IMAGE EVALUATION 
 TEST TARGET (MT-3) 
 
 1.0 
 
 r= ! 
 
 I.! 
 
 1.25 
 
 - ilia 
 
 |5U ""■= 
 
 "IM 
 
 1^ 
 
 !.4 
 
 M 
 
 2.2 
 2.0 
 
 18 
 
 1.6 
 
 P> 
 
 <^ 
 
 /2 
 
 >>. 
 
 
 .-^^ 
 
 .^> 
 
 
 
 o^ 
 
 Photographic 
 
 Sciences 
 Corporation 
 
 «^ 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 -V' M 
 
 \ 
 
 \ 
 
 ^<b 
 
 
 o' 
 
 <^ 
 
 r<>^- 
 
 ri> 
 
 23 WEST MAIN STREET 
 
 WEBSTER, N.Y. 14S80 
 
 (716) 872-4503 
 
 
^ 
 
 o 
 
 CIHM/ICMH 
 
 Microfiche 
 
 SeriP;s. 
 
 CIHM/ICMH 
 Collection de 
 microfiches. 
 
 Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut canadien de micioreproductions histuriques 
 
Te...mical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques at bibliographiques 
 
 The institute has attempted to obtain the best 
 original copy avalEable for filming. Features of this 
 copy which may be bibiiographically unique, 
 which may alter any of the images in the 
 reproduction, or which may significantly change 
 the usual method of filming, are checked below. 
 
 [""T^oloured covers/ 
 Lzli Couverture de couleur 
 
 □ 
 
 n 
 
 n 
 n 
 
 D 
 
 D 
 
 Covers damaged/ 
 Couverture endommagee 
 
 Covers restored and/or laminated/ 
 Couverture restaurde et/ou pellicul6e 
 
 Cover title missing/ 
 
 Le titre de couverture manque 
 
 Coloured maps/ 
 
 Cartes g6ographiques en couleur 
 
 Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ 
 Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) 
 
 Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ 
 Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur 
 
 Bound with other material/ 
 Relid avec d'autres documents 
 
 Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion 
 along interior margin/ 
 
 La reliure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de ia 
 distortion le long de la marge intdrieure 
 
 Blank leaves added during restoration may 
 appear within the text. Whenever possible, these 
 have baen omitted from filming/ 
 II s ) peut que certaines pages blanches ajout^es 
 lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, 
 mais, lorsque cela i§tait possible, ces pa^es n'ont 
 pas 6t6 filmdes. 
 
 Additional comments:/ 
 Commentaires suppl6mentaires; 
 
 L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire 
 qu'il lui a 6t6 possible de se procurer. Les details 
 de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-dtre uniques du 
 point de vus bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier 
 une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une 
 modification dans la mdthode ncmale de filmage 
 sont indiquds ci-dessous. 
 
 □ Coloured pages/ 
 Pages de couleur 
 
 D 
 D 
 □ 
 
 Pages damaged/ 
 Pages endommag^es 
 
 Pages restored and/or laminated/ 
 Pages restaur6es et/ou pelliculdes 
 
 Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ 
 Pages ddcolordes, tachet6es ou piqudes 
 
 Pages detached/ 
 Pages d^tar.h^es 
 
 r~jL- Showthrough/ 
 
 D 
 
 Transparence 
 
 Quality of prir 
 
 Quality in^gale de I'impression 
 
 Includes supplementary materic 
 Comprend du materiel supplementaire 
 
 Only edition available/ 
 Seule Edition disponible 
 
 I I Quality of print viries/ 
 
 I I Includes supplementary material/ 
 
 j I Only edition available/ 
 
 Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata 
 slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to 
 ensure the best possible image/ 
 Les pages totalement ou partiellement 
 obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure, 
 etc., ont 6t6 film^es d nouveau de fagon d 
 obtenir la meilleure image possible. 
 
 This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ 
 
 Ce document est filmd au taux de reduction indiqud ci-dessous. 
 
 10X 14X 18X 22X 
 
 n 
 
 y 
 
 12X 
 
 16X 
 
 20X 
 
 26X 
 
 SOX 
 
 24X 
 
 28X 
 
 n 
 
 32X 
 
tails 
 i du 
 odifier 
 une 
 mage 
 
 The copy filmed here has been reproduced thanks 
 to the generosity of: 
 
 Library of the Public 
 Archives of Canada 
 
 The images appearing here are the best quality 
 posi^ible considering the condition and legibility 
 of the original copy and in keeping with the 
 filming contract specifications. 
 
 Original copies in printed paper covers are filmed 
 beginning with the front cover and ending on 
 the last page with a printed or illustrated impres- 
 sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All 
 other original copies are filmed beginning on the 
 first page with a printed or illustrated impres- 
 sion, and ending on the last page with a printed 
 or illustrated impression. 
 
 The last recorded frame on each microfiche 
 shall contain the symbol — »> (meaning "CON- 
 TINUED "), or the symbol V (meaning "END"), 
 whichever applies. 
 
 L'exemplaire film6 fut reproduit grfice d la 
 
 g6n6rosit6 de- 
 La bibliothdque des Archives 
 publiques du Canada 
 
 Les images suivantes ont M6 reproduites avec le 
 plus grand soin, compte tenu de la condition et 
 de la nettetd de l'exemplaire film6, et en 
 conformity avac les conditions du contrat de 
 filmage. 
 
 Les exemplaires originaux dont la couverture en 
 papier est imprimde sont film^s en commenqant 
 pnr le premier plat et en terminant soit par la 
 dern:dre page qui comporte une empreinte 
 d'impression ou d'illustration, soit par le second 
 piat, selon le cas. Tous les autres exemplaires 
 originaux sont film^s en commenpant par la 
 premidre page qui comporte une empreinte 
 d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par 
 la dernidre page qui comporte une telle 
 empreinte. 
 
 Un des symboles suivants apparaitra sur la 
 dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le 
 cas: le symbole — ♦-signifie "A SUIVRE", le 
 symbole V signifie "FIN". 
 
 Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at 
 different reduction ratios. Those too large to be 
 entirely included in one exposure are filmed 
 beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to 
 right and top to bottom, as many frames as 
 required. The following diagrams illustrate the 
 method: 
 
 Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre 
 filmds d des taux de reduction diff^rents. 
 Lorsque le document est trop grand pour gtre 
 reproduit en un seul clichd, il est filmd d partir 
 de I'angle supdrieur gauche, de gauche d droite, 
 et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre 
 d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants 
 illustrent la mdthode. 
 
 rrata 
 o 
 
 leJjre, 
 1 d 
 
 3 
 
 32X 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 i -A 
 
 t 
 
 6 
 
$0 
 
 ■To a 
 
 Foi 
 
 o ^ 
 
 a> O) 
 
 o 
 
 O - 
 
 K CO 
 
f 
 
 HARPER'S DOLMi-R STORE. H 
 
 (iiiiilo all Sinuigt^rs who m.iy cuvul' 
 and gii, 
 hero is a ^jiot each Travi'Uer sbould know, 
 or Stcaiii licaU, I'addlus, t^igiiio.-i, I'uH' 
 aiul){'>ar, 
 
 l-'rom Ivast to Wc^t or Harper's Djllar 
 Store. 
 
 •To 
 
 T 
 
 For 
 
 Kj I'l rtiircroat priced here will Strauijors 
 
 find, 
 Ju.--t 50,0 ';) articles of every' kind. 
 Jsi;*, useful aud oraainvutal iVuin every 
 
 sliore, 4 
 
 5lake some one a present from Harper's 
 
 .*1 .Store. 
 
 No. 261 Notre Dime St., Cathedral Block. 
 
 §•5 
 
 I 
 
 
 lA' J 
 
 
 on 
 
 ^^. 
 
 If!' 
 
 btcij Jfiilb 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^^ 
 
 OF 
 
 LAKES AND RIVERS, 
 
 CANADA, 
 
 iTa 
 
 BY 
 
 HEV. J. DOUGLAS BOKTIIWICK. 
 
