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NOTE-BOOK

SEA BATHING.

St. Lawrence Hall^ Cacouna.

rpHIS ESTABLISHMENT Lai btMi «oniid«rably
X ENLARGED during tht pa»t winter, aud ig now
capable of affording accommodatioa for SxX IIUNDHED
GUESTS. Additional laud bai bf«a purchased and laid
out in Pleasure Grounds ; it la beaukifully lituated on the
Banks of the St. Lawrence, commaDding a fine view of the
River ; and tho Steamers und Yesaels pais up and dow^
in close proximity to the plaee. The BATHING
accommodation has alio been much improved. Billiard
Tables, Bowling Alleys, Ac, Ac, &o., on the premises.
Instrumental Band always in attendance. There is a
Telegraph Office in the Hotel, an advantage not poisessed
by any place on the North Shore ; and with the advantage
ot Railroad and Steamboat conveyance daily, it stands
unrivalled by any other place of the deicrijitiou in Canada-
It is Buperfluous to say more in its favour than the fact that
a number ot the raoit prominent citiKens of the Provinceii
have there buiU beautiful resldwnccs and occupy them during
the Summer months : probably not less than tuubb
THOUSAND people arc located here in various cottages.
There are three different places of public worship in the
village. Stabling has been erected on the premise*,
enabling parties to keep their own Horses and Carriages
at reasonable rales. Tne Troprietor has also arranged
with Mr.ViLLiERB, of Quebec, to take down a Stable of
UorKes, and give riding lessons daily ; he has a number of
Side Saddles tor the use ot Ladies. Li tact, no pains have
been ?pared to render this place a favourite resort during
the summer moiitiis. Liberal arrang^ents will be made
with parties} remaining the whole or part of the Season.
Transient vieitora charged at the rate ot $2.50 per day.

Messrs. SHIPMAN, JgNR., & KBNLIT,
May, 1870. MiNiasRS.

PALjLCB ST3EBT.

!>IAlir£L BROW]¥l]¥G. manager.

rr^HB uiuieveigneJ, iu assuming the Management of tlii.s
-L popular IIOTKL, begs to intunate hia determiimtion to
accommodate his numerous friends and the triivelling public
in the best possible manner, aud solicits that patronage fo
generously acoortled to hira while proprietor of the
OTTAWA HOTEL, MONTREAL.

JSI&^ T^rms unwitvptionably rmsonable.

SAmUCI. ISROW:«l!¥€},

Latjs tF THE Ottawa Hutkl,
May, 1S70. MtNTKHAL.

ST. LOUIS HOTEL, ST. LOUIS STREET,

ANT)

RUSSELLS' HOTEL, PALACE STREET,

Q XT XS 33 3S O.

/jnHS ST. ZiOUIS HOTBIJf wliicli is unrivalled

1 for SIZE, STVLli and LOCALITY, ia (QUEBEC, Ih
open only during lUo SEASON ol PliEASUKB TRAVEL.

It is eligibly situated, uear to and surrounded by the
mostdelighiful and fashionable proraeiiadee, the Govkrnor'b
Gardek. the CiTAUKL, the Eppl*.nadk, the Placb d'Arsibh.
and DcuhamTekuacic, which furnish the splendid views and
llagnificeni Sci'n( i} lor which Quebec is bo justly celebrat-
ed, and which \h uiiMirpaf^sed in any part of the world.

The rroprietorp. in returning thanks for the very liberal
pdtronage they havt^ hitherto enjoyed, inform the public
that theRe HOTKUS have been thoroughly reuovaled and
embellished, and can aow accommodate about 500 Visitors ;
and aspure ihera that nothing will be wanting on their part
that will condaea tu th9 coraforta and enjoyment of their
C^neBls. W. RUSliBLL & SON,

May, 187t. Proprietors.

OI^TSSXjf

DOMIMIOM OF €Ai\AD.i.

1MIE UNDERSIONED respwtfifiUy iiWonn their nnmernua <rioii«U
RtKl pairoiM io CANADA ami th« IJNITKD STA TK^, Uint l>>-
Um rc>«ettt MtiarffenriMit and improTetneiits ofTccted in thiH I'^lHl.ilahfiu ni ,
lh»jr «r« now prepared lo acc«>nimodato over TflKKli UUlXbKEl)
AND FIFTY GUESTS. The OTTAWA IKrri'.L covere the eiiUre
8pae« of gr«und running between St. Jiime* and Notre J>aine streol*,
aud has two l>eaaUlul Fronta : the one <>ii tbe right ot the nhuve cut
repre«<^ta the front «n Noire Duriie ; llie other, on the left, the St
.lamM-AtreH Front. Tlie FIousu hus been thoroughly rc-filtt-d and
fnrnisiied wHh erery regaixl to eutnfort aixi luxury : hns Hot and
vioki- Water, with Uaib« and Closets, <m each floor. The aun haa been
to noake thifl the most onexcepiionable FIKST-CLA.'^.S HOTEL iu
MONTREAL. Mr. Burnktt trusts that his* large exptrienee ut
tirst-dsM Hoteifl m New York City and the l/nited Slate*, will give
•onSiknce to his friendv and the TraTeiling I'uMjc that tiiey vrtll
rc'Ottire aTvcy eoinibrt and attcntiou at the Ottawa. Notwith^tandiug
the targw otuby in Furnishing, Frescoing, aiid other exteuai^e
unproTcraenta. th« rharge* per day will be two dollars and a baM.
Carnages, Willi attantive dnvera. can be had nt all times, by aiiplicaUtNi
atthetrffice. Uoa«lies willaliK) be found uttl:e Kuilway Depot and Steam
beat LaiMhiin, oa Ttie arrirnJ of the several Trninsuiid Steamers.

BURNETT & IX)YLK. Phopribtobjs.

D. C. BPRNBTT, late Proprietor of Woodhwff Hoosk, VVateitown
N.T.,ttnd Hr* Jamoi' Hutb&, Montreal.

Mo?(TRKAt, Maf, 1670.

g^.^ASt^li^ ^(£>'iL>IlIL,

/imii: UNDERSIGNED be« to notify the PUBLK^
X that thoy havo PL'RCIIASKD the uUovo well-kiiowii

F[RST-Cl.ASS HOTEL, and which h now carried on a.'* u

i;i?ANCII KSTADLISHMENT of tlio ST. L-VVVRHXCE

IIAIJ , und'-rtho mannj];ement, (tf Mr. Samcei, ?.roNTOoMKuy

(nephiw cf Mr. lin;^iin) and Mi. TuKDEiurK (ii:niKi:N, both

well-known t'> lli»! Tr;ivcil;ni? commu.iity, both in tbo

United Stat-'s and (,'jniuhi, ns being connected widi tl)»» St.

LAwnr.NOK IIaix.

