McKenzie, James. Some Account of the King's Posts, the Labrador Coast, and the Island of Anticosti by an Indian Trader Residing there Several Years with a Description of the Natives and the Journal of a trip through those Countries in 1808 by the Same Person. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0017
This fine Island is divided among a number of petty Seigneurs most of them illiterate Habitants. One of these Bumpkins having presented himself some years ago to be elected as member for this County could find nothing else to recommend himself to the Electors but that he raised the greatest quantity of the best pease of all the Habitants on the Island.
At St Joachin the Parish before we come to Cap Tourment the Priests of the Quebec Seminary to whom this Parish belong have a Country seat to which they retire with all the Students for a month during the Vacation[.] This is a great place for wild Geese in the spring & fall – but the Bucks of Quebec, whenever they stray this way in search of amusement up to the hips in mud, prefer snipe shooting which is quite fashionable[.] It would look vulgar to fire a random shot at a Goose.
The 31st having taken our leave of our new acquaintances on the I: of Orleans we took advantage of the return of the fine weather to continue our Journey and in evening (with a firm strong Current the
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