DOMESTIC ANIMALS* 
395 
It is surprising to see how well the Ca¬ 
nadian hosses support the cold; after standing 
for hours together in the open air at a time 
when spirits will freeze, they set off as alertly 
as if it were summer. The French Canadians 
make no scruple to leave their horses standing 
at the door of a house, without any covering, 
in the coldest weather, while they are them¬ 
selves taking their pleasure. None of the 
Other domestic animals are as indifferent to the 
cold as the horses. During winter all the do¬ 
mestic animals, not excepting the poultry, are 
lodged together in one large stable, that they 
may keep each other w arm; but in order to 
avoid the ex pence of feeding many through 
the winter, as soon as the frost sets in they 
generally kill cattle and poultry sufficient to 
last them till the return of spring. The car¬ 
cases are buried in the ground, and covered 
with a heap of snow, and as they are wanted 
they are dug up ; vegetables are laid up in the 
same manner, and they continue very good 
throughout the whole winter. The markets 
in the towns are always supplied best at this 
season, and provisions are then also the cheapest; 
for the fanners having nothing else to engage 
them, and having a quantity of meat on hand, 
that is never injured from being sent to mar¬ 
ket, flock to the towns in their carioles in great 
pumbers, and always well supplied.- 
