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rage4 at it, th^t they do not take the leaft Repofe, till they have 

 their Revengé. 



In gener^ one may fay, that the Fathers and Mothers negleél 

 In ^hat their ^^^^^"S infpire their Children with cer- 

 ■nj^ y rn^ tîlin Principles of Honour, which they pre- 

 Educauon conftfts. ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^-^^^^ ^j^.^j^ the/often 



make a bad Application ; and in this their whole Education con- 

 lifts. When they give them Inftrudions on this Head, it is al- 

 ways in an indirect Way ; the moft common is to relate to them 

 the brave Adlions of their Anceftors, or of their Countrymen. 

 Thefe young People are fired at thefe Stories, and are never eafy 

 till they find an Opportunity of imitating the Examples they 

 have made them admire. Sometimes, to correal them for their 

 Faults, they ufe Prayers and Tears, but never Menaces. They 

 would make no Impreffion on Spirits, prepofTe/Fed with an Opi- 

 nion that no Perfon has a Right to ufe Compullion. 



A Mother, who fees her Daughter behave ill, falls a crying : On 

 the Daughter's afking the Caufe, fhe is fatisfied with faying, Tou 

 difgrace me. It feldom happens that this Way of reproving is not 

 effectual : Neverthelefs, fince they have converfed more with the 

 Frenchy fome of them begin to chaftife their Childi*en ; but this 

 is fcarcely amongft any but the Chriftiansy or thofe that are fettled 

 in the Colony. Generally the greateft Punifhment they ufe to 

 correal their Children, is to throw a little Water in their Faces. 

 The Children are much affeéled by it, and by every Thing that 

 favours of Reproof ; the Caufe of which is, that Refentment is 

 their ftrongeft PalTion^ even at that Age. 



We have known fpme Girls hang themfelves, for having only 

 Of thePafJîons ^^^^^^ed a flight Reprimand from their Mo- 

 of the Sa^a eT^ thers, or a few Drops of Water in their 

 Of adages. Faces ; and who have given Notice of it, by 

 faying, Tou Jhall lofe your Daughter. The greateft Misfortune is, 

 that it is not to Virtue that they exhort thefe young People ; or, 

 which is the fame Thing, that they do not always give them 

 tfue Notions of Virtue. In Reality, they recommend nothing 

 to them fo much as Revenge, and 'tis this of which they ihew 

 them the moft frequent Examples. 



One would exped, Madam, that a Childhood fo badly difci- 

 plined, fliouldbe followed by a Youth of Turbulence and Cor- 

 ruption Î But on one Hand, the Savages are naturally calm, and 

 early Mafters of themfelves ; Reafon alfo guides them rather 

 more than other Men : And on the other Hand, their Conftitta- 

 tion, efpecially in the Northern Countries, does not incline them 

 to Debauchery ; yet we find fome Cuftoms among ti^, in 

 which Chaftity is entirely difregarded ; but it appears that thi^ 



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