CHARACTER 



OF THE CANADIAN VOYAGERS. 



Like their ancestors the French, the Cana- 

 dian Voyagers possess lively and fickle disposi- 

 tions ; and they are rarely subject to depres- 

 sion of spirits, of long continuance, even when 

 in circumstances the most adverse. Although 

 what they consider good eating and drinking 

 constitutes their chief good, yet, when necessi- 

 ty compels them to it, they submit to great 

 privation and hardship, not only without com- 

 plaining, but even with cheerfulness and gai- 

 ety. They are very talkative, and extreme- 

 ly thoughtless, and make many resolutions, 

 which are almost as soon broken as formed. 

 They never think of providing for future wants ; 

 and seldom lay up any part of their earnings, 

 to serve them in a day of sickness, or in the 



