IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ^ A ^^ s^4b. ^^^^^ ^ / 5r /^^/^ i.O I.I fc;M28 It 140 1.25 IIM 2.2 1.8 U III 1.6 ^ o ^ ^ y Photugraphic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 145B0 (716) •72-4S03 ■^ % .V \ ■^^ ^ c> f> CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. \ CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques 1987 Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques et bibliographiques The Inst'tute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Fjatures of this copy which may b* bibliographically uniaue. which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or whtch may significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below. L'Institut a microfilme le moilfeur exemplaire qu'il lui a ete possible de se procurer Les details da cat axempldire qui sont peut-etre uniques du point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier una image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une modification dans la m^thode normalatronizcd by the Govern- ment on all public occasions, including that of the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and suite, and that of His Excellency the Governor General and suite. During the past winter the Hotel has been considerably enlarged, go that in future the Proprietor hopes to be able to accommodate comfortably all who may favor him with their patronage. All Rooms lighted by Gas. The Consulate Office of the United States is in the Hotel, as well as Telegraph Office to all parts. The Proprietor begs to announce that having recently purchased the St. Lawrence Hall property, it is his intention, next Fall, to pull down and re-build, with all modern improvements, including an Elevator; thus making this Hotel second to none in the United States. Montreal, May, 1872. -..,71 H. ^ H. MERRIi:,I.'S i I This fine Establishment is one of the largest and most extensive of the kind in the Dominion. By heavy Importations direct from the European Manufacturers the Proprietors are enabled to sell Rich and Elegant Goods at as reasonable rates as can be realized in Paris or London. The house is well known to American and European Tourists who pat- ronize this establishment throughout the year, and find their purchases advantageous in the extreme. H. & H. MERRILL. ^^jHMpp4^« ^ "IftflSl THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS SITUATED ON THE Coruer of Sparks and Elgin Streets^ IN THE VERY CENTRE OF THE CITY AND THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE Parliament and Departmental Buildings, the Post Office, the Custom Honse, the City Hall, the Theatre, the Tele- graph Office, and the difi^erent Banks. The Ba/rlkmneMa/py Btdklings^ From their position and Architectural design, should be visited by THIC TOURIST. The Scenery and natural curiosities of the Upper Ottawa, the beautiful FALLS OF THE CHAUDIERE, and of the RIDEAU RIVER, the Timber Slides, the extensive Water-power, and the Lumbering and other Mills, are within easy reach of the city, and form a combination of attraction unsurpassed in Canada. The Russell House is fitted up and conducted with every regard to comfort, and will accommodate no fewer than 250 guests, constituting it one of the largest Hotels in Canada. JAMES A. GOUIN; Proprietor. //I its MM Tjl^ t t I \ Montreal. The Undersigned beg to notify the Public that th have Purchased the above well-known FIHST-^CLiLSiS MOTEL, and which is now carried on as a Branch Establis ment of the ST. LAWRENCE HALL, under t management of Mr. Frederick Geriken, well knov to tne Travelling community, both in the Unit; ^tates and Canada, as being connected wifh the S Lawrence Hall. The ST. JAMES is very favorabh situated facii Victoria Square, in the very centre of the City, ar contiguous to the Post Office and the Banks. Its coi venience for Business-men is