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LETTER II. 



Dated at the Canton of Beaupre, May 2. 1684, 



Containing a Defcription of the Plantations of 

 Canada, and the manner in which they were firfi 

 formd: As alfo an account of the Tranfporta- 



- tion of Whores from Frapce to that Country j 

 together with a view of its Climate and Soil. 



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AS foon as we landed laft year, Mr. dela Barre 

 lodged our three Companies in fome Cantons 

 or Quarter? in the Neighbourhood of Quebec The 

 Planters call thefe places Cotes, which in France figni- 

 fies no more than the Sea-Goaft; tho* in this Coun- 

 try where the names of Town and Village are un- 

 known., that word is made ufe of to exprefs a Seig- 

 nory or Manour, the Houfes of which lie at the 

 diftance of two or three Paces one from another* 

 and are feated on the brink of the River of St. Lau- 

 rence. In earneft, Sir, the Boors of thofe Manors 

 live with more eafe and conveniency, than an in- 

 finity of the Gentlemen in France. I am out indeed 

 in calling 'em Boors, for that name is as little known 

 here as in Spain ; whether it be that they pay no 

 Taxes, and in joy the liberty of Hunting and Fifh- 

 ing ; or that the eafinefs of their Life, puts 'em up- 

 on a level with the Nobility. The 

 pooreftof them have four f Ar- t An Arteritis a fpot 

 vents of Ground in front, and of ground containing 

 rhjrty or forty in deprh: The 

 whole Country being a continued u m fm long. 

 Forreft of lofty Trees, the (tumps 



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