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American travel diary of an unknown Englishman, 1864
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in the lumber trade. The public vehicles (Calashes) are very good, the driver sits in front of you on a cushion about 4 inches wide. they are very light & have a hood for rainy weather. They hold 2 persons & have a kind of sea. springs. August 6th. Drove to Lorette, an Indian village but which was rather a delusion there are however some Indians here still but it is difficult to tell them from the French. they shoot at coppers with bows & arrows & bully you to buy their curiosities. The streets in Quebec are paved with wood which would be very pleasant to drive over were it not for the holes which are so common. The streets in Quebec are paved with wood which would be very pleasant to drive over were it not for the holes which are so common.
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in the lumber trade. The public vehicles (Calashes) are very good, the driver sits in front of you on a cushion about 4 inches wide. they are very light & have a hood for rainy weather. They hold 2 persons & have a kind of sea. springs. August 6th. Drove to Lorette, an Indian village but which was rather a delusion there are however some Indians here still but it is difficult to tell them from the French. they shoot at coppers with bows & arrows & bully you to buy their curiosities. The streets in Quebec are paved with wood which would be very pleasant to drive over were it not for the holes which are so common. The streets in Quebec are paved with wood which would be very pleasant to drive over were it not for the holes which are so common.
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