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Show J•' F. M A J. I•, P r. 1\ S A N T S. if pofftblc, fupctior to thof~,; which ilrikc the attL:ntion in f.1ilin.?.' down tlH.: river. I• or the fi dl thirty or forty miles in the w;1y frrrn the view arc in partic ular xtrL:mdy gr.wd. :J . Lawr nee, more like ~ l.tkc confined L)('tW...:L:n ran_;· uf moun , ir " tban n rive r, appears at one Gdc rollir g un dL:r your feet, and a·; you luok down upon it from the top of the lofty b.tnl :, the largdl mc.r<.hant vdicls fcarcdy fL:em bigger than fiOling I o:1ts; on th other !ide, fie ·p mountains, Jkir ted with forL:ils, prcft nt tl1cmich cs to th · view at a difbncc, whillt, in the intermediate fpacc, is iecn a ri vh country, beauti fully diverfificd with whitened cottages and glittcrins f}>irc ., with grove of trc s and cultivatcn fields, water ·d by innumer, bk lit tle i1rL:ams : groups of the peafmtry, bufied as we paflcd along in getting ir1 the lwrvefi:, which was not quite over, difti1f ·d an air of che rfulnefs and gaiety over the fi·cnc, and heightened all its charms. The female Fn.:nch peah1!lts arc in ge neral, whilil: young, very pretty, and the neat fimplicity of their dr Is in fummer, which confif1:s moilly of a blue or fcarlct bodice without fleevc s, a petticoat of a diff.:r nt colonr, and a ilraw hat, m:1kes them appear cx'tremcly interefi ing ; like the Imlians, however, they lofc their beauty very prematurely, and it is to be attributed much to the fame caufc, uamcly, their laborious life, and bein fo much expoft:J to the air, the indolent men fufrering them to take a very aCl:ivc part in the management of the f.1rms. The il:yle of £u·mi ng among fl. the generality of the French Canadians has hitherto been ve1 y flovcnly ; manure has been but rarely uu~d; tlw earth juil: lightly turned up wi h a plough, and without any other preparation the grain fown; more than one half of the .fJtlds alfo have been left without any fences whatfocvcr, cxpofcd to the ravages of cattle. The people arc beginning now, however, to be more induil:rious, and better farmers, owing to the incrcaied demand for graiu for exportation, and to thl: advice and encouragement given to them by the Engli01 merchant at ~t:bcc and Montreal, who fend agents through the country to the fanners to buy up all the corn they can fpare. The, K k farmers |