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Show T~AVEL TIIPOUGli LOWER CANADA: I . r, ~ ble of holding two people bc..fid s tbe · ~ a fort of nc horfe c ltl.ltc, cap., - l [: 1 J l, ·, ho fit s on a ].-.. ·t nu.1 o f b o,x nhc ·d over the foot boaro, c ·pre s y r ' d c nv cr, w . , . Tl b dy of the calafh is hung upon broa . f~.>r his accommodattOn. I . . le . 11· . tlut arc ph cd bchin(l, by mean fira )S f leather, ronnc H O!l !O CJ s . I f 1 . r I ·1 · 1 t1 cy arc (l lOl. tL. I1 C,( l Ol. lcnbr rthcnccl. On each iH c o t 1c o . . w. 1 .1 C. 1. a J little, door a1 r, ·t high whcrcbv you Clltcr it, and )Ollt two I CC ' - . . . c:t1tt·l.'htg~ I IG·ful wh ·n {b i.lt, in preventing any thing Jr<~m Olpplng ou.t. \\ lJL. JS L . d. · 1 . 1d 1· rcnch ta{lc, ex- The harne [: for the horfc IS nl ways ma c 111 t lC o . - . < • • 11 . ll ·d . th brafs nail ' and to p artJC t I lat p itt ts of t· Jy heavy ; Jt IS JL\,l UC WI .. -~ m 1 1 r. 11 bells of no ufc that I could ever dJ(covcr but to 1t arc attac lCc. 1ma ' ::~nnoy the paiTcngcr. . 1 f . The bon d' . l"!' "'e ·wooden crucifixes, fomctunes upw:u s o !CUX ate ·• t' , , . 1 · ·I r . 1 . I t ph ·ed on the highw::~y; fome of them a! e 1tg 11 y twenty teet Hl l Clg 1 ' , fl. l . 1 . ornarnente d an(1 P·.1 1.1 1 te c.l .• a' s the J1eoplc pafs they pull o llcJr l::tt s, or Jtl lome other way make obei[ance to them. 1 La Praric de la Madelene contains a 1) Out one hundred houfcs. : ::~ftcr fioppt.n g an 1l OUt. 01 . t \v" 0 there we embark din a batean for l'vlontl al. [J Montreal is fit uatcd on ::~n ilhnd of the [am~ n:unc,> on. th~ op~1o Jte fide 0 f tIl e l'>-. •l•v 'CI• St • La' wrence to that on wht ·.h la. 1. r<HJC 1Lwds, l bJu t fomewhat 1o wer. do wn. 1 he two towns arc nule mtles apart, a.m t. lC n.v cr . bo··lt two miles and a quarter wide. The current here l S pto- lS a .. 1 · digioufly flrong, and in particu1nr phccs as you crof:, the b o~ts a~e llll-ried down the Hream, in the midf1: ofb.rge rocks, wtth fu h Jm pct.uofity that it fecms as if nothin 1~ could f.we them from being da(hcd to p1eces ; indeed this would crtainly be the cafe if the men were not uncommon~y ex J Tt; but the Canadians ure the mofl: dexterous people perhaps 111 the1 world at the management o f. 1u. atcaux m• 1• apt• tl l··L V c 1·s. . After. fuch a profpcEt of the River St. Lawrence, it was not withou.t afi<~nllhm~nt that on approaching the town of Montreal we bchdd !111ps of u?w'u.ds of four hundred tons burthcn lying clok to t 11 e {l 1or . ' h e d 1 fi1 u}t!CS which ve!fcls have to encounter in getting to Montreal arc immenfe; I h ve myfelC fcen them with all their fails fct, and with a [mart and f.'lvonrablc breeze, {btionary for an hour together in the fiream, unable to frcm it, between the inand of St. Helene and the main land~ jufi. below . the M 0 N T R E A L. the town! to ftem the current at this place it i almofl: neccG:u-y that the vdfel 01ould be ai(k:cl hy a florm. The afccnt is cq'1ally diH!cult in fevcra 1 oth r p.lrts of the river. 0 wing to this it i , du t the pafT:1g from 0 H.:Lec to lontreal is gcncJ.t!ly more tedious than that :1crof-; th I\ ' wtic; thofc iJ1ips, th rcfor ·,which trade between Europe an,l Molltre::~ l, ne\ er nttcmpt to make more than one voyage du in~~ tl · yc,tr. NotwithflatJ~i: 'b the rapidity of the ftr am, the chann<.:l of the river i: very deep, and in p<uticular jufl: oppofitc to the town. The largdl: merchant vci1ds can there lie [o dot;,; to the banks, wl ich arc in their nntural !late, that you may nearly touch them with your h:md as yuu !land on the fhorc. L E T T E R XXII. D~fl:ription qf tbe Town if Montreal.-OJtbe public Buildings.-C!mrcbcs. ~Funeral Ceremonies. -Convmt s .-Barmc ks .-}<or/ jjtcat iow .-Inha .... bit ants mojlly Frmch.-Their . CharaDer and IYimmt•rs.-Chanmiig Prqjpet! s ;}z the N eighbourhood if the Town .-Amufemmts durzitg Sum? 1m·.-Parti1:s qf PIMJure up the Mountain. - Of the Fur TradL·.-'The Mmmrr in which it is carried on.-Great Emcrprifo qf the North lf/1;/l Company of Merchants.-Sketch if Mr. M'Kenzie's Exj~c:ditiom over La11d to the Pac/Jic Ocean.-Di!Ji:rmces bdwcm the North Jf/tjl am! Iiur!fo11' s Bay Companies. Man treal, July. TIIE town of Montreal was laid out purfuant to the orders of one of the kings of France, which were, that a town n10uld be built as high up on the St. Lawrence as it were poiliblc for vefiels to go by fea. In fixing upon the fpot where it fi:mds, his commands were complied with in the fhiCl: efl: fenfe. The town at prefent contains about twelve hundred houfes, whereof five hundred onJy are within the walis; the refl: are in the fuburb , which commence from the north, call~ and wcfl: A a atci. |