The ST. JAMl-^>S is very lnvorrthly fitualt;'!, facing
Victoria frquare, in the very cenir«» of tho City, und
contiguous to ihePor^t Ottico and the Banks. ItHconvcni'-nce
for nunines«-men id evrj thing Una can ho dejfired, a.s it is
jii the imtnt'diale vicinity of tho loading Wholesale IIousc-j.

The Rconi!*. beln<; wc'.l apiioint-ul and vi'utilated, are
cheerful for FamilieH ; while tbo Menage will always be
une.^^ccptiOriable, and no pains .^par^d in niinisteriug to the
comfort of Gui-stf.

The Tropriotors, having loaaed the adjoining promlseH,
are prepared to ofler every inducement to the Spring and
Fall trade •, and aa their tariff is exceptionably reasonable,
th'ey hope to obtain ;i largo share of public patronage.

MiT, 1870. n. IIOGAN .H CO.

miL,

rt'eIl-ki)ow!i
iod on i\:t ii

DNTOOMKKV
IIKKS, bo(h
)ih in tho
iih tli.» St.

Cify, und
nvcnifriico
tl, as it is

InU'd, are
always be
»g to l\Ui

promiaeH,
)ring and
iisonable,
age.

^ CO.

ip:i^^ ^(DIp ;dii^(s>^.

Il» H § E t IL H,

Merchant Tailor,

HAS ooiistuntly on lianJ a lar<^e asdortmont of
lleady-inado Clothye, Hosiery, Sbirts, Collar?, Scarls,

CJlovef", Slicks, Rubber Goods, Mackiutoihus, INjrte-

Kanleauz, Valij?cp, Rags, «l'c., Jtc.

CHAS. HOUGH & SON,

(Successors to LatelE,D. (<ingi{Ah,;

No. 20, St. Ursule Street, Quebec,

AVK always on Ijaiul and for sale, SUMMEE and
WINTER VEI11CLF>S, cf every deicription.

CHAS. HOUGH,

38, ST, ANN STREET.

DOUBLE and SINGLE CAURIAGES, Waggons,
Saddle Horace, Ac, «tc., can always be bad for^hire
at this Establishment.

SSTABLISHBD 1835.

REJNFREW & MARCOU,

(LATE HENDERSON' & RENFREW,)

20, BUADE STREET, QUEBEC,

Opposite the French Cathedral.

OUR SHOW ROOMS,

Open during the SummcQ',

CcntaiQ one of tlie LARGEST and MOST VALUABLE

STOCKS of

m '^-

CONSISTING OF

Hudsou Itay and Russia Sable Setts,
SEALKSIN SACQUTfS,

BEARSKIN m mm fox sleigh robes,

Moccasins. Snowshoes, and Indian Curiosities.

BEST LONDON-MADE

Umbrellas, Walking Canes and

WATERPROOF CLOTHINa,
AU Hi tlif^ .ir.!>w<^^t Fo^etihlo Prt€c;4,

cou,

lEBEC,

al.

[)MS,

VALUABLK

^Ic Setts,

GH ROBES,

uriosities.

ties and

ST. L ATTP-EnCB HALLi

SITUAT£0 ON ST. JAMES STREET,

11- :BE3COC3fc-.-[^2Xr, I*rox:>r±otox'-

rpiIIS FIRST-CLASS HOTEL (the LARGEST in
X MONTREAL,) is situated on St. Jamei^ Street, in the
immediate vicinity ot tiie French Catbeura), or Church Ville
Marie, Notre Dame Street, adjacent to the Post Office.
Place d'Armea and Banks ; is only one minute's walk from
(Jrey or Black Nunneriep, New Court House, Reading
Rooms, Cham^> de Mars (where the troop:* are reviewed),
Mechanics* Inetitute, Bon&ecours Market, and Fashionable
Stores. The new Theatre Royal ia directlj in rear of the
House, and several of the best boxen are regularly kept for
guests of this Hotel. The ST. LAWRENCIO HALL has
long been regarded as the most popalar and fashiooable
Hotel in Montreal, and ia patronized by the Government
on all public occasions, including that ol the vioit of His
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and fuile, and that of
His Excellency the Governor General and suite. During
the past winter, the Hotel has been considerably enlarged,
80 that in future the Proprietoi hopes to be able to
accommodate comlortably all who may favour hl.a with
their patronage. All Rooms lighted by Gas.

The Consulate Offitje of the United States is in the Hotel,
as well as Telegraph Office to all parts.

The Proprietor begs to announce that having r-icohtly
pa-chased the ST. LAWRENCE HALL property, it is hia
intention next Fall to pull down and rebuild with all
th« modern improvements, including an Elevator ; thus
making this Hotel second to none in the B^nited li»t«tes.

MosTRBAL, May, 1870.

QUEBEC-CACOUNA-SAaUENAY.

As no special guide has hitherto been piiblishcd
descriptive of this route, it is deemed expedient to draw the
attention of American Tourieta to the romantic and
beantifui scenery in this part of Northern Canada.
Tavties visiting Canada without raalsing this tour, lose
one of the grandest features of their trip : Quebec,
one of the oldest cities in America, famous for its
battle-fields, monuoients, fortifications, &c., with a view
from the heights of Abraham unequalled. The Hoteh%
Si. Louis and Russell House, k?pt hj Raspell Bros*., have
been thoroughly renovated during the past winter with
ample ftcoommodation,and are equal in every respect to any
in Canada ; from thonce coutinuing their journey to the
far-famed Saguenay, do.vn the most beautiful part of the
St. Lawrence River, calling at Murray Bay and JRiviere du
L»up, at the latter place taking the omnibusses for
Caoodjj A, the most celebrated watering place on the Lower
Si Lawrence, and acknowledged by eminent medical men to
be one of the most healthy summer reports on this continent,
having an Hotel (the St. Lawrence Hall) capable of
accommodating 6t)0 guests; from thence across to Tadousac,
from which point they ascend the Sagueuay River, the
romantic scenery of which must be 8f?en \,z be appreciated,
pMislng Cape Trinity, the admiration of all tr,*. jllerf. lu
faet, the whole scenery of this route is of the most
pietarerqne description, full of variety, and keeping the
minds of Tourists thoroughly absorbed in admiration during
th» entire trip. Salmon and trout fishing to be had in tbe
vicinityof Cacouna. The splendid steamers Union and Magnet
leave Qaebec fo«* the Saguenay every Tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday. Caoocna can be reached also by Grand
Tronk Railroad, as special trains run daily from Quebec to
Rividreda Loup, at which station omnibusses and carriages
a e in waitiog to convey parties to the Hotel. For lime of
departare, distances, rates of fare. Ac. see page 28.

i O

JBNAY.

