Excerpt from History of New France, Vol. 1 of 3 The settlement possessed a few domestic animals, but these appear to have required little care. We had pigs, says Lescarbot, which multiplied very considerably. Though they had a stable, they often slept out of doors, even in winter-time. We had only one sheep,1 but she thrived well, although she was not shut up at night, but was left out in the courtyard. She was twice sheared, and the second crop of wool was valued in France at two cents more per pound than the first. We ...
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Excerpt from History of New France, Vol. 1 of 3 The settlement possessed a few domestic animals, but these appear to have required little care. We had pigs, says Lescarbot, which multiplied very considerably. Though they had a stable, they often slept out of doors, even in winter-time. We had only one sheep,1 but she thrived well, although she was not shut up at night, but was left out in the courtyard. She was twice sheared, and the second crop of wool was valued in France at two cents more per pound than the first. We had also chickens and pigeons, which failed not to pay the customary tribute and to increase in great numbers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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