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Show I T !\. \ :E L S T I1 t U G I1 L 0 \V E R C A A D A : horfc it i poB[bk to g ci~ .. hty miks in :1 tby, fo light i the draft of f 1 onc o t 1etrc earn:·,1_g "...". , ·:1 t d {o :·1 'Oll!·" 'thk is· t 11..: f.1ow to the feet of the hO![c. The Can:ulian car"ol..: or 11 d:;c is C\ culatcd to hold two pcrfons a 1d a driv r; it is uhally urawn y one horfe; j{-" two h0rfcs arc made r. r tl , , 1·e 1111 t one bd(m~ the other, a" the tra ·k in the 'roads will tlle 01, 1cy ,, - . . . 1 · r th,.1·r (l'0 .11 ,.,. ~1bn;af1: The Dtanc of the carnar.·c IS v.mcd 1 ot at m1t 01 .... o • • · r accor ling to fancy, and it is a matter of cmubtion am ngfl:. tl.tc gcJ:tle-m 11 , who {hall have the handfomcO: one. There arc two ddhnc:t kmds, J1ow ·ver, of cariolcs, the open anJ th covered. T 1e former is c mmonly fomcwhat lil·e the bo !y of a capriole, put upon two iron runners or flidcs, fimilar in fhtpe to the irons of a pair of fk.atcs ; the bttcr con ... fifl:s of the body of a chariot put on runners in the tunc manner, and CO· ven.:d entirely over with furs, which are found by <.!Xp ricnce to keep o 1t the cold much better than :-my other covcrin whatfocvcr. Covered carioles arc not much liked) except for the pnrpoCe of going to a party in the evening, for the gr at plcafure of carioling confi11s in feeing and L ing [ccn, and the bdit: always go out in mofl: fuperb drefies of furs. The carioles glide over the fiww with "rcat fmoothnefs, and fo little noifc do they make in DiJing along, that it is n~.:cefrary to have a number of bells attached to the harncfs, or a pcrfon continually founding a horn to guard againfl: accidents. The rapidity of the motion, with the found of thcfe bell and horns, appears to be very conducive to chcerfulnc[s, for you !i-ldom fcc a dull face in a cariole. 'I he Canadians always take advantage of the winter fcafon to vifit their friends who live at a difbnce, as travelling is then fo very expeditious; and this is another circumflance which on tributes, probably not a little, to render the winter fo c trcmcly agrecabk in their eye . Though the cold is fo very intenft: in C.l:m h, yet the i.llnLi ·ants never fuffer from it, conftant c, pcricncc having ta gi1t them how to guard againfl: it effectually. In the fidl place, by means of fioves they 1 " p ~heir ha i tat~ons as warm and comfortable as can be defired. In ]a,·ge houfes th .. y generally have four or five fl:oves placed in the lull, and in the apartments on the ground floor, from whence fiues pafs in different direCtions through the II A R D IN E S S 0 1? T U F li 0 R S E S. 2 7 the upper rooms. Bt:fidcs th fc { 0\'LS, they likcwiC..: frcc1uently have open fires in the lower apartments ; it is n ore, however, on ac uunt of the chccrfnl appearance they give to the room, th ln for the fake of the warmth they c mmunicate, 3S by tl1c flovcs tl1 rooms can be heated to any degree. Lcfl: any cold hlafis {h uld penetrate from without, they have alfo double door~, and if th ·l oufl.: iL1nJs t:xpokd, even double windows, about fix in hcs apa rt. The ' i11 lows ar · made to open Jengthwifc in thc ·mi Idle, on hinges, like ioldin r doors, and where they meet they loci t gether in a deep groove; windows of d,is dt:fcription, when clofed, art: f u11d to kt:cp out the cold air much b ·ttcr th.m thc common fl{hcs, and in warm v. cather they arc mor :~grccable tltan aily other f<Jrt, as they admit more air \vhcn opened . Nor do the inha it:1nts fufft:r from cold when they go abroad; fc' r they never fl.ir ut wid ont firil: wrapping t1 em!i lves up in furs fr 1;1 he. d to foot. Their caps entirely cover the cars, the back ofthe neck, a1 the e:rcatef1: p.ut of tl e f.tcc, leaving nothing cxpofcd except the eyes an! nofc; and their large and th idcloak dl~Clually flcurc the body; bdidcs v hic.h tlwy wear fur gloves, muffs, and !hoes. It is furprifing to fe how well t1 G C.tnadi .1n l!orfcs fupport the col ; after 11anding for hours to,;ctbcr in the op ·n air ;H a. tilllc ,, hen fj1i. its will freeze, they ft:t off as alertly a if it wen; ii.Jt1!111er. The 1' rcnch ·Canadians make no fcru )k to lea ve their horfl!s .fLtndiJ rr :1t the door of ,) a houft:, without any covering, in the co ddt weather, wl1ilc they ar thcmfdves taking their p cafure. None of th ~ ot 1 T .omdtic anima1s .arc as indifferent to the cold as the horfes. Durin.; wi nter all the domcfl: ic animals, not excepting th<..: poultr ·, :11 <..: lod red togcthcr in nne hrgc fiablc, that they may keep ·ach other wann; hut in order tc av i :f. the expence of fccdi: g many throu·J·h the winter, as foon as the frofl: fcts in they ~encrally kill cattle and ro1 try iuJiJLi•: nt to bfl: th "I 1 tiJl the return of ipring. The carc.1f<· ' J.rc buriai in the ground, :11 d covn ·J with a heap of fnow, and as they arc wanted t ·y arc dug up; egdablcs arc laid up in the fame manner, and they cnntinue very good throughout the whok winter. The markets in the towns arc always (uJ)pLd bcil at this feafon, a~d provifions are then alfo the hcnpdt; l~>r the c g 2 fanm;r |
