378 TRAVELS THUOUGH LOWER CANADA. 
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latter * but they are not so much esteemed as 
those from England. 
Domestic manufactures are carried on in most 
part of Canada, consisting of linen and of coarse 
woollen cloths; but by far the greater part of 
these articles used in the country is imported 
from Great Britain. 
The exports from Canada consist of furs and 
Belts in immense quantities; of wheat, flour, 
flax-seed, pot-ash, timber, slaves, and lumber 
of all sorts ; dried fish, oil, ginseng, and va-n 
rious medicinal drugs. 
The trade between Canada and Great Bri¬ 
tain employs, it is said, about seven thousand 
tons of shipping annually. 
