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ing of this Chappel, they liv'd in a little Hofpital 

 that the Bifliop had order'd to be built for 'em ; 

 and fome of "em continue there ftill. The fourth 

 Church is that of the Urfelines, which has been 

 burn'd down two or three times, and ftill rebuilt to 

 the Advantage. The fifth is that of the Hofpital- 

 Order, who take a particular Care of the Sick 3 

 tho 5 themfelves are poor, and but ill lodg'd. 



The Soveraign Council is held at Que- 



\tcltiln*' bec ' Ir connfts oftwelveCounfeilors of 

 Table. * Caf a y de fpada, who are the fupream 

 Judicature, and decide all Caufes with- 

 out Appeal. The Intendant claims a Right of be- 

 ing Prefident to the Council ; j but in the Juftice- 

 Hall the Governour- General places himfelf fo as to 

 face him, the Judges being fet on both fides of them ; 

 fo that one would think they are both Prefidents. 

 While Monjieur de Frontenac was in Canada, he laugh'd 

 at the pretended Precedency of the Intendants ; 

 nay he ufed the Members of that Aflembly as 

 roughly as Cromwell did the Parliament of Eng- 

 land. At this Court every one pleads his own Caufe, 

 for Solicitors or Barrifters never appear there ; by 

 which means it comes to pafs, that Law-Suits are 

 quickly brought to a Period, without demanding 

 Court Fees or any other Charges from the contend- 

 ing Parties. The Judges, who have but four hun- 

 dred Livers a Year from the King, have a Difpen- 

 fation of not wearing the Robe and the Cap. Be- 

 fides this Tribunal, we have in this Country a Lieu- 

 tenant-General, both Civil and Military, an Attor- 

 ney-General, the Great Provoft, and a Chief Juftice 

 in Eyre. 



The way of travelling in the Winter, whether 

 in Town or Country, is that of Sledges drawn by 

 Horfes ; who are fo infenfible of the Cold, tha£ 

 1 have feen fifty or fixty of ? era in January and Fe- 

 bruary fi and in the Snow up to their Breaft, in the 



midlt 