 G. & W. CLARK, 2'2'2 ST. JAMES STREET, 
 AND ALL BOOKSF'^LERS. 
 
 PUICE, 
 
 10 CENTS. 
 
 jPHontrrnl: 
 
 PRINTED BV JO:iN LOVELL, ST. NICHOLAS STREET. 
 
 l»7i. 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 w 
 
 ^: 
 
 Pdcn 
 
 63 P* 
 
 B £2 
 w en 
 
 CD O 
 
 S H 
 
 o ' 
 
 S H 
 
 (> g 
 
 g <^ 
 at 
 
 O r« 
 
 S '=' 
 
 ^^ 
 
 *< s 
 
 en pi 
 
 cj ga 
 P .5, 
 
 n 
 
 
 Purses, Pocket Books, Bill Wallets, &c,, in Ruseia and other Leather, Fine Pocket 
 Knives. Scissors, &c., Walking Canes, Walking Sticks, Fine Photograph Album, 
 Pearl Card Cases, &c., aud a large variety of Fancy Goods, at verv low prices. G. & 
 W. CLARKE, Stationers, &c,, 223 St James Street, next the Witness Office. 
 

 WASHINGTON HOUSE. 
 
 O 
 
 H 
 
 
 U 
 
 
 « 
 
 
 H 
 
 
 C/J 
 
 
 1-3 
 
 
 iJ 
 
 
 M 
 
 
 O 
 
 
 o 
 
 
 kiH 
 
 
 f^ 
 
 
 p 
 
 
 C5 
 
 K-l 
 
 S 
 
 < 
 
 H 
 
 w 
 
 W 
 
 (^ 
 
 H 
 
 
 :c 
 
 O 
 
 a 
 
 % 
 
 w 
 
 cri 
 H 
 O 
 
 CO 
 
 Gentlomc-« can roly on the noted character of this houfe for suppljing first-clas», 
 work in the Merchant Tailoring line, etc. 
 
 Orders will be executed with the greatest d(>spatch consii'tont with corrcctn^'ss ot 
 Fit, Workmanship, etc, , „ .. . 
 
 Prices will bo found uniformly moderate. Fasliionable I weed buits to mv.asure- 
 ment, 812.()0 to 618 00. . ,,.,': , 
 
 Tlw exten^ive Stock of Ready-made Clothing (native and imported). Deing one of 
 the largest in Canada^ comprises every variety oflgarnn^its for Gentlcmcu s and 
 YouthVwear, in all the American and Canadian styles of tiie day. (Jents tashion- 
 al)le made Tweed Suits, .«; 10.50 to *15.00; Youths', *5.f)0 to !f 10.50. 
 
 The immense assortment prese-.ited in the newly Imported Stock, tor the present 
 toBBon, in flue Woollens, Tweeds, Tricots, Mixed and i'iain Coatings, J enetians, 
 Satarfts, etc.. will atTord ample facilities to all buyers for making their selections 
 
 The best Cutters, and Coat and I'ant makers, are engaged ; so that perfect satis- 
 faction will be ensured to customer.^. 
 
 Strangers and Tourists are specially Invited to visit the hstablishment, where they 
 will always receive a cordial welcome. 
 
 W. WALSH <5o CO , 
 
 463 NOTRE DAME .STREET. 
 N.B.-Our extensive Stock of Gentlemen's Spring and Snmmpr Overcoats, in 
 Meltons, Venetians, and fine Scotch Tweeds, ran comieJe with anyt^.Mlg feJ ti-e 
 kind in Canada. 
 
 i 
 

 i 
 
 Successor to Joseph Carlislk. 
 
 KEG. G/\N AND SHELL OYSTERS^ 
 
 GAME, FISH, &C. 
 ■ 287 &, 289 Crystal Block, Notre Dame Street, 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 DR. WM. YOUNG, L.D.S.. 
 
 DENTIST, 
 
 300 ITbtre Da^m.e Street, 
 
 Five Boors East of French Ca.hedral. 
 
 Teeth Extracted with !7itrour Oxide Gas without Fain. 
 
 OFFICE HOURS, 8 A M. TO 6 P.M. 
 
 . G. C. BRUCE & BRO., 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 
 
 PIANOS. CAB/NET ORGAH/S, 
 
 AND 
 
 SE-WIIsra MJlOHINES. 
 
 Of&ce and Show Booms ; Nos. 1 and 5 Place d'Armes Hill, 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 V 
 
 E. MATHIEU & BRO, 
 
 \tyitt 
 
 Wholesale and Retail, 
 No. 8&, Notre-Dame Street, - - - - Montreal. 
 
W. S. WALKER, 
 
 IMPORTIR OF 
 
 MIM.m^^mSi 3ECTE W^l©H3Eg 
 
 AND 
 
 JEWELRY, FRENCH CLOCEa 
 Silver ctncL Stiver JPlated Wctre,. 
 
 JET GOODS, &c., (Sec, 
 ]^0. 321 JJOTI^E pAME Stf^ET 
 
 (OPPOSITE THE SEMINARY CLOCK.) 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 Watchei, Clocks, Musical Moxet and Jewelry Cleaned and Repaired. 
 
 GEO. J GEBHARDT, 
 ENGRAVER, LITHOGRAPHER 
 
 AND 
 
 Cheques, Notes, Drafts, Business Cards, Billheads, Bonds, 
 Maps, Plans, Views, Perfume & other Labels. 
 
 IMPORTER OF AND DEALER IN 
 
 OHROMOS, FANCY LABELS & BOTTLE CAPSULES. 
 
 13 Adelaide Street, 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 590 & 592 Craig Street, 
 
 . MONTREAL. 
 
 - PALLS OF 
 
|e mnia mlh of pttHtl», 
 
 U /■■!•••' 
 
 fi ., 
 
 NIAGARA. 
 
 \-f"%f^'':m 
 
 ^M^ 
 
 
 
 
 ki-y 
 
 ,i ^ -y."^ . ^,» 
 
 
 
 :i-^:^. 
 
 ■11 ,At \\^ 
 ""it! 
 
 -«*- 
 
 >^' 
 
 : lALLB OF NJAGAUA, FUOM THK CANADA SIDE, (SHOWINCJ THE AMKKICAN AND HOaSB-SHOK FALLS.) 
 
 . ,, CANADIAN WATEEFALLS. 
 
 Of all countries in the world the Dominion of Canada 
 possesses the largest and most magnificent waterfalls. Water- 
 falls have ever been the favorite places of rendezvous for 
 tourists of all countries, witness the waterfall so well and 
 beautifully described by Byron in his Childe-Harold, _ ^. 
 
 "VVe also all remember the well-known and peculiar rhymes 
 of the poet Sou they on the cataract of Lodore. The cataracts 
 or waterfalls of England and Scotland are often visited by 
 tourists, and, though of small dimensions, are of exceedingly 
 picturesque location, but one must come to Canada to see 
 
MM 
 
 2 
 
 in nil tlieir grandeur and raagnificonce the greatest cataracts 
 on the face of this globe. Lot us begin with (the mightiest 
 and the most majestic — Niagara. 
 
 NIAGARA. , . 
 
 It may bo remarked that, in what was formerly Canada 
 I5ast and West, all the names of the great waterfalls are 
 either of French or Indian origin. Niagara and Shawanc- 
 gan are of the Indian tongue ; Chaudiere, Montmorenci, 
 and Rideau are of the French. Niagara is a corrupted word 
 for the Indian "Oneagarah" — or The Thunder of Waters. 
 The following are a few collected items of interest in con- 
 nection with this, the greatest waterfall in the world. It has 
 been calculated that 113,000,000 gallons of water are precipi- 
 tated over these falls every minute. Taking this as nearly 
 correct, it would be as much water as is contained in a river 
 one fifth of a mile long, 100 feet wide and 20 feet deep. The 
 Niagara Falls are slowly yet gradually receding up the 
 river — which is of the same name as the falls — and it is 
 supposed that they were once half a mile further down. 
 Philosophers, and those who study the changes on the earth's 
 surface declare that the time will arrive (if the earth 
 continue so long in its present state) when all the soft rock 
 (a species of of gypsum) of which a groat part of the falls is 
 composed, will be worn away by the cojitinual friction of 
 the water, and nothing but a fierce impetuous current like 
 that below the Falls will be seen where Niagara now rolls, 
 and the Niagara of to-day will then bo a thing of the past. 
 A perpetual rainbow is seen, caused when the sun shines by 
 the reflection and refraction of the rays of light on the 
 columns of spray for ever ascending from the seething cald- 
 ron of waters below, and carrion birds are continually seen 
 hovering over the waters to prey upon any dead animals 
 Tivhich may have been precipitated ovor the Falls. 
 
 The Niagara River unites Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. 
 

 
 
 
 ■/j,. ]• 
 
 ^ ,- - ESTABLISHED 1819. 
 
