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• The Bluets are certain little Berries, not unlike 

 fmall Cherries, only they are bla£k, and perfe&ly 

 round. The Plant upon which they grow, is as big 

 as a Rasberry-bufh. Thefe Berries ferve for feveral 

 ufes, after they are dry 'd in the Sun, or in an Oven; 

 for then they make Confits of 'em, or put 'em into 

 Pyes, or infufe em in Brandy. The North-Coun- 

 try Savages make a Crop of 'em in the Summer, 

 which affords *em very feafbnable relief, efpecially 

 when their hunting comes fhort. 



A General View of the Commerce of Canada. 



I Come now to give a brief and general account 

 of the Commerce of Canada, which I have al- 

 ready touched upon in my Letters. The Normans 

 were the firft that fet up this trade, and uiinlly they 

 fet out from Havre de Grace, or Dieppe ; but the Ro« 

 cbellers have now worked 'em out ot it, for as much 

 as the Rochel Ships furnilli the Inhabitants of that 

 Continent with the neceffary Commodities. There 

 are likewife fome Ships fent to Canada from Bour- 

 deaux and Bayonne, with Wines, Brandy, Tobacco, 

 and Iron. 



The Ships bou^nd from France to that Country, 

 pay no Cuilom for their Cargo, whether in clear- 

 ing in France, or in their entries at Quebec ; abating 

 for the Brazil Tobacco which pays five Sols a pound-; 

 that is to fay, a Roll of 400 pound weight, pays a 

 hundred Livres by way of Entry, to the Office of 

 the Farmers Genera!. 



Moft of the Ships go laden to Canada, and return 

 light or empty. Some indeed bring home Peafe 

 when they are good cheap in the Colony, and o- 

 thers take in a Cargo of Planks and Boards: Others 

 again go to the Ifland of Cape Breton, and there 



