to Nbrf&- America. %6? 



* judgment that is left me, will ferve to comfort 

 ' me upon the lofs of her, and to teach me to re- 

 € pent of having defir'd to make her as unhappy as 

 € my felf. This Difcourfe furpris'd the Biftiop, the 

 Governour, the Intendant, and in general, all the 

 other Married Officers, who defir'd nothing more 

 than that he fhould be catch'd in the noofe as well 

 as they; fo true it is, that Solamen tniferis focios ha- 

 buijfe Moris. As they were far from expecting any 

 fuch retra&ation ; fo the poor reformed Captain fuf- 

 fer'd for't ; for fome time after Mr. de Frontenac did 

 him a piece of Injuftice, in beftowing a vacant 

 Compapy over his Head, upon Madam de Vonchar* 

 trains Nephew, notwithftanding that the Court had 

 fent orders on his behalf ; and this oblig'd him to 

 go for France along with me in the year 1692. 



To refume the thread of my Difcourfe : You muft 

 know that the Canadefe or Creoles, are a robuR braw- 

 ny well made People ; they are ftrong, vigorous, 

 a6tive, brave and indefatigable; in a word, they 

 want nothing but the knowledge of polite Letters. 

 They are prefumptuous, and very full of them- 

 felves ; they value themfeives beyond all the Nations 

 of the Earth, and, which is to be regrated, they 

 have not that veneration for their Parents that is 

 due. Their Complexion is wonderfully pretty. The 

 Women are generally handfom ; few of them are 

 brown, but many of 'em are at once wife and lazy. 

 They love Luxury to the laft degree, and ftrive to 

 out-do one another in catching Husbands in the 

 trap. 



There's an infinity of diforders in Canada y that 

 want to be reform'd. The firft ftep of a true Re- 

 formation, muft be that of hindring the Ecclefi« 

 afticks to vifit the Inhabitants fo often, and to pry 

 with fuch impertinence into the minuteft affairs of 

 the Family ; for fuch pra&ices are frequently con- 

 trary to the good of the Society, and that for rea- 