 -^^Zcg 439 mRE DAME STREET. 
 
 The Very Best 
 
 DRY GOODS 
 
 Are sold in this Store, at the Lowest 
 
 Prices. , 
 
 FOR A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF 
 
 cW ?&o 
 
 IP 111 
 
 GO TO 
 
 'tm 
 
 CHEAFSIDE, 
 
 iif & 4m l§fe# lama 
 
 3?5 I; ■^" MONTREAL. 
 
 'P 
 
The distance between those lakes ib nearly 33 miles, and the 
 difference of level no less than 334 feet. For the first 12 (n* 
 14 miles the river flows on with a gentle current, having a 
 width of about a mile, till it arrives at Grand Island when 
 it is divided into two streams. About 10 miles still nearer 
 the Falls they unite and become about 2 miles wide. Shortly 
 after this it suddenly contracts and becomes loss than a mile 
 in width, and the rapidity of the current increases from 
 thence to seven or eight miles an hour. The banks of the 
 river soon rise from 10 to 50 feet, and the waters proceed 
 with great force and rapidity over a series of rapids until 
 their course is changed by high rocky banks, and the waters 
 seem for a moment to regain their first tranquility. But, 
 again rushing forward, the stream is divided by a small 
 island into two unequal channels, and, gaining a tremendous 
 impetus by means of a stoop inclined plane, the whole mighty 
 and majestic mass of waters is precipitated and projected 
 over the edge of a rock 160 feet in perpendicular height and 
 into a black and boiling gulf below. The principal muss of 
 water falls on the western or Canadian shore, and is about 
 700 yards broad. The other portion on the American side 
 is again sub-divided into two smaller parts by a rock, and 
 has a fall of 164 feet and a width of 320 yai'ds. 
 
 A certain writer thus describes these falls : 
 
 " The form of the Niagara Falls is that of an irregular 
 semi-circle. This is divided into two distinct cascades by 
 Goat Island, the end of which is almost perpendicular and 
 in a line with the precipice over which the water is precipi- 
 tated. The cataract on the Canadian side is called the 
 Horse-Shoo or Great Fall, from the resemblance to a horse- 
 shoe, and the other part is generally styled the American 
 Fall. 
 
 A certain writer thus speaks of this Fall, and his des- 
 cription is perhaps the best that has ever been written in 
 describing Niagara Falls — 
 
 " At this point a magnificent amphitheatre of cataracts 
 burst upon my view, with appalling suddenness ai.l majesty. 
 
 rs--. 
 
 !l 
 
VIEWS OF MONTREAL, 
 
 STEREOSCOPIC AND LITHOGRAPH, 
 
 The largest and best assortment and at lower prices than 
 ' can be had elsewhere. 
 
 OPERA GLASSES, TOURISTS GLASSES, STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES. 
 
 Some very fino Glasses at low prices. 
 
 Joseph Rodgers & Son's fine docket Knives, Scissors, &c- 
 
 PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, 
 
 FANS, BOOKS, MARKS, WALKING CANES, 
 
 ALSO, 
 
 ALL KINDS OF STATIONERY, NOVELS, &c 
 
 STATIONERS, 
 '-■ NEXT TUB WITNESS OFFICE, 
 
 222 ST. JAMBS STREET. 
 
 Every Man's Mine of Useful Knowledge- 
 
 BY REV. J. D. B. 
 
 OPINIONS. 
 
 " It is an encvclopsGdia which every one should possess." — From " The 
 Altar and the Throne." 
 
 "Cevolun. contient comme I'on voit une multitude d'information de 
 tou9 genres, arranges dans I'ordre le plus methodique." — From Nouveau 
 Monde. . 
 
 , Sold at half-price, or 50 cents. ^ 
 
 V ' By G. & W.CLARKE, 
 
 ■ 'V '" ' 222 ST JAMES STREET. ' 
 
 smim^ 
 
 CORNER McGILL AND NOTRE DAME STREETS, 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY. 
 
, ) 
 
 However in a moment the scene was concealed from my 
 eyes by a dense cloud of apray, which involved me so com- 
 {)Ietely, that I did not dare to extricate myself A m^'ngled 
 and thundering rushing filled my ears. I could see nothing 
 except wheii the wind made a chasm in the 3pray, and then 
 tremendous cataracts seemed to encompass me on ever/ 
 side ; while below, a raging and foaming gulf of undiscover- 
 able extent lashed the rocks with its hissing waves, and 
 swallowed, under a horrible obscurity, the smoking floods 
 that were precipitated into its bosom. At first the sky was 
 obscured by clouds, but after a few minutes tho sun burst 
 forth, and the breeze subsiding at the siame time, permitted 
 the spray to ascend perpendicularly. A host of pyramidal 
 clouds rose majestically, one after another, from the abyss 
 at the bottom of the fall ; and each, when it had afJcended 
 a little above the edge of the cataract, displayed a beautiful 
 rainbow, which in a few minutes was gradually ti'ansferred 
 nto the bosom of tha cloud that immediately succeeded., 
 the spray of the Great Fall had extended itself through a 
 w^'^e space directly over me, and, receiving the full influence 
 of the sun, exhibited a luminous and magnificont rainbow, 
 which continued to overarch and irradiate the spot on which 
 I stood, while I enthusiastically contemplated the indescrih 
 able scene." 
 
 Again speaking of the Great J^'all he' thus says : 
 " The body of water which composes the middle part of 
 the Great Fall is so immense that it descends nearly two- 
 thirds of the space without being ruflled or broken, and the 
 solemn calmness with which it rolls over the edge v f the 
 precipice is finely contrasted witV> the perturbed appearpncc 
 it n'isumes after having reached the gulf below. But the 
 water towards each side of the Fall is 8hatt..fcd the moment 
 it drops over the rock, and lo^es as it descends, in a great 
 measure, the character of a fluid, being divided into pyra- 
 midal-shaped fragments, the bases of which are turned 
 upwards. The surface of the gulf below the catarrct pre- 
 sents a V3ry singular aspect; seeming, as it were, filled 
 
In lb 
 
 ii ^SI 
 
 y.. {• ' ., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN ' vr i ' : : 
 
 PIA:^OS,CABmETOEGANS, 
 
 AND ...,;.«,.: 
 
 ;w isfG mi,csxMES 
 
 
 .• , . 'J-' :',:; ' .. ',■ = ■ -^" ' /'^- - ALSO, 
 
 SOLE AGENTS FOR THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, OF THE 
 
 CELEBRATED 
 
 u 
 
 WEBEE" PIANO, 
 
 AND THE 
 
 Mudge & Yarwood Cabinet Organs 
 
 ■ '< Messrs. WEBER & CO. do not claim for their Pianos per- 
 fection, but they do claim that they are now as nearly perfect as 
 careful supervision, good workmanship, and the best material, can 
 make them. They have .",11 tho modern improvements, such as 
 ' Overstrung Bars,'"'' Agraffe Treole,' etc., etc. And it is no slight 
 proof of superiority that the number now annually produced pro- 
 bably exceeds that of all other Canadian manufacture combined." 
 
 Every instrument sold in our establishraent is guaranteed for five years. 
 
 Intending purchasers are respectfully solicited to call ai^d e.xaniine our 
 stock before purchasing elsev/here. 
 
 OfSce and Show Eooms, No. 1 and b Place d'Armss Hill 
 
 MONTREAL. - . 
 
8 
 
 ^7 
 
 1 
 
 
 With an Immense quantity of hoar frost, which is agitated 
 by small and rapid undulations. The particles of water are 
 dazzlingly white, and do not apparently unite together, as 
 might be supposed, but seem to continue for a time in a 
 state of distinct comminution, and to repel each other with 
 a thrilling and shivering motion, which cannot easily be 
 described." 
 
 As already said, the stone of which those Falls is composed 
 — is of a very soft nature, consequently, by the action of the 
 water, and by the impetus which the river receives in its 
 descending force, being projected far beyond the cliff, an 
 immense Gothic arch with caverns is formed by the rock 
 torrent. Sometimes travellers more adventurous than others 
 can and do advance beneath this arch to the distance of I'.o 
 to 30 yards, but the rocks are so slippery that the attempt 
 is very dangerous. 
 
 A little way below the Falls the river regains its tranqui- 
 lity. For four miles it flows very rapidly between banks 
 from two to three hundred feet high ; it then forms a terri- 
 fic whirlpool, whence it descends to the level country at Lake 
 Ontario. 
 
