Volume 1

124 WOOD USED, ETC.— MAYMIUTCH'S DESIGNS.
FOR STOREHOUSE.
Oak logs of 24 ft. for square, 12
Pine logs of 13 ft. for pinions, ...... 20
Oak logs of 9 ft. for covering, *...... 120
do of 24 ft. for faites, i
do of 22 ft. for covering, 2
do of II ft. for aiguilles, ...... .......
3
Oak posts of 5 ft. for doors, 2
Ao planks of 5 ft. for doors, ..'... 3
do logs of 12 ft. for flooring, 50
Total, 213
FOR SHOP.
20
do of 9 ft. for the covering, ...... 73
do of 15 ft. for the faites, ...... 3
do of II ft. for the aiguilles, ...... 2
2
do planks 8 ft. for the flooring, . . . . . .55
Oak logs of 15 ft. for the square 15
do of 13 ft. for the pinions, .....
Oak posts of 5 ft. for the doors, ......
Total. 170
Pieces of timber and wood, . . . . . . 3- 113
Oak stick of 55 ft. for a flag-staiif, i
Total, 3- 1 14
Oct. 2^th. Employed Desmarais to put a touch-hole in
my double-barreled gun, which he did in an hour very
neatly, without proper tools. I shot a few ducks and
pheasants. My hunter came in with his canoe, bringing
two red deer, a swan, and some ducks.
Oct. 2jth. Maymiutch came from below with a few
skins. He begged hard for liquor ; I gave him some, when
rum.
he began to drink with my hunter, who also came for
He told me Maymiutch wished him to stop hunting and
go below, so that I might be obliged to pay a higher price
for meat than I do. They shall have liquor after this for
nothing but fresh meat. This dirty trick is his thanks
for my kindness to him since we left the Forks. He has
given my hunter an elegant drum, trimmed with all the