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perience to keec out the cold much better than 
miy other covering whatsoever. Covered ca- 
rioles are not much liked, except for the pur¬ 
pose of going to a party in the evening; for 
the great pleasure of carioling consists in seeing 
and being seen, and the ladies always go out in 
ipost superb dresses of furs. The carioles glide 
over the snow with great smoothness, and so 
little noise do they make in sliding along, that 
it is necessary to have a number of bells at¬ 
tached to the harness, or a person continually 
sounding a horn to guard against accidents. 
Thp rapidity of the motion, with the sound of 
these bells and horns, appears to be very con¬ 
ducive to cheerfulness, for you seldom see a 
dull face in a cariole. The Canadians always 
take advantage of the winter season to visit 
their friends who live at a distance, as travel¬ 
ling is then so very expeditious; and this is 
another circumstance which contributes, pro¬ 
bably not a little, to render the winter so ex¬ 
tremely agreeable in their eyes. 
^Though the cold is so very intense in Ca¬ 
nada, yet the inhabitants never suffer from it, 
constant experience having taught them how 
to guard against it effectually. 
In the first place, by means of stoves they 
keep their habitation^ as warm and' comfort? 
able as can be desired. In large houses they 
generally have four or five stxr/eg placed 1 in th$ 