 Two very fine suspension bridges are thrown across the 
 Niagara Eiver near the Falls, and a third has been con- 
 structed some miles further up. 
 
 Niagara eailwav and sdepension ikidcb. 
 
 lii 
 
as 
 
 • -^^ ol8, S20, 522 & 524 St. Mary St., 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 WHOLESALE CONFECTIONERS. 
 
 All kinds of 
 
 |um 
 
 rocolate 
 
 and 
 CREAM DROPS, 
 
 Jujube Paste, &c. 
 
 MONTREAL 
 
 Toutes 30rte3 de 
 
 BT 
 
 Pate de Jiajube, 
 
 ETC., ETC. 
 
 Salerooms : 71 St. James Street, Montreal. 
 
 SPRING 1874. 
 
 \ 
 
 We desire to thank our friends and customers for the support extended 
 to us during the past year, and we would assure them that we will con- 
 tinue to use our best efforts to secure a continuance of their farors. 
 
 Parties at a distance having Real Estate for sale would do well by 
 writing to us. Rual Estate sales undertaken on the most favorable terms, 
 and opportunities given by this Firm of selling as good as any in the line 
 in Montreal. 
 
 BARRETT & RAE, 
 
 Real Estate Auctioneers, 
 
 71 St. Jj(mes St., Montreal. 
 
 BATTLES OF THE WORLD, 
 
 OR, 
 
 Cyclopaedia of Battles, Sieges and important Military Events, the 
 Origin and Institution of Military Titles, &c., (5;c. 
 
 Alpliabetically arranged and with an Appendix containing a chronological 
 table from the creation to thepi'esent dav- By the Rev. J, Douglas Borth- 
 wick. 
 
 This work embraces the whole of the principal battles by land and sea, 
 that have taken place, from the earliest recorded action of which we have 
 in writings any distinct and reliable information, to the repulse of the 
 Fenians by Canadian Volunteers in 18G<j. 
 
 Price in full cloth reduced to $150. 
 
 
10 
 
 . THE RIDEAU FALLS. 
 
 These Falla are at the mouth of the River of the same 
 name which flows into the Ottawa at the Dominion Capital. 
 The name of these Falls is taken from the French, and 
 signifies " a curtain," as the waters flow over the precipice 
 ill a large, solid, yet out-spread sheet or curtain — hence the 
 name given to them by the early French voyageurs. These 
 Falls are not of very great height, but a very considerable 
 quantity of water is precipitated over them. Col. Bye from 
 Avhose name came — Bytownthe first name by which Ottawa 
 was called — was the engineer and originator of the Rideau 
 Canal, which was built by Government to obviate these ca- 
 taracts and the rapids of the Ottawa River, and to unite this 
 river with the St. Lawrence at Kingston. 
 
 
 THE CHAUDIERE FALLS. 
 
 These Falls are on the Ottawa Eiver at the Capital of the 
 Dominion. They are one of the great sights of the Capital. 
 
 The name is derived from the French, and signifies a cal- 
 dron or pot, and a better name could not have been given to 
 
11 
 
 Tfee Ottawa River Navigation Company's 
 
 ES¥J.IL MMIfc hlKM 0F STmRMMBBz 
 
 MONTREAL TO OTTAWA 
 
 DAY AND NIGHT LINE. 
 
 New Iron Steamer PEERLESS 
 Steamer PRINCE OF WALES 
 " QUEEN VICTORIA 
 " PRINCESS - 
 
 Captain A. Bowie. 
 
 Captain H. W. Shepherd. 
 
 Captain P. Y. Macdonnkll. 
 
 - Captaiii P. McGowa.n. 
 
 UPWARDS. 
 
 Passengen leave by the 7 a. m and 5 p. m. Trains for Lachine Ijy 
 Railway, and connect with the Steamers " Prince of Wales " and " Pkikcess" 
 for Ottawa and intermediate landings. "r 
 
 DOWNWARDS. 
 
 Passengers leave Ottawa at 7 a. m. and .'^ p. m. by Steamers " Peerless" 
 and " QuBBN Victoria " for Montreal and intermediate landings 
 
 W^BAGGAGE CHECKED. r 
 
 ^EALS 
 
 ^^ 
 
 AND 
 
 ;TAT]eHOOMS JG'XTKA. 
 
 Passengers leaving Ottawa by the Evening Steamers will descend the 
 Rapids, No through Passengers taken on Saturday Evening Boat. 
 
 The confort and economy of this line are unsurpassed, whilst the route 
 is one of the most picturesque in Canada. Tourists will find this a delight- 
 ful trip. 
 
 Freight for all points on the Ottawa sent through ivith 
 despatch daily. 
 
 Freight Office— 87 Common Street, Canal. 
 
 Single and Return Tickets may be had at the Company's Office, 
 13 Bonaventure Street ; at the Grand Trunk Depot, Montreal, and at the 
 
 office. Queen's Wharf, Ottawa. 
 
 R, W. SHEPHERD, President. 
 
12 
 
 them. High rocky sides are seen, or, in other words, a deep 
 fissure or gorge, as if some giant hand had scooped out the 
 rock in a deep and narrow chasm ; — over this, and into tlio 
 boiling and seething caldi'on below, flows the Avaters of the 
 Uttawas or Ottawa with a force which nothing can resist? 
 and in whose troubled and boiling depths no mortal thing 
 could live. These Falls are situated near the centre of the 
 river. In the great Chaudiere, or Kettle, the sounding line ha» 
 not found bottom at 300 feet. It is supposed that there are 
 subterranean passages which convey the immense mass of 
 waters beneath the river. In fact, half a mile lower down, 
 the river comes boiling up again at the place which is called 
 "The Kettles." The Chaudiere Falls art 80 feet in height 
 and 212 broad. They are just above the entrance to the 
 Eideau Canal. A sail down the Ottawa to Montreal is one 
 of the finest trips for tourists which they can enjoy in the 
 Dominion. Starting either in the " Queen Victoria," on a 
 clear moonlight night or in the new iron steamer " Peerless" 
 during the day, the tourist sails down the old river of the 
 Uttawas amidst many and diversified scenes of beauty, until 
 he arrives at Grenville, whence he is conveyed by railway 
 to Carillon. Arriving there, he steps (if at night) on board 
 the "Princess" and (if by daylight) on board the splendid 
 steamer " Prince of Wales" and soon reaches the "Lake of 
 the Two Mountains" so called from two mountains on the 
 north side rising 450 feet above the water. On arriving at 
 St. Anne's the tourist is reminded of Moore's well-known 
 " Canadian Boat Song." The following from the pen of the 
 Earl of Eglington is not so well known. The Ottawa sepa- 
 rates into seven channels when near its junction with the St. 
 Lawrence, the chief forms the western boundary of the Island 
 of Montreal and is generally called the " The Back Eiver." 
 We advise all pleasure-seekers to take the frip from Ottawa 
 to Montreal or vice versa by this river route — certain that they 
 will not be disappointed, but delighted, with the trip. 
 
"•»!» 
 
 13 
 
 [s, a deep 
 1 out tho 
 into the 
 rs of the 
 an resist? 
 tal thing 
 :re of the 
 iglineha* 
 there are 
 je mass of 
 ver down^ 
 ti is called 
 in height 
 ice to the 
 real is one 
 ijoy in the 
 aria," on a 
 ' Peerless" 
 iver of the 
 auty, until 
 yy railway 
 ^) on board 
 le splendid 
 J " Lake of 
 lins on the 
 arriving at 
 ^veil-known 
 pen of the 
 ttawa sepa- 
 ,vith the St. 
 if the Island 
 5ack Eiver." 
 pora Ottawa 
 lin that they 
 e trip. 
 
 SHAWANEGAN FALLS. 
 