?u published
t to draw the
mautic and
irn Canada.
i.s tour, lose
ip : Quebec,
ous for its
wlt-h a view
The HoteU\
1 Bios>., have
winter with
Bppect to any
rney to the
1 part of the
d Biviere du
nibupses for
•n the Lower
dical men to
lis continent,

capable of
to Tadoueac,

River, the
appreciated,
;*v oilers. lu
►f the most
keeping the
ation daring
}e had in the
Hand Magnet
, Wednesday,
IgQ by Grand
m Qaebec to
nd carriages
For time of
28.

<^xjii:3b:ko:

AS «KEN lY iMERICAN, ICXOMSH, FRRKCH, AND OAKADIAN

WRITERS OF XOTE.

'■ft

QgKBKC, founded by Samuel de Chainplain, ia 1608,
Ims certainly inucli to recommend itself^ by liistorioal
metnoriea and bv scenerv, to the traveller—the
scliolar — the historian. The wintormgof the venture-
some Jacques Garlier on tiie ban'cs of the St. Charlee,
in 1535-6, by its remoteness, is an incident of interest not
only to Canadians, but also to every denizen of
America. It takes one back to an era nearly coeval with
the discovery of the continent by Columbus — much ante-
rior ^0 the foundation of Jamestown, in 1607 — anterior to
that of St. Augustine in FloriJa, in 1592. Quebec has,
then, a right to call herself an old, a very old, city of
the west.

The colonization of Canada, or, as it was fornidrly
called, New F»'ance, was undertaken by companies of
French merchants engaged in the fur trade, close on
whose steps followed a host of devoted missionaries, who
lound in the forests of this new and attractive country
ample scope for the exercise of their religious enthusiasm.
It was at Quebec that these Christian heroes landed ;
fron) hence, thev started for the forest primeval, the
bearers of the olive branch of Christianity, of civilization.

A fatal mistake) committed at the outset by the
French commanders, in taking part in the Indian wars,
more than once brought the incipient colony to the verge
cl ruin : during these periods scores of devoted missionaries

-5W*i:.

fell uuJer tlieecalpincr-knifeor anihl.*t incredible torture?,
amongst the mercileaa savai^es whom (lioy had come to
reclaim. Iiuiian massacres became so IVcijuent, so
appalling, tliat on several occasion- tii'.' J'rench thought
of giving up the colony for ever. The rivalry between
France and EnglanVl added to the hardships and dangers
of tlio k\v hardy colonists estal-lislicd at Quebec. Its
environF, the shores of its noble river, more thati once
became the battle-fields of Europe. oi armies. These were
eventful periods— happily gone by, -.ve liope, forever.

In l]is ^'Pioneers of France In ilic Keio IVorld,^^ the
gifted Fr?. Parkman mournfully reviews the vanished
glories of old France in her fornior vast dominions in
America :

''The French dor.union is a memory of the past; and
when we wake its departed shale , they rise upon us
from their graves in strange romantic guise. Again
tlieir ghostly camp-iires seem to burn, and the fitful liglit
is cast around on lord and vassal and black-robed priest,
mingled with wild forms of savage warriors, knit in close
fellowship on the same stern erran 1, a boundless vision
grows upon us : an untamed continent ; vast wastes of
forest verdure ; mountams silent ia primeval sleep ;
river, lake, and glinunering pool ; wilderness oceans
mingling with the sky : such was the domain which
France conquered fi;r civiHzation. Plumed helmets
gleamed in the shade of its forests; priestly vestments in
its dens and fastnesses of ancient barbarism. Men steeped
in antique learning, pale with the close breath of the
cloister, here spent tlie noon and evening of their lives,
ruled savage hordes with a mild, parental sway, and
$tood serene before the direst shapes of death. Men of
a courtly nurture, heirs to the polish of a far-reaching
anceatry, here, witli thoir daun(lG=!s hardihood, put to

ilible torture?,

luid come to

IVeiiuent, so

eiich tliought

valry between

s and dangers

Qncd^cc. Its

)re tlian onco

. These were

', forever.

World,'' the

tlio vanished

dominions in

tlie past ; and
rise upon us
guise. Again
the fitful light
\ robed priest,
?, knit in close
jndloss vision
ast wastes of
nieval sleep ;
srness oceana
loniain which
uneJ helmets
' vestments in
Men steeped
yreath of the
of their lives,
tal sway, and
!uth. Men of
a far-reaching
hood, put to

Of all this might) empire of the pai^t, Quebec was the
undisputed capital, the fortrc.«f^:, the key-«tone.

It would be a cuii' wi study to place in juxta position
tlie impression."! pru'uced o\\ Tourisitfl by the view of
Quebec arid its environs — from Jacques Cp.rticr, tlie
discoverer of Canada, 'lown to Wiliiatn Howard Russell —
]3ulMiun Rusj-ell.

Cham[)lain, La Poiherio, La Hontan, Le Beau, Du
(."reux (Creuxius), Pder Kalm, Knox, Silliman, Ampere,
Mrn. Moodie, Antnuny Trollope, Sula, llevd. Henry Ward
Reecher, have all 'eft their impressions of the
rocky citadel.

Mrs. Moodie (Susanna Strickland); in lier sketches of
Canadian life, graphically delineates her trip from Grosse
lale to Quebec, and ilio appcaruuce of the city itselt from
he river :

<' On the 22nd of September (1832), the anchor was
weighed, and we bade a lr]g farewell to Grosse Isle.
As our vessel struck into mid channel, I cast a last
lingering look at the beautiful shores we were leaving.
Cradled in the arms o( the St. Lawrence, and basking
in the bright rays of the morning sun, the island and its
sister group lookeil like a sec<jnd Eden just emerged
from the waters of chaos. The dav was warm, and the
cloudless heavens of that peculiar azure tint which
gives to the Canadian skies and waters a brilliancy
unknown in more northern latitudes. The air was pure
and elastic ; the sun shone out with uncommon
splendour, lighting up the changing woods with a ricli
mellow colouring, composed of a thousand brilliant and
vivid dyes. The mighty river rolled Hashing and
sparkling onward, impelled by a stro!ig breeze that
tipped its short rolling surges witli a crest of fnowy foam.

'■il

''Never shall I forget that short voyage from Grosse
lele to Quebec. What wonderful combinations of beauty
and grandeur and power, at every winding of that noble
river I

^' Every perception of my mind became absorbed into
the one sense of seeing, when, u^n rounding Point Levi,
we cast anchor before Quebec. What a scene 1 Can
the world produce another.? Edinburgh had been the
beau ideal to me of all that was beautiful in nature — a
vision of the Northern Highlands had haunted my
dreams across the Atlantic ; but all these past
recollections faded before ihe pretent of Qyxeheo. Nature
has ransacked all our grandest elements to form this
astonishing panorama. There frowns the cloud-capped
mountain, and below, the cataract foams and thunders j
woods and rock and river combine to lend their aid in
making the picture perfect, and worthy of its Divine
originator. The precipitous bank upon which the city
lies piled, reflected in the still, deep waters at its base,
greatly enhances the romantic beauty of the situation.
The mellow and Ferene glow of the autumn day
harmonized so perfectly with tbe solemn grandeur of the
scene around me, and sank so silently and deeply into
my soul, that my spirit fell prostrate before it, and I
melted involuntarily into tear?."

