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Hearing is extremely quick, and their Smelling fo cxquifite, that 

 they fmell Fire a long Time before they can difcover it. On 

 Account of the Exquifitenefs of their Smell, they can't bear the 

 Scent of Mufk, nor any ftrong Smell. They fay alfo, that they 

 like no Odours, but thofe of Eatables. 



Their Apprehenfion is very wonderful : It is enough for them 

 to have been but once in a Place, to have an exa6l Idea of it, 

 which is never effaced. If a Foreft is ever fo large and path- 

 lefs, they crofs it without wandering, when they have well con- 

 iidered certain Marks, by which they guide themfelves. 



The Inhabitants of Acadiay and of the Environs of the Gulf 

 of St, Laurence^ in their Canoes of Bark (to pafs ovtt to Terre de 

 Labrador (New Britain) to feek out the EJkimauXy with whom 

 they were at War) would go thirty or forty Leagues on the 

 main Sea without Compafs, and make the Land exaélly at the 

 Place they propofed. In the moft cloudy Weather they will 

 follow the Sun many Days, without making any Miftake : The 

 befl Clock cannot give us better Information of the Progrefs of 

 the Sun, than they can, only by viewing the Sky ; fo that do 

 what you can to put them out of their Way, 'tis very rare that 

 they lofe their Route. They are born with this Talent : It 

 is not the Fruit of their Obfervations, nor of long Cuftom-: 

 Youth, who never before went out of their Village, travel as fe- 

 curely as thofe who have been moil ufed to range the Country. 

 The Beauty of their Imagination is equal to its Vivacity, and 

 Their Elo u nee appears in all their Difcourfe. They are 



eir oquence, qyj^j- Repartee, and their Speeches are 

 full of Ihining PafTages, that would have been applauded in the 

 public A/Temblies at Rome and Athens. Their Eloquence has 

 fomething in it fo ftrong, fo natural, fo pathetic, that Art cannot 

 attain, and which the Greeks admired in the Barbarians : And 

 though it does not appear to be fupported by A6lion, though 

 they make no Geftures, and do not raife their Voice, we feel that 

 they are thoroughly affeded with what they fay, and their Elo- 

 quence is perfuafive. 



It would be ftrange, that with fuch a fine Imagination, they 

 Their Memor ' ^^^^d not have an excellent Memory. They 

 e^ emory, deftitute of all the Helps wc have in- 



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^/?2^« . Neverthelefs, it is fcarcely credible of how 



many Matters, with what particular Circumftances, and with 

 how much Order, they treat in their Councils. On fomeOcca- 

 fions, however, they ufe little Sticks, to recolleft the Articles 

 they are to difcufs ; and by this they form a Sort of local Me- 

 mory fo certain, that they will fpeak four or five Hours toge- 

 ther, willdifplay twenty Prefents, each of which requires an en- 

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