 These Falls of the St. Maurice River lie about 30 miles in 
 the rear of the City of Three Eivers and half-way hetv^en 
 Montreal and Quebec. Tho general mode of accomplishing 
 a visit to these Falls is by engaging a canoe with voyageurs 
 at Three Rivers. The following description of these Falls 
 is taken from a book published a few years ago : 
 
 The voyageurs usually ascend as far as the Portage of 
 the Grfis, where they receive into their canoe the stranger, 
 who has been transported thither according to arrange- 
 ment. Shortly after the Isio Tourte is passed, which is 
 about a league in length. In apiDroaching the Falls, at abo. 
 the distance of a mile, their head is seen through the tops oi 
 the highest trees. The descent, from the top to the basin 
 below, is fully 200 feet. The Portage des Iletres or Beech 
 Portage is soon after reached. Notwithstanding the nume- 
 rous rapids, there is much less difficulty in ascending than 
 might be expected ; for, while a current runs down the mid- 
 channel, at the rate of 5 or 6 miles an hour, there are opjior- 
 tunities of taking advantage of an eddy on either side, run- 
 ning up at the rate of 3 or 4 miles by shooting rapidly across 
 the main stream. There are 3 falls in time of higli water, 
 unconnected with each other, and meeting in a large basin. 
 These a facetious writer in a Canadian periodical, whore- 
 marks that he had learned some Latin in his boyhood, ap- 
 propriately contradistinguishes by the names of Shewinagus, 
 Shewinaga and Shewinagum. There c're two conspicuous 
 rocks distinguishes by the names of La Grande Mere or The 
 Great Mother, and Le Bon Homme or The Good Fellow. " Of 
 these three falls," says the writer alluded to, " Sliewinagus 
 and Shewinagum, though distinct falls, meet in the chasm 
 before they are discharged into the bay below. Shewina- 
 gum is the most easterly, or towavds the left bank of the 
 river J Shewinegus is the middlemost, Shewinaga (I make 
 her the lady, from her superior elegance) is to be seen only 
 in time of flood : therefore, as Sir Walter Scott says,— 
 
14 
 
 80 do I say, 
 
 " If you would see fair Melrose right, 
 Go visit her by the pale moon-liglit." 
 
 " If you would see fair Shcwinaga, 
 Go visit her in the month of May." — 
 
 The same writer, keeping up his happj' nomenclature, thus 
 carries on the description : — "On a.-iconding the portage 
 path we descried through the trees fair Shewinaga dancing 
 down the slope of the hill on our right hand, with sinuous 
 courses; about midway she grows suddenly fretful, and 
 tosses herself headlong down & precipice of 30 feet ; then, 
 skipping along as before, glides gently at last with the main 
 body of the river. So much for the beauty and elegance of 
 Shewinaga. But what pen shall describe the terrific contrast, 
 the collision, the conflict, the co-thunder of the waters of 
 Shewinagus and Shewinagum. I ascended the hill, with the 
 the chasm on myright hand, till I came to a point which I 
 shall call the Point of the Co-thunder. There, looking up, I 
 saw an inclined plane, swift as an arrow, and Shewinagus 
 tumbling and bounding from rock to rock to meet him ; and 
 when they met in the chasm below, what a sublime and ter- 
 rific scene I what rattling, roaring, tossing, boiling and foam- 
 ing of waters I 
 
 ' When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war!' ,' v 
 
 It was indeed an angry ' meeting of the waters,' and far 
 from a mingling in peace. There are largo fissures in the 
 precipitous rock, into which the waves are driven by the 
 force of the collision. Immediately above the Falls, the 
 current is unbroken and quiet, though very rapid, as might 
 be observed on seeing a huge log suddenly dip one end, and 
 wholly disappear, on approaching the edge of the precipice." 
 The traveller,on returning, embarks in his canoo,and swift- 
 ly descends. These falls are rendered memorable by the 
 death from drowning of the son of Sir Edmund Head— late 
 Oovernor Greneral of Canada. 
 
15 
 
 THE FALLS OF MONTMORENCY. 
 
 Tb.ese colobrated Falls — one of the finest sights of Quebec 
 — are situated on the river of the same name. It falls into the 
 8t. Lawrence about 7 miles from the city of Quebec. In no 
 other Falls, either in Canada or any other country, is pre- 
 f^ented the same annual and natural features as is seen hero 
 every winter. On account of the freezing of the spiay, an 
 immense cone, sometimes 60 feet high, is formed, down the 
 steep sides of which excursionists and the citizens of the old 
 Capital delight to drive their " toboggans.'^ This sled consists 
 of a long, thin piece of wood turned or curled up at one end, 
 and made expressly f^r thif kind of amusement. The velocity 
 acquired by the descent cf -.no toboggan from the Cune causes 
 it with its load (generally a lady and gentleman) to slide far 
 away in the smooth ice of the river at the base. These Falls 
 are no leps that 250 feet in height and present almost as beauti- 
 ful and gorgeoua an appearance in winter, as in summer 
 American courists rarely see them in there icy covering. 
 A fine bridge some years ago spanned the river near the 
 Falls of Montmorenci. On a beautiful Sunday morning in 
 the summer, whilst the sun shone gloriously forth and shed 
 his brightening beams on the S2:)arkling waters, a cart and 
 horse, containing a French Canadian farmer, his wife and 
 children, were quietly crossing on their way to church when 
 suddenly a dull heavy sound was heard, and the whole bridge 
 fell down with its living load and with a frightful crash 
 rolled into the impetuous torrent below. No trace of any of 
 the victims of this unfortunate catastrophe was ever after 
 again seen. The abutments at each side of the Falls still 
 stand as a. melancholy index of the event. 
 
 A TEIP FEOM LAKE SUPERIOE TO QUEBEC. 
 
 Lake Superior is, as its name signifies, the largest and 
 most extensive of all American Lakes. Thunder Bay in the 
 extreme north-west part of the Lake is famous in the late 
 
A VALUABLE NEW BOOK. 
 
 Every Scotchman should have a copy, 
 
 |i$t(iP| III |(jiittUI| |(itt§. 
 
 By J^EV. jl. poUQLAS ^ORTKWICK, /40NTRKAL. 
 
 This interestinfif volume will be publighed during the present Summer. 
 It will embrace a complete history of the Scottish Muse, and contain a very 
 large number of illustrative poems and songs, from the works of Authors, 
 some of which cannot be obtained in this country. The Gkms of Burns, 
 Scott, Thom, Susanna Blamire, Cunningham, Ferguson, GilfiUan, Hogg, 
 Laing, McNeill, McClaggan, Motherwell, Tannahill, Ramsay, Rodger, Ved- 
 der, Laidlaw, and others of less note, will be found at full length in the 
 work, whilst a number of choice poems and songs (which have appeared 
 since the publication of " Whistle Binkie" and Chambers' Book of 1250 
 Scottish Songs, printed twenty years ago) will be inserted towards the close 
 of the volume, thus bringing the whole history down to the present time. 
 
 The Book will consist of 300 pages, printed on good paper, with clear 
 type and bound in two editions. The Library, full cloth, price $1. The 
 Drawing room, full cloth, gilt $1.50. Copies to be paid for only when the 
 BOOK 18 DELIVERED by the Authof or his accredited Agents. 
 
 From Alex. Murray, Esq., 
 
 Pretident Caledonian Society of Montreal. 
 
 " It gives me very great pleasure in being able to testify to the interest 
 manifested in your Lecture on ' The History of Scottish Song,' by the mem- 
 bers of the Caledonian Society. Personally, I was very much pleased and 
 considered it an exceedingly interesting resume of the whole subject, and I 
 am certain, with the elaborations you propose to make therein, it will, as a 
 Volume, meet with great favor from all interested in Scottish Literature 
 and Poetry. ' 
 
 4 Dec, 1872. | 
 
 From the Montreal " Star.'] 
 
 " We have no doubt that, as an elaboration of the Lecture which the 
 Reverend gentleman delivered in the late St. Patrick's Hall, the work will 
 prove a very acceptable addition to Canadian literature." 
 
IT 
 
 ui 
 
 A.L. 
 
 it Summer, 
 itain a very 
 3f Authors, 
 s of Burns, 
 Uan, Hogg, 
 iodger, Ved- 
 ngth in the 
 re appeared 
 lok of 1250 
 rds the close 
 isent time. 
 , with clear 
 ice S;i. The 
 
 LY WHEN THE 
 
 the interest 
 by the mem- 
 i pleased and 
 lubject, and I 
 , it will, as a 
 3h Literature 
 
 ire which the 
 the work will 
 
 -M 
 
 From D. McOavin, Esq., 
 
 Vice I'reaident of the Caledonian Society of Montreal. 
 
 I have heard, with pleasure, that you contemplate publishing in book 
 form tliat clever, interesting and instructive paper on tlie Song, Poetry and 
 ^Song Writers of '' Auld licotia," which you read before the Caledonian 
 Society. 
 
 I should say that such a work would be highly (ii)pre(.iiited by Scotch- 
 men in Canada, and form a valuable addition to this store of literary 
 pabulum. 
 