Such the poetic visions which were awakened in the
poetic mind of the brilliant autiior of '* Roughing it in
the Bush.^^

A distinguished French lltleyateiir, fresh from the
sunny banks of the Seine, thus discourses anent tlie
ancient capital ; we translate :

"Few cities," eays M. Marmicr, (I) ''offer as many
striking contrasts as Qu-ibec, a fortress and a commercial
city together, built upoa the summit of a rock as the

(1) Littns sur I'Amiriguu : X. Marmier, Paris, 1860.

y^ k

rom Grosse
tns of beauty
f that noble

baorbed into

I Point Levi,
scene 1 Can
had been the

II nature — a
haunted my

these past
bee. Nature
to form this
cloud-capped
nd thunders J
their aid in

of its Divine
jch the city
at its base,
the situation,
lutumn day
andeurof the

deeply into
'fore it, and I

ened in the
oughlng it in

!8ii froni the
see anent the

ffifer as ujany
a commercial
rock as the

Paris, 1860.

nest of au eagle, while her vessehi are everywhere
wrinkling the face of the ocetin ; au American city
inhabited by French colonist?, governed by England,
and garrisoned with Scotch regiments; (1) a city of the
nuddleagcT by most of its ancient institutions, while it is
subnutted to all the combinations of modern constitutional
government; an European city by its civilization and
its habits of refinement, and still close by the remnants
of the Indian tribes and the barren mountains of the
north; a city with about the same latitude as Paris,
while Fucce^sively combining the torrid climate of
southern regions with the severities of an hyperboreftn
winter: a city at the same time Catholic and Protestant,
where the labours of our (French) missions are still
uninterrupted alongside of the undertakings of the Bible
Society, and where the Jesuits driven out of our own
country (France) find a place of refuge under the regis of
British Puritanism !"

An American tourist thus epitomises the sights:

'' As the seat of French power in America until 1759,
the great fortress of English rule in British America,
and the key of the St. Lawrence, Quebec must possess
interest of no ordinary character for well-informed
tourists. To the traveller there are innumerable points
and items vastly interesting and curious :— The citadel and
forts of Cape Diamond, with their impregnable ramparts
that rival Gibraltar in strength and endurance against
siege ; the old walls of the city and their gates, each of
which has its legend of war and bloody assault and
repulse ; the plains of Abraham, every foot of which is
commemorated with blood and battle ; Wolfe's
monument, where the gallant and brave soldier died
with a shout of victory on his lips ; the Martello toweta,
with their subterranean communications with the
citadel ; the antique churches, paintings, and ail her
paraphernalia, treasures, and curiosities that are
religiously preserved therein ; the falls of Montrcorenci ;

(I) The Highlanders— 78th, 79lb, and 93id,

the uatural etep.^ ; Montcalm's house, and a tbouRauJ
other reliod ol" the mysterious past that has hallowed
these vvitli all the mystic interest that attaches to
antiquity, great deeds, and beautiful memories. To see
all these, a touri«t requires at least two dj ys' time ; and
surely no one who prctcnJs to be a traveller, in these
days of rapid transit, will fail to visit Quebec, the best
city, the most hospitable place, and richer in its wealth
of rare eights and grand old memorials, French
peculiarities and English oddities, than any other city
on this broad continent."

'}:m

Hark to the sensational utterances of a real live New
Yorker, Henry Ward Beecher :

'^ Queer old Quebec ! — of all the cities on the continent
of America, the quaintest. * * * It is a populated cliff.
Itis a mighty rock, scarped and graded, and made to hold
houses and castles which, by all proper natural laws,
ought to slide off from its back, like an ungirded load
irom a camel's back. But they stick. At the foot of
the locks the space of several streets in width has been
stolen from the river. * » * "We landed. * * ♦

'' Away we went, clin bing the steep streets atacanter
with little horses hardly bi:zger than flies, with an aptitude
for climbing perpendicular walls. It was strange to
wnter a walled city througli low and gloomy gates, on
this continent of America. Here was a small bit of
mediaeval Europe perched upon a rock, and dried for
keeping, in this north-east corner of America, a curiosity
tliat has not its equal, in its kind, on this side of the
ocean. ******

'' "We rode about as if we were in a picture-book,
turning over a new leaf at each street f * ♦ • • xhe
place should always be kept old. Let people go
somewhere else for modern improvements. It is a shame,
when Quebec placed herself far out of the way, up in the
very neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay, that it should be
hunted and harassed with new-fangled notions, and all
the charming inconveniences, and the irregularities fo

i a ibouRaud
has hallowed
attaches to
Dries. To see
ysi' time ; and
;ller, in theee
ebec, tlic best
in its wealth
ialp, French
nv other city

real live New

the continent
3pulated clilF.

made to hold
natural laws,
uno:irded load
t tjie foot of
KJtli has been
led. * * *

ets at a canter
Ji an aptitude
Ls strange to
iiy gates, on
I small bit of
md dried for
;a, a curiosity
lis side of the

picture-book,
* * • The
iet people go
It ia a shame,
vay, up in the
it should be
ions, and all
regularities to

narrow and tortuous utreets, thai ho t!elij;hl a trdvelltr's
eyes, aliould be altere<l to suit the fantrwtic notions of
modern people. *•*••«

^' Our stay in Quebec was t )0 short by far. Hut it was
long enough to make it certain that we shall come back
again. A stnnmer in Catiada would f(»rm one of the
most delightful iiolidays that we can imagine. We mean
to prove our sincerity by uur conduct. And then, if itia
not all that cmr imagination promisea?, wo will write
again and conlctss." (I)

Professor Benjamin Silli laii di^conrsea thua:

*^ A seat of ancient dominion — now hoary with the
lapse of more than two ceituriea — fornjerly the seat of a
French empire in the west— lo»«t, aixl won by the blood
of gallant armies, and of illustrious commanders —
throned on a rock, and defended by all the proud defiance
of war! Who could approach such a city without
emotion ? Who in Canada has nut longed to cast his
eyes on the water-girt rocks and towers of Quebec?'" —
(Sii.liman's Tour in Canada.)

Let us complete this mosaic of descriptions and literary
gems, borrowed from English, French, and American
writers, by a sparkling tableau of the historic memories
of Quebec, traced by a loavling French Canadian
lilieraimr, the author ol Charles GuGriu :

^'History i;? everywhere— around us — ben«»iith ua ;
from the depths of yonder valleyn, from the top of that
mountain, history rises up and presents it.^elt to our
notice, exclaiming : ' Behold me !'

^njeneath u^, among the capricious meanders of the
River St. Charles, the Cahir Coubat of Jacques-Cartier,
is the very place where he first planted tht- u'oss and
held ills fir.^t conference with the Seiynmr Donaconna.

