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families, they were strong and well formed, the daugh- 

 ters lively and handsome. " (1) 



" Quebec in 1690, says Dr. N. E. Dionne, F. R. S. 

 C, had its Governor. The chief of his staff was Philippe 

 Rigaud de Vaudreuil ; the Intendant, a man of distinc- 

 tion, was Bochart de Champigny. The city had a 

 Sovereign Council, a Court of Prtvote, a Court of 

 Admiralty, a Commissary of Marine, an Overseer of 

 Public Roads, a Grand Voyer, two bishops, Jesuits, 

 Friars, Ursulines and Hospitalidres nuns, secular priests, 

 notaries, physicians, bailiffs, architects, and even a 

 public hangman. 



" The administration of New France was carried on 

 by a Council, of which all the members resided in 

 Quebec. It consisted of the Governor, of the Bishop, 

 of the Intendant, of several Councillors, and of a Royal 

 Attorney (Procureur du vol). It was composed of 

 Louis Rouer de Villeray, the friend of the Bishop, an 

 avowed partisan of the Jesuits ; consequently, no friend 

 of the Governor. Other men of mark at the Council 

 Board were Mathieu d'Amours de Chauffour, Nicolas 

 du Pont, Sieur de Neuville, Charles le Gardeur de 

 Tilly and Charles Denis de Vitre." 



Among the leading men at Quebec, in 1690, may be 

 mentioned the King's Attorney-General, F. M. F. Ruette 

 d'Auteuil, Claude de Bermen, Sieur de la Martiniere, 

 judge and lieutenant-civil ; Charles de Monseignat, 



(1) Tout est ici de belle taille, et le plus beau sang du 

 monde dans les deux sexes ; l'esprit enjoue, les manieres 

 douces et polies sont communs a tous ; et la rusticite, soit 

 dans le langage, soit dans les facons, n'est pas meme connue 

 dans les campagnes les plus ecartees. Nulle part ailleurs, on 

 ne parle plus purement notre langage. On ne remarque meme 

 ici aucun accent Charlevoix. 



Vide Colbert's letter to intendant Talon, 20th February, 

 1668, quoted by Parkman, p. 416. — Old Regime. 