 April, 1874, ^ 
 
 Montreal, April 8tb, 1874. 
 My Dear Sir.— All lovers of Scottish Song will be pleased to learn that it 
 is your intention to publish your Lecture on the " History of Scottish Song,' 
 delivered before the Caledonian Society of this city, and this pleasure will. I 
 am sure, be enhanced by the announcement that the Lecture is to be 
 illustrated by giving in extenso the words of a large number of the most 
 popular songs of Scotland. The words of many of our most popular songs 
 are now unknown ard almost inaccessible to many of our " young folks," 
 and, I am sure, will be highly appreciated by them. I may say further that 
 having read the manuscript of your Lecture and been permitted to look over 
 the list of illustrative songs, I feel sure your work will be highly accepta 
 ble, not only to the natives of " Auld Scotia " and their descendants, but to 
 all loverS of song in our adopted land. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 W. Weir, 
 To Rev. J. Douglas BoRTHwicK, 
 
 &C., &C., I 
 
 Montreal. ' ... 
 
 -., , Caledonian Society o/ Montreal, 
 
 OflBce of the President, 
 Montreal, April 21st, 1874. 
 
 Dear Sir. — The reading of your manuscript work on the " History of 
 
 Scottish Poetry and Song'' afforded me very great pleasure indeed. The 
 
 book is one that will supply a want long felt, presenting to us, as it does 
 
 a complete history of Scottish Song from the earliest times to the present 
 
 day. The compilation is a very happy one, and that your efforts may be 
 
 attended with the best results is my earnest hope. The work requires only 
 
 to be known to be appreciated by the Scotchmen of Canada. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 J. T. FuNNiE, M.D., 
 
 ; . President. 
 
 Rev. J. Douglas Borthwick, 
 
 &c., &c. 
 
 ' '" Montreal. '- • ' ' ■ 
 
•. 
 
 18 
 
 lied Eivor cxpoditinn. Fond <lu Lac is a pretty nnd risint^ 
 town on tlio Amoricnn extreme south enmt enfl. The 
 Pictured Ilocl<s of Lake Superior are one of its curiosities, 
 These cliffs lie on the south side and are 300 feet high a»id 
 stretch for 12 miles along the slioro. Two very remrfrk- 
 able objoots are also seen here, viz., The Cascade of La Por- 
 taiile and the Boric Arch. The watoVs of the Cascarlo fall over 
 a rock 70 feet high by a single leaj) into the Lake, and to such a 
 distance that a boat can pass perfectly dry beneath the Fall 
 and the rock. The Doric Arch is CO feet high, an isolated 
 
 
 iTiii , II * 
 
 CITY OF TOUONTO. 
 
 mass of sandstone, on the top of which is a grove of pine and 
 spruce trees some 60 feet in height. The water of this Lake 
 flows into Lake Huron through St. Mary's Channel, jvhere 
 the famous lead and copper mines of Sault St. Marie, vulgarly 
 pronounced Susan Mary, are worked extensively. 
 
 We are now in the second in extent of the great Lakes. 
 The southern shore of Lake Huron belongs to the United 
 States, the northern to Canada. This lake is subject to sud- 
 den storms like Lake Erie. A large wing of this lake is 
 called the Georgian Bay which is studded wMth thousands of 
 
 ■ ft I 
 
It 
 
 cml. The 
 curiosities, 
 3Ct hii^h fi!id 
 very re in ril' it- 
 Jo of La Por- 
 cnde full over 
 and to such a 
 eatli the Fall 
 an isolated 
 
 19 
 
 rwv 
 
 MJ^ 
 
 
 .wl*^''''''-'^'''*''''''' 
 
 CITT OF HAMILTON. 
 
 fH? 
 
 1|i-. 1'. 
 
 ?Jaa^; 
 
 ■ove of pine and 
 ter of this Lake 
 Channel, >vhere 
 Marie, vulgarly 
 vely. 
 
 le great Lakes. 
 i to tiie United 
 .8 subject to sud- 
 of this lake is 
 ith thousands of 
 
 
 Kl^Li.sTo^. 
 
• , 20 - ..• 
 
 Islands. The principal island is called the Great Manitou 
 Indians look upon it with peculiar awe as the abode of their 
 Great Manitou or Spii'it, From Lake Huron we pass by the 
 River St. Clair into the bcau+iful Lake of the same name. 
 The upper portion of this Lake contains some large islands. 
 In A.J). 1827 a great rise of this lake destroyed a very large 
 extent of low land, and man}' fine orchards were then des- 
 troyed. From the Lake we pass by the Detroit Eivor into 
 Lake Erie. Opposite Amherstburg is the long narrow island, 
 Bois Blanc, famous during the insurrection, and on which are 
 still three block houses. Lake Erie is the most southerly of 
 of the lakes, and the most shallow and also the most danger- 
 ous for navigation. The American shore is distributed 
 between the States of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. 
 There are some very important towns in this shore as 
 Buffalo, Dunkirk, Erie, Cleveland and Sandusky, only one 
 island in this lake, '• Isle Pelee," is i;ihabited. Passing from 
 this lake by the Welland Canal we enter Lake Ontario. The 
 River Niagara and the great Falls have already been fully 
 described. Ontario is the most easterly of the Lakes and 
 receives many important streams, both from Canada and the 
 United States. This Lake has onlj^ two remarkable l)ays, 
 Burlington Bay,on which stand the thriving city of Hamilton 
 and the Bay of Quinte, an expansion of the River Trent. 
 In this lake are some fine islands such as Grand or Wolfe 
 Island, Garden Island and Amherst Island. At the outlet of 
 this Lake stands the city of Kingston and the commencement 
 of the River St. Lawrence, is known 1)y the world-wide 
 name of " The Lake of the Thousand Isles.'' 
 
 Leaving King^^tm in one of the magnificent steamers 
 owned by the enterprising " Canadian Navigation Company, 
 •we almost instantly enter on a scene of unrivalled beauty. 
 The pen of the poet thus describes it : — 
 
 " Here Nature holds lier carnival of Isle?. 
 
 Steeped in warm sunset all the merry day, ' 
 
 Each nodding tree and iloating green'n-ood smiles, 
 
 And moes-crowned monsters move in grim array 
 
21 
 
 ROYAL MAIL THROUGH LINE 
 
 FOR 
 
 Beauharnois, Cornwall, Prescott, Brockville, G-ananoque, 
 
 Kingston, Cobourg, Port Hope, Darlington. Toronto 
 
 and Hamilton 
 
 D/REOT WITHOUT TR/iNSHIPMENL 
 
 This Magnificent Line is composed of the following Firrc-class 
 Steamers, viz. : 
 
 CORSICAN 
 
 SPARTAN 
 
 PASSPORT 
 
 ALGERIAN 
 
 MAGNET 
 
 CORINTHIAN. 
 
 .Composite Capt. SINCLAIR. 
 
 do " DUNLOP. 
 
 do " SHERWOOD. 
 
 do " KELLEY. 
 
 do « BAILEY. 
 
 do " FARRELL. 
 
 One of which will leave the CANA.L BASIN, Mtiitrcal, at 9 o'clock 
 
 Ever}- Morning, (Sundays excepted) and Lachine on arrival of the 
 
 Train leaving Bonaventure Street Station at NOON, for 
 
 HAMILTON AND INTERMEDIATE PORTS, 
 
 f Making Direct Connections • ' ; 
 
 At PRESCOTT and BROCKVILLE, 
 
 With the Railways for Ottawa City, Kemptv'lle, Perth, Arnprior, &c. ., 
 
 At TORONTO and HAMILTON, 
 
 With the Railways for Collingwood, SaultSte. Marie, Fort William, Duluth, 
 
 Stratford, London, Chatham, Sarnid, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, 
 
 Galena, Greenbay, St. Paul and Fort Garry. 
 
 And with the Steamer "CITY OF TORONTO," 
 
 For Niagara, Lewiston, Niagara Tails, Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, Cincin- 
 nati, &e. 
 
 8^^ The Steamers of this Line arc Unequalled, and from the complete- 
 ness of their arrangements, present advantages to Travellers which none 
 other can afford. They pass through all the Rapids of the St. Lawrence, 
 and the beautiful scenery of the Lake of the Thousand Islands, by day-light. 
 
 B P^ The Greatest Despatch given to Froight, while the Rates are as 
 Low as by the cdinary Freight Boats. Through Rates over the Great 
 Western and North«!rn Railways given. 
 
