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Show ,.. ( •'· - .> • 'l'PAVbLS TTIROUGTl LOWFR CANADA: Th~ holpital, wb:ch l ie~ conti.~uon'> to the ·hapcl, con fills of two Lu·,j·c ap rttnL nt c;, "' 11crcin arc ~ bo tt t \ ·cl\'e r {o:ti teen b ·~ s . The _apar tt~1ents ; rc :tir ', :1ntl th~ b d nc:lt and ·ell app IItlcd. I<_ach bc I JS d<:dt·..::lkd · t. ] 11- ('1'to a p.u tcu : . 111 t , ""t lll over th -· ioot of 1 i a.n inv 'Cation . to, th e t_u t cLlry j~ti nt, in l.tr rre ch ·1r.H~le r s, as, " ~t . Jaq11cs pn•·2 pour lllOJ. " St. ]l:.ut prtL· Z pout . 1 10j , " &c • The ]1•'t tients arc .1l_t endcd by a ce.r tain nun lJ ·r of the l!llalwod appointe l Jor that purpulc. An ld pndl:, who ap-l' ·:ned to be ncar hi · death, wa: the :1ly pet fon in ~It t.: hofj)ital w~1cn ,, e p:' t1t. 1 through it ; he was h;ated 111 an cafy ~hau. by the bed -11:1_~, .uw1 1·u rrOUIH 1e t1 l)y .•1 1111 1111U. r of the li.fh:r ·, who 1u1J h 1t 1 the mofl. afJ 1- duou•; atte ntion . The drcfs of th · Urfulincs conflfl.s of a black fluff gown; a handker- ·hicf of white linen ti ·d by a rutming fl.rincr dole rOllllU the thro.H, aml h.uwi w down over the breall and fhouldc..:r :;, being rout dcd at th~ co rners .. ,; .~head-pic c c1f white linen, wlJit..h covers hal( the forebc:tJ, the tempi s, anJ e;us, aml i JJ.tlcncd to the ltandhrchicf; :t hLt + g<n~;-;~ veil, , ·hi ·h conceal · half the face only when down, ~md. flows lookly over the fhonldcrs; and a large pbin lilver c:ro!s fu!'pcn led from the br ,1(1.-. The drds i · very unbecoming, the hair being tottlly con c~dcd , '.lnd the {hapc of th f::~.cc completely difgu11cd by tht.: clok white hcaJ-ple e. _ From the holpital we ":ere cone nClcd through a long paf1.tgc to an agr~cal,k light I arlour, the window of whi ·h opene'l into the g.m:cns of the convent. This was the ~11 artmcnt of the " ~upu ieure," who foon made her appearance, accompanied by a nun bcr of the lay fiiler. · The convcrCttwn of the old lady and h er protegees was lively and ~1gr e<..l>lc ; a thonf . llld que flions were an. ... ed u rdj)ecling the former part f our tour, and our future ddl.i11ation; and they feemcd by no means c1ifplcafed at having a few flrangcrs uf a different fex from their own within the wallt. of the convent. M< ny apologies were nud··, bccaufc tl'ey co11ld 110t take us through the " interieure," as there was an on! nancc againfi admitting any viGters into it wJdtOnl leave from th~ bi{ hop; they ngrl!ttcd ex cedinsly that we h·Hl nut obtained this lc.tvc bcfore we kft ~ · bee . After fome time was i!H:nt in convcrfa tion, a great C A N 0 E S. great variety of fancy works, the Fabrication of the fill: rhood, wa · brought down for our infpcelion, fomc of which it is alw:-tys xpeClcd that flrangcrs will purch; fe, for the order is but poor. \ Vc ickCl:ed a few of the :-trticles which appeared molt CLlrious, and havin 'r received ~ them packed up in the ncateO: manner in little boxes kept for the pur-pofe, and promifcd to prefervc them in memory of the ftir Urfulines that handed them to u , we b,Hic adieu to the fLtpcrieurc, and returned to our lodging . It is for their v ry curious ba r! worl that the fifler of this convent arc } anicularly clifiinguiOJed. The bark of the birch tree is hat they u[c, and with it they make J10ckct - books, work-ba./1 cis, drc0·111,.-boxes :> , &c. f,cc. vhich they embroider with elk hair died of the mofl. bril-liant colo urs. T hey a!Co make model · of the Inuitn canoes, and various warl ike implements ufed by the [nd ians. Nea rly all the birch bar! :.tnocs in~ u[c on· the St. Lawrence and Utaw:t River, and n the near·r lake~ , arc m:tnnf.1C1:urcd at Three Rivers, and in the neighbourhoo !, by Indians. The birch tr ·c i found in great ple nty near the town; but it is from the more nort hem part or the country, where the tree attains a very large fizc, th at th principnl part f the bat k is procured th lt canoe arc made with . The b,u·k r fcmblcs in fomc defrrce tha t of the cork tree, but it is f a clofer grain, an l alCo mu h more pliabl , for it admits of being rol led up the fame a · a pit.:cc of cloth . T he Indi,ms of this part of th country always carry large rolls of it in their canoes wl1cn they go on a huntiwr par ty~ for the purpofc of mal ing temporary huts. Tb.: h,1rl· i · fJ)rLnd on fmall poks over heir head , anJ :hfi.c1 eel with flrips oC elm tw·l,, which is remarkably tough, to fhk s, lo as to form walls on the !ides. The at we arc made with bir ·h bark, as follows : The 1 i >S, conlifiing of th ick tough rod s, arc firfi bound together; t1 ·n th(; bin h b, rk is [; wed on in as large pi ·ct;s a poffibl , and a thick co tt of pitch is 1 'i l over the fcams between the difrercnt pi..: ·es. 1 o prevent the ·ark bc:in~ inj ured by the cargo, and to make the canoe fl.rongcr, its illf~dt.. ; , lim: i with two layers of thin pic s of pin , laid in a contrary dirt:Clwu to ea ·h th r |