8 Some New Voyages 



of which mud be grub'd up, before they can make 

 life of a Plough. 'Tis true, this is a troublefom 

 and chargeable task at firft ; but in a Iliort time 

 after they make up their Lofles ; for when the Vir- 

 gin ground is capable of receiving Seed/ it yields an 

 increafe to the rate of an hundred fold. Corn is 

 there fown in May, and reap'd about the middle of 

 September. Inftead of chrefiiing the Sheafs in the Field, 

 they convey em to Barns, where they lie tili the 

 coldeft feafon of the Winter, at which time the* 

 Grain is more eafiiy difengag'd from the Ear. In this 

 Country they likewife fow Peafe, which are much 

 effeem'd in France. All forts of Grain are very 

 cheap here, as well as Butchers Meat and Fowl. 

 The price of Wood is almoft nothings in compan- 

 ion with the charge of its carriage, which after all 

 is very inconfiderable. 



Moft of the Inhabitants are a free fort of People 

 that remcv'd hither from France, and brought with 

 'em but little Money to fet up withal : The reft 

 are thofe who were Soldiers about thirty or forty 

 years ago, at which time the Regiment of Carignan 

 was broke, and they exchanged a Military Poft, 

 for the Trade of Agriculture, Neither the one nor 

 the other pay'd any thing for the grounds they pof- 

 fefs, no more than the Officers of thefe Troops, 

 who niark'd out to themfelves, certain portions ©f 

 unman ur'd and woody Lands ; for this vaft Conti- 

 nent is nothing elfe than one continued Forrefh 

 The Governours General allowed the Officers three? 

 or four Leagues of ground in front, with as much 

 depth as they pleas'd ; and at the fame time the Of- 

 ficers gave the Soldiers as much ground as they 

 pleased, upon the condition of the payment of a 

 Crown per Arpent, by way of Fief. 



After the reform of thefe Troops, feveral Ships 

 were fent hither from France, with- a Cargoe of 

 Women of an ordinary Reputation; under the di- 

 rection, 