 Through Tickets to the above places, and also to OMAHA, SACRA- 
 MENTO, and SAN FRANCISCO, are now issued at the Lowest Rates, and 
 may be obtained, with every information, from 
 
 ROBT.McEWEN, At Fr'ght Office, Canal Basin. 
 And at the Office, 177 St. James Street, 
 
 Royal Mail TnRorrar Link Office, ) ,,.,,,, -..-tt- ▼ ^^-ir . j 
 
 m„SII.'"m"S'S'' 1 ALEX. MILLOY, Agetd. 
 
I 
 
 22 
 
 All night the fisher spears b'S tinny prev, 
 The piney flambeaux reddening the deep 
 
 By the dim shore, or up some mimic bay 
 Like grotesque bandits as they boldly sweep 
 Upon the startled prey, p.nd stab them while they sleepi 
 
 And many a tale of legendary Uire 
 
 Is told of these romantic IsU d. The feet 
 Of the Red Man have prccocd each wave-zoned shore, 
 
 And many an eye of beauty oft did greet 
 The painted warriors and their birchen fleet, ,, 
 
 As they returned with trophies of the slain ; 
 That race bath passed away ; their fair retreat, ,,- < 
 
 In its primeval loneness smiles again 
 
 Save where some vessel breaks the isle-enwoven chaun. 
 
 
 ,i.*i 
 
 Save where the echo of the huntsman's gun 
 Startles the wild duck from some shallow nook. 
 
 Or the swift houndF' deep baying as they run, 
 Rouses the lounging student from his book ; 
 
 Or, where assembled by some sedsy brook. 
 A pic-nic party, resting in the shade, 
 
 Springs forward hastily to catch a look, 
 
 At the strong steamer, through the watery glade 
 Ploughing like a huge serpent from its ambuscade. 
 
 The description of the Thousand Isles and Shooting the- 
 Kapids inserted here, will substantiate what every tourist 
 has felt who has had the opportunity of passing down these 
 troubled waters, and this enchanting lake and iiaiiy land, 
 
 '" To appreciate the magnitude of the canals and their locks 
 on the St. Lawrence, it is necessary to glance at the splendid 
 river, of wh- :-o nearly 2000 miles of navigation they form 
 tlie completing links. Let me conduct the reader then to 
 where the steamer, destined to " shoot the rapids," first winds 
 in amongst the Thousand Islo)ids. It is between Kingston 
 and Brockvillo, and usually just after sunrise. The scene 
 hei*e of a bright morning — and mornings are seldom other- 
 wise in Canada — is magnificent beyond description. You 
 pass close by, near enough to cast a pebble from the deck of 
 the steamer upon them — cluster after cluster of beautiful 
 little circulai- islands, whose trees, perpetually moistened by 
 
23 
 
 the river, have a most luxuriant and exquisitely-tinted foliage^ 
 their branches over-hanging the water. Again you pass 
 little winding j^assages and bays between the islands, the 
 trees on their margins interlacing above them, and forming 
 here and there Eftitural boWers ; yet are the waters of these 
 bays so deep that steamers of considerable si;:e might pass 
 under the interlacing trees. Then opens up before you a 
 magnificent sheet of water, many miles wide, with a large 
 island apparently in the distance dividing it into two great 
 rivers ; but as you approach this, you discover that it is but 
 a group of small islands, the river being divided into many 
 parts, and looking like silver threads thrown carelessly over 
 a large green cloth. Your steamer enters one of these 
 bright passages, and you begin at leng to feel that in the 
 multitude of ways there must be great danger, for your 
 half embowered and winding river comes to an abrupt ter- 
 mination 4 or 500 yards in advance of you. But, as you are 
 approaching at headlong speed the threatening rocks in 
 front, a channel suddenly opens upon your right : you are- 
 whirled into it like the wind ; and the next second a magni- 
 ficent amphitheatre of lake opens out before you. This 
 again is bounded, to all appearance, by a dark green bank, 
 but at your approach the mass is moved as if in a kaleido- 
 scope, and lo, a hundred beautiful little islands make their 
 appearance ! And such, for seventy miles, and till you 
 reach the rapids, is the scenery through which you glide." 
 
 All peacefully gliding, 
 
 The waters dividing, 
 The indolent bateau moved slowly along, 
 
 The rowers, light-hearted, • ' 
 
 From sorrow long parted, 
 Beguiled the dull moments with laughter and song ; 
 " Hurrah for the Rapid 1 that merrily, merrily, 
 Gambols and leaps on its tortuous way ; 
 Soon we will enter it, cheerily, cheerily. 
 Pleased with its freshness, and wet with its spray." 
 

 ■Vf, 
 
 More swiftly careering, 
 Tiie wild Rapid nearin^, 
 They dash down the stream liki a terrified steed; •; rtM '' 
 • The surges delight them, r, v 
 
 No terror affrights them, 
 Their voices keep pace with the quickening speed : •■'••'■ 
 "Hurrah for the Rapid! that merrily, merrily; ;■ -t' . ' ' 
 r. , Shivers its arrows against us in play ; ri'i-ir- 'Ji>i ■ 
 
 Now we have entered it, cheerily, cheerily, p. .,•. ;. 
 Our spirits as light as its feathery spray." 
 ' , " .'''■'■ r (. ■ 
 
 Fast downward they're dashing, v A - i. 
 - . Each fearless eye flashing, ; •, . , >- . 
 
 Though danger awaits them on every side ; . „ 
 
 Yon rock — see it frowning ! 
 They strike — they are drowning! ''-• 
 
 But downward they sweep with the merciless tide : , u 
 
 " No voice cheers the Rapid ! that angrily, angrily, ,. . - 
 Shivers their bark in its maddening play ; 
 • ',' Gaily they entered it — heedlessly, recklesy, 
 
 Mingling their livos with its trecherons spray ! ♦ 
 
 '' The smaller rapids, and the first you arrive at, arc the 
 Galops, Point Cardinal, and some others. The great rapids 
 are the Long Saidt, the Coteau, the Cedars, the Cascades, and 
 the Lachine. The first of these is the most magnificent, the 
 highest waves rising in the Lost or North Channel, The 
 last i? the most dangerous, extensive, and difficult of navi- 
 gation. The thrilling and sublime excitement of ^^ shooting 
 them " 'S greatly heightened by contrast. Before you reach 
 them there is usually hardly a breath of air stirring; 
 everything is calni and quiet, and your steamer glides as 
 noiselessly and gently down the river as she would down an 
 ordinary canal. But suddenly a scene of wild grandeur 
 breaks upon you . waves are lashed into spray and 
 into breakers of a thousand forms by the dark rocks 
 they are dashed against in the headlong impetuosit}' 
 of the river. Whirlpools, — narrow passages beset with 
 rocks, — a storm-lashed sea, — all mingle their sublime ter- 
 rors in a single rapid. In an instant you lii-e in the midst 
 of them ! Now passing with lightning speed within a few 
 yards of rocks, which, did your vessel but touch them, would 
 
 t»; 
 
I 
 
 V.-- .;■.■.■. ' 25 
 
 reduce her to an utter wreck before the sound of the crash 
 could die upon the air. Again shooting forward like an 
 arrow towards a roclcy island, which your bark avoids by a 
 turn almost as rapid as the movement of a bird. Then, 
 from the crests of great waves rushing down procipices, she 
 is flung upon the crests of )thers receding, and she trembles 
 to her very keel from the shock, and the spray is thrown far 
 in upon her decks. Now she enters a narrow channel, 
 hemmed in by threatening rocks, with white breakers leap- 
 ing over them ; yet she dashes through them in her light- 
 ning way, and spurns the countless whirlpools beneath her. 
 Forward is an absolute precipice of waters ; on every side 
 of it breakers, like pyramids, are thrown high into the air. 
 Where shall she go? Ere the thought has come and gone, 
 she mounts the wall of wave and foam like a bird, and, 
 glorious, sublime science ! lands you a second afterwards upon 
 the calm, unruflled bosom of a gentle river. Such is ^^ shoot- 
 ing the rapids.'" But no words can convey a just idea of the 
 thrilling excitement that is felt during the few moments you 
 take in passing over them. It is one of the sublime experi- 
 ences which can never be forgotten, though never adequately 
 described." 
 
 After passing the Lachine Eapids, the next wonder which 
 attracts the eye of the tourist is the Victoria Bridge. 
 Passing under its centre span he is astonished at the height 
 and has hardly recovered till he reaches Montreal. 
 
