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to mew a little complaifance to thofe people. Their 

 mufick is indeed very far from being agreeable, a$ 

 leaft, if I may form a judgment of it from what J 

 have heard of it. 



It is however quite another thing at church ; the 

 women particularly having a furprizing foftnefs of 

 voice, and at the fame time a considerable mare of 

 tafte as well as genius for mufick. 



On fuch occafions their harangue or oration is ex- 

 tremely worthy of attention ; they explain, in a few 

 words, and almpft always in a very ingenious man- 

 ner, the occafion of the feflival, which they never 

 fail to afcribe to very generous motives. The 

 praifes of him who is at the expence are not for- 

 gotten, and they fometimes take the opportunity, 

 when certain perfonages, particularly when the Go- 

 vernor°general or Intendant are prefent, to afk a fa- 

 vour, or to reprefent their grievances. The orator 

 pf the Eiuron women faid that day in his harangue 

 fome things fo very extraordinary, that we could 

 not help fufpecling that the interpreter, then Peter 

 Daniel Ricker, the miffionary, had lent him fome of 

 his wit and politenefs but he protefted he had add- 

 ed nothing of his own which we believed, becaufe 

 we knew him to be one of the opened and fin- 

 ^ereft men in the world. 



Before this little journey, I had made fome fmall 

 e;ccurfions in the neighbourhood of this city," but as 

 the ground was every where covered with fnqw to 

 the depth of five or fix feet, I have not thereby been 

 enabled to {peak mi|ch of the nature of the coun- 

 try. Nptwkhrlandingj having before travelled over 

 it 'at all feafons of the year, I can allure you that 

 you very rarely meet any where elfe with a more fer- 



