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Show TRAVELS THROUGH LOWER CAN ADA: L E T T E R XXV II I. Lerl'lH! G>ucfxc.-Convenil'l1cc of 'l'ravelliug bet1.WeJt tbat City and l.1olltrctll. - Pojl Ilou.fls .-Calajl. es.---Driver s .-Cmtaditm Ilo1j:s Vl'IJ' }L~rvti.wlble. -Sr~lutations on arri'l.•ing at dijji:rent Pojlllou.fi's .-Beaut !fit! Proj}clls fi·om tbe R.or1d on t!JL 'Top qf tbe Banks qf tbt! St. La·wrmce.-l•emale .Pcr!fcmts.-Style qf Farming in Canada.-Co;!}t{lerably improved qf !atc. -Ina!:ti·vity qf Canadians in 1Lot clearing morf' Land.-'7 beir C/;araC!er contrajlt!d 'Witb tbat of tf,e People of tbe States .-Arrival at 'T'roiJ Rivicres.-D~Ji:riptiou qf tbat To·wn and its Vicinity.-f/ijit to tbt! Convent qf St. Urfu!e.-MrmufaClures qf Bircb- Bczrk.-Birch Calloes, bo·w formed.-Leave 'l'roi.r Riviercs, and reach Montreal. Montrc:ll, Augnll. H AV IN G remained in. ~cbcc and ~h~ neighbourhood as long .as ."'c could, confiftcntly With the plan wh1ch we had formed of vditmg the Falls of Niagara, and returning again into the States before the com ... menccment of winter, we .(( t out for Montreal by land. In no part of North America can a traveller proceed fo cornmodioufly as along this road betw en ~cbec and Montreal; a regular line of poft houfe , at convenient diflances from each other, being eftabli(hed upon it, where cala01es or carioles, according to the fe ·1fon, arc alw.tys kept in readinefs. Each pofimaO:er is obliged to have four cala01cs, and the fame number of carioles; and befides thcfc, as many more arc generally kept at each il:age by pcr!ons called aids-de-pofl:c, for which the poftmafler calls when his own happen to be engage I. The pofl:mafl:er has the excluGve privilege of f~trnifhing thefc carriages at every fl:agc, and, under a penalty, he mufl: have them ready in a quarter of an hour after they arc demanded by a traveller, if it be day-light, and in half an hour fhould it be in the night. The drivers arc bound to take you on at the rate of two leagues an hour. The charge for a calafh with a finglc II 0 R S E S. J10rfe is one !hilling Halilax * currency per league; no gratuity is expeCt 'd by the driver. The pofl: alafhcs :1rc very clumfily built, but upon the whole we found them eafy ~md agrccaule carriages; they arc certainly far fupcrior to the A mcrican fl:age waggons, in which, if perf on. wiOl to travel with comfort, they ought always to fct out provided with cu01ions for thtir hiJ sand elbow~, othcrwifc they cannot cxpeCl: but to receive nnmberlef contufions before they get to the end of their journey. The horfes in anada arc mofily fmall and heavy, but extremely fcrvic ·able, as is evident from th fe employed for the pofl: carriages being in general fat and very brifk on the road, IlOtwithfLtnding the poor fitre and ill uGtge they receive. They are fcldom rubbed down; but as foon as they have performed their journey arc turned into a field, and there left until the next traveller arrives, or till they arc wanted to perform the work of the farm. This i contrary to the regubtions of the pofi, according to which the horfes fhould be kept in the ilablc, in pcrfeCl: re, dincf for travellers ; however, I do not recollect that we were at any pb.c detained n uch beyond the quancr of an hour prefcribed, notwirh!bnding that the people had frequently to fend for their horfcs, more than a mile, to the fields where they were employed. When the hor1cs happen d to be at a diilancc, they were ahvay br011ght home in a full gall )p, in order to avoid complaints j they were yol cd in an infiant, and tl1 driver il:t off at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour; a Jittle money, indeed, generally induces them to exceed the dbblifhcd rate j thi s, however, docs not always anfw •r, but play npon their vanity and you may m,t!·c he.< 1 ~o on at what r.1te you plcafc, for they are tht: vaindl: pcopl ', perhaps, in the world. Commend tl cir great dexterity in driving, and he excellence of the Canadian hod\..s, and it fviJom fails to quicken your pace < t lea(!: two or three miL!> an hour; but if you • According to Halifax currency, which i.> the llabliOJe,l cu1 rcncy of Lower Can, t!a, the dollar pan·cs for fi, c lhillin~s . Th~ fih cr coin> current in Canada an· clollars, halves, CJllo.:rtcrs, eighth~, and li tccntl ~of dolJars, pill, rocns, Srandh coin; lomewhat lei~ va-lu~ blt! th :111 quarter dollars, and F rench :tnd En ,[j{h crOW''' and half crown,. <.;old coins paf~ only ·ts bull' on hy weight. Driti(h and Porrug. 11 gold CO IllS ar..: d~cmc ll the bel!; next to them thofc of S1>ain, then thofc of lo'r, nee. wifh , |