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Excerpt from Contes Populaires Canadiens
Ces r�sultats avaient d'ailleurs �t� pr�vus par M. Boas et certains folkloristes. On avait depuis longtemps remarqu� l'existence d'un nombre consid�rable de contes et de fac�ties d'origine fran�aise parmi les Indiens des r�gions parcourues par les pionniers et les cou reurs - des - bois. Il devenait naturel de d�duire que la source m�me de cette abondante litt�rature orale ne s'�tait pas si t�t tarie, l� o� les circonstances premi�res favorisaient sa pr�servation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
