. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. i!. > ! 1" l! I M'^. i ^ 1^ 328 Augufi 1749. reckoned an unheard of curiofity in Pen/\'hania, ' The beef and ve^l at Quebec is reckoned fatter and more palatable t
. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. i!. > ! 1" l! I M'^. i ^ 1^ 328 Augufi 1749. reckoned an unheard of curiofity in Pen/\'hania, ' The beef and ve^l at Quebec is reckoned fatter and more palatable than at Montreal. Some look upon the falty paftures below ^ebec as the caufe of this diffcrehce. In Canada the oxen draw with the horns, but in the Englifli colonies they draw with their withers, as horfes [ do. The cows vary in colour; however, moft of them are either red, or black. Every countryman commonly keeps a few Iheep, which fupply him vvith as" much wool as he wants to clothe hinifclf with. The better fort of clothes are brought from France, The fheep degenerate here, after they are brought from France, and their' progeny ft ill more fo. The want of food in \^rnter is faid to caule this degeneration. ; 1 *^ , â â ' r^ ' '* c ⢠⢠â â¢â¢â¢â -â I HAVE not feen any goats iriG?;?^^^, and I have been a'fTured that there are none. I have feen but very few in iht Efiglifh' c6\6mt%y and only in their towris, where they are kept'on ac- count of fome fick people, who drink the milk by the advice of their phyficians. The harrows are triangular J two of the fides are fix f^et, and the thii-d four feet long. The teeth, and every other part of the harrows are pt woofj. The teeth are about five inches long, and about as much diftant from each other. The prpfpedl of the country about a quarter of a mile "Swedijh, north of ^uehee, on the weft fide of the river St. Lawrence, is very fine. The country is very iteep towards the river, and ^grows higher as you go
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