186 TRAVELS THROUGH LOWER CANADA: 
as you can purchase them at New York Qt 
Philadelphia. 
The inhabitants are well supplied with pro? 
visions of every description ; the fish in parti¬ 
cular, caught in the river and neighbouring 
lakes, are of a very superior quality. The fish 
held in most estimation is a sort of large trout, 
called the Mich ill imakinac white-fish, from 
its being caught mostly in the straits of that 
name. The inhabitants of Detroit and the 
neighbouring country, however, though they 
have provisions in plenty, are frequently much 
distressed for one very necessary concomitant, 
namely, salt. U ntil within a short time past 
they had no salt but what was brought from 
Europe; but salt springs have been discovered 
in various parts of the country, from which 
they are now beginning to manufacture that 
article for themselves. The best and most 
profitable of the springs are retained in the 
hands of government, and the profits arising 
from the sale of the salt, are to be paid into 
the treasury of the province. Throughout the 
western country, they procure their salt from 
springs, some of which throw up sufficient 
water to yield several hundred bushels in the 
course-of one week. * 
There is a large Roman catholic church in 
the town of Detroit, and another on the op¬ 
posite side, called the Huron church, from its 