(1) Xf^w-Vork Ledger.

Hero, vtry uear to ud, beneath a veneraLlo elii« tree,
wliicii, with much regret, we paw cut down, tradition
fitutee that Cliamplaiii first raisoil his tent. From the
vary Rpot on which we now stand, Count de Frontcnac
returned to Admiral Phippy tliat i)roud answer, as he Haid,
from the mouth of his cannon, which will always
remain recorded hy iiistory. Under these ramparts are
Hpread the plains on which fell VVollo and Montcalm,
and where, in the followinj^ year, tho Clievalier de Levis
and General Murray fought that other battle, in memory
of which the citizens of Quebec are erecting* (in 1B54) a
monument. Before u.«, on the heights of Beauport, the
«ouvcnira of battles not less heroic, recall to our remem-
brance the names of Longueuil, St. IlelcVne, and Juche-
reau Duchesnay. Below uh, at the foot of that tower on
which floatrfi the British flag, Montgomery and Ids
eoldiera all fell, swept by the grape-bhot of a single gun
pointed by a Canadian artilleryman.

*'0n the other hand, umier that projecting rock, now
crowned with the gnns of old I]ngland, the intrepid
Danjbourges, sword in hand, drove Arnold and hie men
from tho houses in which they had established
themselves. History is then everywhere around us. She
rises as well from these ramparts, replete with daring
deeds, as from those illustrious plains equally celebrated
fur feats of arms, and shi again exclaims: 'Hero 1

^.m:

V M

Cosmopolite.

HlDts to Tonrists Visitiai Oneliec.

— *'»"fc'^ •v. -^ -^^^

liiera IB r nmgniflcent line of eteamers leuviuir
Montreal every evening, at 7 p.m., and reaching Quebec
at A.M. In Mluon to these floating palaces, equal to
hose on the IluJaon, the Grand Trunk Kaihvay
Company run two train, per day to Quebec fron.
Montreal,

Living is ooniparatively cheap, and hotel accommoda-
tion 18 as good as any Canadian city can furnish. There
are at Quebec several dozens of minor hotels, and some
extensive oneP, such as Noonan'e, Henchey'n, Frechette's
and Blanchard's Hotels, without counting the Jar^e
Victoria Hotel at South Quebec. Two newlv-furnished
vast hotela-the St. Louis Hotel and the Russell House,'
kept on the American principle-have, of course, froin
their size, the first claim on the traveller's attention •
and the rush of visitors at these hotels during the
summer months imfliciently testifies to the comfort and
civility, wiJch await the traveller. The Messrs.
Rusee!l-two obliging Americans-have ^wcceedcd and
^deserve to succeed, as hosts.

The city and environs abound in drives varying from
fi^e to thirty miles, in addition to being on the direct
line of travel to the far-famed Saguenay, Murray Bay,
Kamouraska, Cacouna, Rimouski, Gasp^, and other
noted watering places.

Quebec can minister abundantly to the tastes of those
who like to yacht, fish, or shoot. Yachting, in fact, has
become of late quite ai) institutidn. You oan on those

1(>

mellow Saturday aftornoons in An;^»iPt and Sepleinbor,
jnootthc wliole •sporting and Kvj<liio!i;vl)le world of the Upper
'J'mvn on the Diirhiun Tcrraoc or Lower Town wharvcf,
liiMit on wihu'-'Hin;4 atrial of .''pccil urHoaniansliij) hetwcen
tli(j Mnudtr, t!io Hhirk Ifdirk, the Wasp^ the Shanno'n,
the noit llommc liicliard, and half a Hcorc of crack
yachts and their uwnerr'.

Let us see what the city contains: — First, the west wing,
bnilt ahout 1789 hy Governor Haldiniand, to enlarge the
o/<H'hateaii burnt <Iown in January, 1831: thin moulder-
ing [)ilc, now used as the Xormal School, is all that remains
of the stately edifice of old, overhangin*^ and lacing the
Cnl-de Sac, where the lordly Count dc Frontenac held
his (piaFJ regal court in IG'Jl : next, the Laval Unirersity,
founded in IS.'i-l, conferrnig degrees under its royal
charter : tiic conr.-e of studies is similar to that of the
celebrated European irniversity of Louvain ; then there is
the Queliec Seniinary, erected by Jiishop LavaJ, a
Montmorency, in ir.r>:>; the Ur.suline Convent, founded
in 103G by Madiuno lie la Peltrie : this nunnery, with
the R. C. Cathedral, which was built in 1G4G, contains
many valuable pointings, which left France about 1789 ;
the General Ilosi.iial. founded two centuries af'o bv
Moni^eigneiu* de St. \'allier: in 1759, it was the chief
hospital for tiie wounded anii the dying during the
memorable battle of the 1 3th September — Arnold and
Viis continentalK found protection against the rigors of a
Canadian winter behind its walls in 1775-G ; the
UoUllHtu nunnery, close to Palace Gate, dating more
than two lumdrcd years back.

As to the views to be obtained from Durham Terrace,
the Glacis and the Citadel, they are unique in grandeur,
each street has it* own familiar vij-ta of the 6»r-

f»

(»

rounding country. It is verily, as Henry Ward Hecohcr
well •xpree803 it, " like turnin;^ over the leaves of a
|jicturelioolv."

A city crowning the sunnnit vl a lofty capo inuat
nec«tiBarily Le ariluuus of access: and when i: is
rt'niernh«red how irregular is the j^^^^^^^^f^ <J" which it
stand?, havinj; vet for thoron;:ht!irea the identical Indian
j)atha (A Stadacona, or the narrow avenuea aiul
u{)proachee of its fir^t PCttleiH in 1G08, it Mould be vain
to hope tor regalarity, breadth, and beauty, in etrtets
such ati !nany modern cities can glory in. It is yet m
its leading features a city ol the 17th century, — a quaint,
curiouH, drowsy, but healthy location for l-'-'nun being* ;
a cheap place of abode ; if you like a crenelated fort,
with loop-holes, grim-looking old gun?, sentrieF, pyramids
of shot and phell: such the H|.cctaclc high up in the
■kicB, in the airv locality called the Tjijier Town.
Some hundred feet below, it exhibits a crowded mart of
eonimerce, with vast beaches, where ralta of timber
innumerable rest in safety, a few perches from where a
whole fleet of Great Kasimis might float secure, on the
waters of the famed river. The two main roads outside
the city, the St. Foy and St. Lewis lloads, are lined with
the country seats of successful Quebec merchants,
judges, professional men, retired English ofTicers, &c.