 VICTORIA BRIDGE. 
 
 *\ 
 
26 
 
 The trip from Moi.treal to Quebec, if not by rail, is accom" 
 plished in those magnificient boats of the Eichelicu Com- 
 pany " The Jiiontrea) " and " The Quebec." Generally the 
 trip from Montreal to Quebec is in the evening, and during 
 the night, and, when it is clear moonlight, this is' one of the 
 most delightful sails in the Dominion. The river expands 
 into a large hike, called " Lake St. Peter," on its way to the 
 'ancient capital." 
 
 This lake, about 25 miles long and 9 miles broad, is, for 
 the most part, rather shallow. Improvements, however, 
 have rendered the navigation such that the largest sailing 
 vessels, and the Canadian and Liverpool steamers of the 
 celebrated and world-renowned Allan line, now pass up 
 during the summer season to Montreal. Like all the other 
 lakes, that of St. Peter's assumes a very different appear- 
 ance in the summer season, during mild weather, from what 
 it does during a gale of wind. Then it presents all the appear- 
 
 ii'.s :^mmlimm.Vi:WsmMl/)rmtsUlMMmai I'-m 4»!iun'jir.iujiiiK : mw m.:i. nuuii uuut « auiuuiaiiuiiii iiiquBLni 
 
 CITY OF MONTKEAL. 
 
 ance as well as the dangers of the sea, and rafts on their 
 way d&vvn the river are frequently wrecked on its waters^ 
 the violence of the winds and waves being such as to render 
 them unmanageable, and parts thorn asunder, to the loss 
 sometimes of life as well as the timber. 
 
 At Three Rivers is the St. Maurice River, on which are 
 the celebrated Shawenagan Falls. At last Quebec is reached. 
 
27 
 
 
 RICHELIEUCOMPANY'S DAILY ROYAL MAIL 
 
 LWE OF STEAIEES 
 
 RUNNING BETWEEN 
 
 -00- 
 
 QUEBEC, 
 
 ., ,f} 
 
 THE IRON STEAMER 
 
 Capt. J. B. Labelle, 
 THE IRON STEAMER 
 MONTREAL, . . . Capt. Robt. Nelson, 
 
 Leave Richeueu Pier, opposite Jacques Cartier Square, MONTREAL, al- 
 
 ternately EVERY EVENING, at Six o'clock, during the season of 
 
 navigation, for QUEBEC, calling at intennediate Ports. 
 
 And the iide Lines of SUamcTS running between 
 
 Montreal, Three Rivers and the Intermediate Ports, 
 
 LEAVIN& MONTREAL EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY- ;i 
 
 Iron Steamer TROISRIVIERESj Capt. Joseph Duval, between MONTREAL 
 and THREE RIVERS, calling at Sorel, Jiaskinonge, Riviere du Loup, 
 Yamachiche, and FoH St. Franijois. 
 
 Iron Steamer BERTHIER, Capt. Charlks Daveluy, between MONTREAL 
 and SOREL, calling at St. Sulpice, Laval trie, Lanoraie and Kerthier. 
 
 Iron Steamer CHAM BLY, Capt. FhancisLamoureux, between MONTREAL 
 and CHAMBLY, calling at Verchures, Contrecoeiir, Sorel, St. Ours, St. 
 Denis, St. Charles, St. Alathias, Bela'il and St. Hilaire. 
 
 Iron Steamer TERREBONNE, Capt. L. H. Roy, between MONTREAL 
 andTERREBONNE, and MONTREAL and L'ASSOMFTION, calling 
 at Boucherville, Varennes, Lachenaie, Bout de I'lsle and St. Paul. 
 
 For furtlier information apphj at the Office, 228 St. 
 Paid St., and 187 Commissioners St., Montreal. 
 
 J. B. LAMERE, 
 
 General Manager. 
 
28 
 
 , 0IT7 OP QUSBKO. 
 
 One of the great sights of Quebec is the drive to and 
 view of Montmorenci Falls, which have been fully described 
 in another part. If the tourist continues his trip to Tadou- 
 sac or some other of the watering places below Quebec, he- 
 proceeds in one of the fine boats which ply between Quebec 
 and the Saguenay. , 
 
 . Many places of interest are situated below Quebec, to 
 which the pleasure-seeker is directed by choice, association, 
 or whim. The St. Lawrence flows on past the large Island 
 of Anticosti, and at last mingles its waters in those of the- 
 Gulf of the same name. 
 
 THE END. 
 
m 
 
 
m 
 
 ^ lilW«*<^'^<^ lil% 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 .„;S*. _.-M^ 
 
 The Largest aiul best 
 
 Xi O "V OES 
 
 . ill the Citv. 
 
 Located centrally, opposite the Post Office, and 
 convenient alike for the 
 
 ToTii^ist and J^usijiess 
 
 Further improvements have been effected for 
 this season's travel . 
 
If, 
 
 Uiidfi- sumo one of the ^<ll•ioil,s nnnios liy wliicli i) Iia.s been (uIIcmI, as 
 Ywist I»i»\v(U;r, l"li«miciil yeast, Kg^ I'uwdor, Ac, &c , has liccomt! nti 
 article of daily use nnd iirinu' necessity in ftlniost every iionaeiiold ;»it id 
 therefor.' ini(iortunt to know wliieii i f tlie various Iiinndn before the 
 Publit is best iind c!ieai>est ; nfte; many veirs exi>erleace that kaowiMH 
 the ■ , 
 
 liui woi: its wiiv to the foremost \>\:ico, the irauien.se siih' to which it 
 
 attaiiied attesting' tli;' vTdicl thiit it is the " UKST IS USFO " and i^ 
 
 "FAVOURITE or THE PEOPLE OF CANADA." 
 
 has 
 tiio 
 
 In rni^in^f HkmhI witli yca^t. thi> Niihui'* or Ali;i)lio!ii; f<'riiiC'i>l,»tion !•' Induced 
 convcrtliiij » part "f tin- fl'.iir ii-ied Into AU'oliul iiiiil Carbonic Acid (Jn,<; Hit; l;ittcr 
 only \* ot hi'rvicu for rlli^ln{<, and both ure di'sliuited together iu tlio ommi wIiIIo 
 biikUifl. 
 
 Jtrcud tliiiM rained Is subject to numiM-ous inlsliap<", a< every housewife well, 
 known, If the yenit Iiuh n it beou nonnd unci ■-wei't i produces all Its nulls in a 
 niapnlllcd fonii In tli" lnoail, If llie i<|>on)re bus bi'on too hot or too cold tlieelli'Ct 
 l» e(|iuillv Injurious and tin' result is snd, licavy bread, II the fer'nentatiou U 
 allowed fo j<i( too far tbe'Alcohol rorniod i- turn<'(l Into Acetic Acid > Vln'fjur; ami 
 Bour broad IS llic re.iuit ; Yeast Ituiscd lire-id 1* llabtf to bide anoilier and more 
 concealed foe, wbicli Is iierhiips, rfore (bin;;orou< to liealtli than any of tlios^ inen- 
 MonHl vna<t is now Wi'll known to t)e a vegi'tabie fiiiigi/j which pronajjali'S itself 
 «-ltli (,reat rai)idily when placed under fMvi)ral»l(' conditions, its vitality can only 
 Kc jjestroved by hijfh bi'at, the heat of baking is not alvvuv'i sntiiei'nt fur this pur 
 poBO. and when such is tin.' case the tun<;iis 1) jjbis to prow again when taken in!o 
 the stoniacl). cau!iln.t; pain, heartburn and nidij^estion uith the numerous evils 
 which follow in their train. All these dangerB may bo avoided by^islug the 
 
 Cook's Friend BakiRg Powder 
 
 WHICH IS COMI'OSKli OF tHK I'lRKiiT AND MOST 
 
 Nercr fails to raise well, nnd leaves the Flour ontirolv unaltered, 
 producing LIGHT, SWAET und WIIOLKSOMW BRBAD 
 which may bo eaten warm from tlie ovoa without inconvenience. 
 
 Be sure to purchase the Oenuine Article, every Package of 
 which.has V <. trade mark imprinted thereon, as under, 
 
 without which none is Genuine. 
 
 For Sale by Storekeepers throughout the Dominion. 
 
 
nn 
 
 it id 
 
 tho 
 
 'II ai 
 
 tliu