4 Sable or marten fkins To be confidered equiva~ 
6 Mink fkins . lent to of {pring 
rg Mukk ek or mufquath {kins bee 
gl r {kins 
10 Ermine tks J 
41 Large good = ficin equal to 1 ?lb. of fpring beaver 
1 Red fox fkin 
z 
JI Black fox fkin - . - 2 
J ‘Silver fox {kin - 7 - 2 
t Large moofe fkin . I 
1 Large cat fkin, loup fe on Z 
Seal fkins, according to tes from 8d. to 3s. and 4d. 
. Of feathers lb. of {pring beaver. 
a Large blanket - - - 
Rum, per gallon, - Z — 
..Molaffes, per gallon - = 2 — 
golb. Of flour. - - - 1 — 
14lb. OF se - - . es, 
Stroud, per ——— 
And all. rie serchandize i in Pee to thefe rates. 
rom this, and cedin ng ftatements, it ryill + eadily occur 
to the reader, that ae profits of the fur trade are very large, 
May ; 3 fo that matt do aot get to market before the winter 
they are exchanged for furs, which arrive 
a in Calade 3 thity-fix after 
they had been fhipped from Engtand, and twenty-four fub- 
fequent'to their having been forwarded from Montreal. So 
ia from the time the goods have been bartered for furs, 
thefe arrive in London, are fold, and remittances made, 
Confequently, the’ merchant, 
a months -credit, does not receive his 
returns, to pay for thofe goods, and anfwer the neceffary at | 
tendant expences in procuring them, which are about equal 
to the value of: the goods, till two years after they are confi- 
dered ascafh, which renders thisa very heavy bufinefs; the 
profits ought therefore to be at an a the profits of a 
trade where the ‘capital is turned once a year 
“he fur trade to the sae iets is- nearly as valuable as 
their corn trade ; it employs a 
a oat capital. 
w t n r a 
s been pregnant with ftill more gael 
benefits, both to the important objets of {cience and c 
merce ; for the one has had new regions developed . as 
ee by the reiterated exertions to extend the ot ther Thus 
appy difcoveries. S at w ot ranger 
have explored feveral unknown ane and foun 
that vaft continent, till at length they have penetrated to 
the reat weftern acific ocean, and opened a new way of 
and China. It has developed more, 
nce of 4 
unication ie fea, between aad 
on 
WTednp paeeted 
e er-mine river,. 
which by his flatement hes in nearly 72° north snes he 
5 learned 