On his way from the St. Louis Hotel, Louis street, the
tourist notices, a few steps to the west, the antiquated one-
story house where Brigadier-General Richard Montgomery
wai laid out after being found in his snowy sla-oud at
Pree-de-Ville, Slst December, 1775. This decayed old
dwelling is but one story high. In 1775, it belonged to
one Gobert, a eooper ; and Brigdr.-Ceneml Montgnmory* s

reniai ns, after liaviug been Iiientifie J by Mr9. Miles Prentice
by a scar on hia face, were deposited there, and removed
on tlie 4tli January, 177G, to be buried near the bastion
at Louis Gate. Mr. L. G. Baillairgc, advocate, the
})resent owner of tliis bouse, has commemorated this
incident by an inscription oti it, visible to every beholder.

After passing tlie Drill-Shed, the Military Home, the
Jjadies' Protestant llome, facingSt. Bridget's Asylum, and
adjoining the area which the Quebec Seminary intended
to lay out as a Botanical Garden, the Jehu, amidst most
n^iraculous details of the great battle, soon lands liis
pa??enger on the Plains of Abraham, close to the little
juonuruent wl-^oh marks the spot where James Wolfe,
the British hero, cxpireJ, near to the well from which
water was procured to moisten his parched lips. A few
minutes more brin.iis one to Mr. Price's villa, Wolfe-field,
wliere may be seen the rugged path up the St. Denis
burn, by which the Highlanders and English soldiers
gained a footing above, on that 13th September, 1759,
destined to revolutionize the new world : the British, were
piloted in their ascent of the St. Lawrence by a French
prisoner of war brought with them from England — Denis
de Vitr6, a Quebec mariner. Their landing at Sillery
was selected by Major Robert Stobo, who had, in May,
1759, escaped from a French prison in Quebec, and joined
his countrymen, the English, at Louisbourg, from whence
he took ship again to meet Saunders' fleet at Quebec.
The tourist next drives past Thornhill, Sir Francis
Ilincks' old home, when Premier to Lord Elgin ; opposite
. appear the leafy glades of Spencer Wood, so grateful a
summer retreat, that my Lord used to say, '* There he
not only loved to live, but would like to rest thero his

)

bones." Next comes Spencer Orange, th, seat of J. M.
LeMo,ne,E.q. ; tl.en WooJfielJ, the homesteaJofthellon.
Z"l i\'PP^'^' '" 1847, novv of Meters. John L. and Jaa.
Uibb. The eve next Jwcll. on the little rustic chapel of St.
Alicha^, en,bowcre.l in evergreens ; close to which Ioon>s
out,at5o«,*s Hois, the .stately convent of Jems- Marie ■

ZT ■'^V'',"r'"""'""'^'''^-^'"" ''' 'f you enter be'.
>on,l the sec uJe,i portals of Benn.ore, Co!. Rhodes' conn-

ry seat ; Clermont, Beauvoir, Kilmarnock, Cataraqui
lulgraston IMU., Meadow Bank, ic, until, aaec a
nme-m^les' drive, Redclyffe clones the rural landscape-
Kedclyfie on the top of the cape of Cap Rouge, where
many .nd.cations yet mark the .pot where Roberval's
ephemeral colony wintered as far back as 1542 You
can now. If you hke, return to the city by the san.e road,
0. selec the St. Foy Road, skirting the classic heigius
where General Murray, six n,onths alter the first battle
o. thePhn,., lo.t the .second, on 28th April, 17C0; the
^t. Foy Church was then occupied by the British soldiers,
iour gaze next rests on Holland House, Montgomery's
beadquarters in 1775, behind which is Holland Tree
overshadowing, as of yore, ihe grave of the Hollands. '

The view, from the St. Foy road, of the n,eandering
ht. Charles below, especially during the high tiJ.-. is
eorneth.ng to be remembered. The tourist shortly after
detects the iror. pillar, surmounted by a bronze statue of
Uellona, presented iu 1855 by Prince Napoleon Bonaparte
—intended to commemorate the fierce struggle of 28th
-\pril, 17G0. in close vicinity appear the brigTtpartd'ri^i
or i,mbrageou.s groves of Bellevue, Han.wood. Bijou,
Westfield, Sans-Bruif, and the dark gothio arolies of
the Fmlay Asylum ; and the traveller re-enters by S'

4' *■■

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John's BubiirbS; with tli@ broad basin of the 8t. Charles
andtlie pretty L*land of Orbana atariug him iu the face.
Drive down next to see tlie Montmorency Falls and the
little room which tlie Duke of Kent, Queen Victoria'g
father, occupied in 171)1. A trip to the Island o^
Orleans in the ferry will also repay trouble ; it costs
next to nothing ; half an hour of brisk ateanning will do
it. The Island contain? passable hotel accommodation.
Cross then to St. Joseph, Levi, per ferry steamer, and go
and behold the most complete, the most formidable, as
to plan, the most modern eartluvorka in the vrorld, making
you forgetthose of Antwerp. Three regiments of soldiers
were busily engaged erecting these forts, from which,
at a point to the north-east, a plunging fire ^rom above
can be brought to bear, which would sink the most
invulnerable iron-clad in the world. The military band«
{j.tti-act many visitors to the forts on the days on which
they play.

A trip to the Chaudicre Falls, nine miles distant,
cannot be o:niitcd, — no more than a drive to Lake St.
Charles by Indian Lorette, and a sail in a birch canoe
to ihe rocky shores of Echo Bay. Diverge to the east,
and drive to Lake iJeauporl, to luxuriate on its red
trout 5 but mind you stop on your return and tal^e a
caulker of Glenlivet or old Bourbon or Sillery Mouseeux
on the baiike of the trout stream, next to the Hermitage,
at Charlesbourg. Step in to the Chateau ; sit down,
like Volney amidst the ruins of Palmyra, and meditate
on Wie romantic, though unhappy, fate ot dark-eyed
Caroline, Bigot's Rosamond, (1) some hundred years
ago. You iniagine you have seen everything; not so,
my (riend ! Tell your driver to let you out, opposite

UittgfiilJ, ou the Charleabourg road, aud, if at komc,
Mr. G. II. Parke, the obliging proprietor, will surely
grant you leave to visit the extineiv* earthwork?,
behind his residence, raised by Montcalm in 1Y59— so
appropriately called Ringfield. Hurry back to town in
time to accept that invitation to dine at the Club ; tlien,
ppend the evening agreeably at the Morrin College, in
the cosy rooms o( the Literary and Historical Society,
and retire early, preparing yourself for the great
campaign of the morrow. To the Lakes I To the Lakes !
Here are a few of them : Lake Calvaire, at St. Augustin ;
Lake St. Joseph, Lac a la Truite, Lac rhilip, Lac
Jaunc, Snow Lake, Lac Blanc, Lac Sudmiestj Lac
Vincent, Lac TJiomas, Lac Claire, Lake Mackenzie,
Lake Sagamite, Lake Burns, Lake Bonnet — all within
a lew hours' drive from Quebec, with the exception of
Snow Lake. It is not uncommon to catch trout
weighing from 121bs. to 201bs. in Lake SL Joseph and
Snow Lake, during the winter months. Cosmopolite.

