to Some TSlew Voyages 



a certain Coat of Arms calPd by the 

 |J Horns Greeks || Jtifctra.. The Officers having a 



nicer tafte than the Soldiers, made their 

 Application to the Daughters of the ancient Gen- 

 tlemen of the Country, or thofe of the richer fort , 

 of Inhabitants; for you know that Canada has been 

 poffefs'd by the French above an hundred years. 



In this Country every one lives in a good and a 

 well furnifli'd Houfe ; and moft of the Houfes are of 

 Woodland two Stories high. Their Chimniesare 

 very large, by reafon of the prodigious Fires they 

 make to guard themfelves from the Cold, which is 

 there beyond all meafure, from the Month of De- 

 cember, to that of slpril. During that fpace of 

 time, the River is always frozen over, notwith- 

 ftanding the flowing and ebbing of the Sea ; and 

 the Snow upon the ground, is three or four foot 

 deep ; which is very ftrange in a Country that lies 

 in the Latitude of forty feven Degrees, and fome 

 odd Minutes. Moft People impute the extraordinary 

 Snow to the number of Mountains, with which 

 this vaft Continent is replenifli'd. Whatever is in 

 that matter, I mud take notice of one thing, that 

 feems very ftrange, namely, that the Summer days 

 are longer here than at Paris. The Weather is then 

 fo clear and ferene, that in three Weeks time you 

 fhall not fee a Cloud in the Horizon. I hope to go 

 to Quebec with the firft opportunity ; for I have or- 

 ders to be in a readinefs to imbarque within fifteen 

 days for Monreal, which is the City of this Coun- 

 try, that lies fartheft up towards the Head of the 

 River. 



I am, 

 SIR, 



Your*) &c. 