(1) You can peruke Carolino'a very pathetic tale in that
repository of Canadian lore, Maplo Leaves, which you will
find a trustworthy guide for objects without the city; whilst
Hawkins's Historical Vtcturc of Quebec (the new edition)
wlil, in language most classic, enlighten you as to what
Quebec contain?, or did contain, within its oUi walls.

THE RIVER SAGUENAY AND ITS SALMON FISHING.

r » ■!

Methinks the spirits of the hruve,
Who oil thy banks have found a grave,

Sliil linger. loath to fly ;
And on the moanings of the gale
.Strange shapes ride forth, all cold and pnl»,

Unseen by iicedless eye.

Oft in mine ears liath darkly rung
Their solemn re(]uieni, softly sung —

Mysterious, deep, and chill,
y\nd, dyinfe' oft. come back again,
In sweet, uneartlily, ghostly strain —

The nioun.fnl nighl-winds o'er the hi!l.

k K. K.

The interior of the wild country watered by the River
Saguenay, was letter known, strange to say, two liundred
years ago, in the days of the Jesuit missionaries
Crespeuil and Albanel, than in the present age. Few
white men had wandered over these silent wastes which
echoed to the war\vhoo})S of the Montagnais and Nascape
Intlians, sole masters of tliis boundless territory.

Jacqaes Cartier had cast anchor, 'tis true, atTa<lousa(j
on 1st S(?ptember, 1535. The flattering accounts lie
subsequently published, of the mineral riches of the
Saguenay country, were derived from the Indian chiel
Donacona, who repeated the same assertions when
brought in the presence of the French monarcb Francis
I. In Champlain's time (IGIO), mention is made of a
renowned Montagnais Sagamo, named Anadabijou, who
had an interview ^Yith Champlain and Leacarbot, at
Poinie-aux-BoulcauX; about one mile west of Tadousac.

In the course of n^y Waltonian rambles in the lower
St. Lawrence, I have seen nature in her blandest forms ;
\ have seen her also in all her rugged beauty. No vvherc;

ever, have 1 been more impressed with her grim majesty
than in ascenJing the deep, black waters of the Sague-
nay. Reader, have you ever felt, on i\ bright June
morning, or on a peneive September aRernoon, the awful
Bolitude of the spot? Did you ever, in fact, face the
'^ terrorsof the Saguenay ?'' Lest I might underrate them,
let niiborrovr from an able account, penned by aKuropean
tourist (Mr. Wood, the special correspondent of tiie London
Times); who recently formed one of the Prince of Wales'.^
party In the English »hip-of-war Flying Fish :

'' Gloomy black clouds rested on tlie mountains, and
seemed to double their height, pouring over the rugged
clif!8 in a stream of mist, till, lifting Ruddenly with the
hoarse gusts of wind, they allowed short glimpses into
what may almost be called the terrors of the Saguenay
scenery. It is on such a day, above all othera, that the
savage wildness and gloom of thi^ extraordinary riveria
Been to the greatest advantage. Sunlight and clear skie.-i
are out of place over its black waters, Anything which
recalla the life and smde of nature ia not in unison with
Uiehuge naked clifFa, raw, cold^ and silent as tombs. An
iialian spring could effect no change in its deadly rugged
aspect ; nor does winter add an iota to its inournful
desolation. It is a river which one should see if only to
know what dreadful aspects Nature can assume in her
wild moods. Once seen, however, few will care to visit it
again, for it is with a sense of relief that the tourist
emerges from its sullen gloom, and looks back upon it
aa a kind of vault — nature's sarcophagus, where life or
sound seems never to have entered. Compared to it, the
Dead Sea is blooming, and the wildest ravines look cosy
and smiling. It is wild without the least variety ,_ and
grand apparently in spite of itself : while so utter is the
solitude, feo dreary and monotonous the frown of its great
black walls of rock, that the tourist is sure to get
impatient with its sullen dead reverse, till he feels almost
au antipathy to its very name. Some six miles above is

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the little town, or, as in England we should call it, village
of Tadousac. It is more than 300 years since Jacques
Cartier, the discoverer of Canada, the bold adventurer,
who, through his misinterpretation of the Indian word
''welcome, ' gave the present name to the country,
landed here. It was almost his first real resting-place;
and the first mention which we liave of the Saguenay is
one which now well befits its savage aspect, for Cartier
sent a boat and crew to explore its rocky chasm, wliich
were never more heard of. From that day to this, the
river has had a name which, allowing for the difference
Oi times and creeds, only Styx can equal. At the mouth
of the Saguenay the water varies in depth from ten to
fiixtren fathoms : but once between the walls of th driver,
und the depth from end to end is never less than 100
fathoms, generally 150. On either side, at a distance of
about a mile apart, tl»e clilTs rise up thin, white, and
.straight, varying in perpenJicular height from 1,200 to
1,600 feet; and this is the character of the river Saguenay
from its mouth to its source. Un the right bank, the
clifTs are poorly mantled here and there with stunted
pines ; but on the left, llierc is scarcely a sign of life or
verdure ; and the limestone rocks stick up white and
bleached in the gloomy air, like the bones of an old
world.

''At two plnces, St. Marguerite and between Capes
Trinity and Eternity, where smaller tributaries pour
their contributions into the deep, black stream, a breach
occur in the wall of rockt<, as if some giant hand had
torn them forcibly back, and left them strewn and
baffled of their power in uncouth lumps over the valleys
beyond. But these are the only openings, the only
means of escape, if they may be so called, from the
silent gloom of this dread river. The Saguenay seems to
want painting, wants blowing up, or drainmg — anything,
in short, to alter its morose, eternal, quiet awe. Talk
of Lethe or the Styx, they must have been purling brooks
compared with this savage river, and a pic-.:iicon the banks
of cither would be preforrable to one on the Saguenay!

Om the occasloti of the rriuce ol Wales' first visit,
on the 14th, tli« mist ami niiii hid half its gloo!ii, but
more than enough was seen to send the party back to
the '' Hero" at about five o'clock wet and dull. There
was rather a state dinner on board the flagship that
evening, and the Prince, having to be np early the next
inor;ing, retired at twelve.

'^ Before six a.ni, he was again on board the Governor'a
sfean)er, and away up the Saguenay to fish. Before he
left, Captain Hope, oftlie ''Flying Fish," had received
orders to get up steam and take all the officers of the
cqnaJron on an excursion up the river. Of course,
everybody wished to go, and, as the day was bright and
glorious, everybody that could come came. The *' Flying
Fish" thus had the hono'vU' of being the first man-of-war
that ever passed up the Saguenay, and if the whole^navy
of England is sent, I am sure a merrier party will never
enter its waters than steamed up on that occasion. Even
the Saguenay could not depress their spirits, and if that
was not a proof of the zest with which all entered into
the day's enjoyment it would be hard to say what was.
From St. Marguerite the smart little sloop steamed on
to wliere the wild scenery of the river culminates at a
little inlet on the right bank between Capes Trinity and
Eternity. Tiian these two dreadful headlands nothing
can be imagined more grand or more impressive. F'or
one brief moment the rugged character of the river is
partly softened, and, looking back into the deep valley
between the cape.-', the land has an aspect of life and
wihl luxuriance which, though not rich, at least seems
po in comparison with the grievous, awful barrenness.
Cape Trinity on the side towards the landward opening
is pretty thickly clothed with fir and birch, mingled
together in a colour contrast wliich is beautiful enough,
especially when the rocks show out among them, with
their little cascades and waterfalls like strips of silver
shining in the sun. But Cape Eternity well b«com««
its name, and is the very reverse of all this. It seems
to A'own iri j^JQiyniy itvJigimtion on iU bvofh^r qap© for

thf weakH#8S it betrays iu allowing anything likt life or
T«rduro to shield its wild, uncouth deformity of Btrtngtb.
Cap« Eternity certainly shows no sign of relaxing iu
this respect from its deep savage grandeur. It ia one
tremendous cliff oMimestone, more than 1500 feet high,
and inclining forward nearly 200 feet, brow-beating all
beneath it, and seeming as if at any moment it would
fall and overwhelm the deep black stream which flowi
tlown 60 cold, so deep and motionless below. High up,
on its rough gray brown, a few slanted pines shovr like
bristles their scathed white arm«, giving an awful weird
aspect to the mass, blanched here and thereby ihetempesta
of ages, stained and discoloured by little waterfalls, in
blotchy and decaying spots, but all speaking mutely of
a long-gone time when the Srguenay was old, silent and
;rloomy, before England was known, or the name of
Christianity understood. Unlike Niagara, and all other
of God's great works in nature, one does not wish for
silence or solitud« here. Companionship become!
doubly necessary in an awful solitude like this, and
though you involuntarily talk in subdued tones, still
talk you must, if only to relieve your mind of the feeling
of loneliness and desolation which seems to weigh on nil
who venture up this stern, grim, watery chasm.

" The 'Flying Fish' passed under this cape slowly
with her yards almost touching the rock, though with
more than a thousand feet of water under her. Even
the middies and youngsters from the squadron were
awe<.l by the scene into a temporary quietness. The
solemn and almost forbidJe'i silence at last became too
inuch. The party t^aid they had not come out to be
overawed, chilled, and Subdued by rocks, however
tremendous, so it was can-ied neni. con. that, dead and
?tony as they were, they must at least have echoei, and
the time was come to wake them. In a minute afttr,
and Captain Hope having good-naturedly given his
consent, one of the largest 68-pounder8 was cast loose
and trained afl to face the cliff. From under its
overhanging mass the < Flying Fish' ^was moved with

care lest any loose crag shoulJ be sudicicntly disturbed
by the concussion to come d(^wn bodily upon hex deck?.
A safe distance thus gained, the gun was fired. None
who were in the 'Flying Fish' that day nill ever forget
its «ound. For the Fp:ice oi' a liaH ii minute or po attf-r
the discharge there was i\ dead silence, and then, as iC
the report and concuHPJon were hurled back u[.on the
decks, the echoes came dow n crash on craj-h. It ?eeired
as if the rocks and crags had ali sprung into life under
the tremendous din. and as if each was firing 68 pounders
full upon u«, in sharp, crushing volleys, till at la^it
they grew hoar!-cr and hoarser in their anger, and
retreated, bellowing slowly, carrying the tale of invaded
solitude from hill to hill, till alf the di::<tant mouataina
seemed to roar and groan at the intrusion. It wa? the
first time these hideous clilfs had ever been made to
speak, and when they did break silence they did it to
«om§ purpose.

A few miles further on, the ''Flying Fish*' passed
under Statue Point, where, at about 1000 feet above the
water a huge rough Gothic arch gives entrance to a cave
in which, as yet, the foot of man lias never trodden.
Before the entrance to this black aperture a gK^autic
rock, like the atatue of some dead Titan, once'^ stood.
A few years ago, during the winter, it gave way, and
the monstrous figure came crashing down through the
ice of the Saguenay, and left bare to view the entrance
to the cavern it had guarded perhap? for ages. Bevo..d
this, again, was the Tableau Hock, a sheet ol dark-
coloured limestone, some 600 feet high by 300 wide, as
straight and almost as smooth a'^ a juirror.

»8

DISTANX'ES, RATI-: OF FARE, MODH OF CONVEY-
ANCE, Ac, Ac, Ac.

Montreal to QL-r^r.:.c vix Uiciikliru Co.'s STKAMkiir.s. —

Qwefref, Capt. LaBelle, and MuntvcaJ^ C-ipt. \cl5nn, dail)',

leaving Montroal at 7 i-.m., ai-riviti^ at Qiiel)oc following

raorning at (? a.m. Fare, iiicliuliiig Meals and State Jioom.

$5.00. Returning, leave Quebec daily at 4 p.m , nrriving

in Montreal 6 a.m. lollowitig morning. Distance, 170 miles.

Via Grawd Thunk R. RoAD.—Exprc^a Trains loavi;
Montroal daily at 2 v. m., arriving in (2'i«^^«?c same ovcn'.ng
at 9.30. Returning, leaving Utiobcc daily, at 1.50 p.m.,
connoeting with Trains at Jiichinond tor tho White
Moantain, arriving in Montreal same evening at 'J. There
is a nigbt train al»o witb Hlecping car attached, cacb way,
arriving the following morning. Rate, of fare ,S3.00.

Cavadiak Navkjatiox Coy.'s Steamkk.^.— r/n/on, Captain
Fairgrievee, and Magnet. Capt. v*:impj-on, leave Quebec
every Tuesday, VVedneHday, Friday, and Saturday, at 7
A.M., on arrival of the StA'amer from Montreal, arriving at
lijver da Loup at 4.30 p.m. ; Tadousac (mouih of the
Sagaenay) 7 p.m., eame day, and Ha-lla Bay (bead of the
Saguenay River) early the following morning. Returning
same morning by day-light down the Saguenay lliver,
reaching River-du-Loup in the evening, at p.m., and
Quebec following morning. Fare to lla-lla Bay and
return, $6.00 ; Meal« and State-Rooms extra. Distance each
way, 190 miles. Through Tickets allow passengers to lay
over at any point on the route.

Two Trains, via Grand Trunk Railroad, leave Quebec

and Saturday evenings, at 5 p.m., from River-du-Loup, and
make the trip up the Saguenay River, returning the
following evening at 5 p.m.

The lioueos advertised in this Book are strongly
recommended as firBt-olass in every respect, where the best
descri|ilkm of goods, in their reBpectivn lines, can at all
times b« ptircbased at reasonable Fates.

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