everything that can 1 desired, as it is in the immediate vicinity of the leadir Wholesale Houses. The Rooms, being well appoints and ventilated, are cheerful for Families ; while the M. mgev/ill always be unexceptionable, and no pains spare in ministering to the comfort of Guests. The Propri( tors, having leased the adjoining premises, are prepai ed to ofTer every inducement to the Spring and Fa trade; and, as their tariff is exceptionably reasonabh they hope to obtain a large share of public patronage H. HOGAN & CO. iL p. VAXjXjIIiBEI, STEAM MANUFACTURER OF that they Istabllsh- nder the II known i United I the St. ed facing ^ity, and Its con- t can be t leading ^pointed the Me- is spared Proprie- prepar- nd Fall sonable, Tonage. CO. -I I l"€!^i1^twr^5 fiiliii BSDSTM.DS, (&c., SiQ. I ^// Orders executed at very Shcrt Notice, He is furnished with Hearses, and has constantly on hand an assortment of Wood and Iron Coffins of all sises, Crape. Mourning Gloves, Ac, &c. ALL OF\pEI\S Pi\OMPTLY EXECUTED, Mf! II Ml ST. LAWREjSTCE HAL CACOUNA. •"Hrs Establishment hq« k«. NUNDRED GUESTS Idditl f I"^'"^ accommodation for \ 1,-d out in Pleasure Grouts rl'"^'>^ ^-^ P-ehased of the St. Lawrence, command 1 , fi, ^ '^""*/""3^ situated on the ba ers and Vessels pass up and dZ f "'"''' '' ''' ^^■^'^^- ^^^ the Ste. Bathino accommodation has aZ\ '' Proximity to the place Bowling Alleys rt during h parties 'arged at I EST-A-BLISHED IIT 1S30. l©f 11 DAll iilAE. LOWER TOWN, agcrs. i^g^g©, sMaia. ' I / / \ II ( I ni 1 CVi ^^im nni 1 m i ^° THE PAR.PAJ AM) '^ '1 J-^^"' 'CWtliilJ CJ Hotel. f""y"??en" ^"""'n Cars «0«„d. AI, i„fo,„^ 'atJoii oheej GUSTAVELEVy, Agent at Quebec 11 a>« t&0M^An I >>ai^(i^ mB, ^ET » Cheer- IBilAlf BMlOl ^\ -A-isro Wl©IilS4Iil ©liif llll.^, Importer from BEITISH & FOEEICjN MANUPACTUEERS, PEG-TOP DEPOT, Moimtcdn Mill, QUEBEC, Cawai^a. DEF^A-RTI^dlElTTS : tebep, Coatings, Vestings, Trowserings, Ready- Made Clothing, Hosiery, (Underclothing), Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Scarfs, Ties, Suspenders, Gloves, Rubber Air Pillows, Cushions, Rubber Coats, Fishing Stockings, English Portmanteaux, Bags, Etc., Etc. — ALSO,— MILITARY EQUIPMENTS, and ev ything pertaining to an Officer's Outfit, AT THE PEG-TOP DEPOT, MOUNTAIN HILL, QUEBEC. // / 1 I t: iili f : ^«i*A °°«na after Monday, M^rrr; ^"^^ y. iway, 1872 Train ^ram at 3:50 P ir " ^-^^v and at At 1-40 P Af „ ^^RIVE AT « A , ^ ^ ' ' " ^ -^^J-, arriving at «s^o ^ t. •'« i^ort. &;^'«^^S „,adc at Sand Poi.t ,.- , "^ '''""^^"ons with all ^ -'" - - ..... ... .: ::::--.. - — i: ^"EN r^ CAR r.OADs. ^- ABBOTT '-^7$^*^^ -^,- ^^•^%. "3 I 13 BOSTON. Ottawa. « as followi ^t Sand ^•; and 5 P.M. f tain connoc- ast and West J^roclfville at ^ay Express, ^5 P.M, and i il§ l?'*^@^iijri®i^3. The undersigned having leased, for a term of years, the above named . Hotel, have entirely re-modelled, re-fitted and re-furnished the same, and j^ now invite the patronage of all the " old customers " of the house, and J assure the travelling public generally that we will do our best to make the ^ "States " a comfortable home during their stay in the city. The location of this Hotel, situated as it is, near the centre of the busi- ness portion of the city, immediately opposite the B. & A. R. R, Depot, and within five minutes' walk of the Depots of the 0. C. & N. Railway, and the B. & P. R. R., renders it very desirable to persons visitirg the city for business or pleasure. BAMNMS <& BUCK. 14 ^^$ti\\ ^^t%U^\ I^ ^4. I L TV^ ^\. Y^ IS THE ^u^mt^^t m^^t^ B ETIV E E: N ,11 liiLJ AJiD THE 9 ONLY LIU E carrying the GREAT THROUGH UNITED STATES MAIL between New York and San Francisco. PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING COACHES Are Run on all Night Trains. SECURE THROUGH TICKETS via Chicago and North Westorn Rail- way, on sale at all the Principal Ticket Offices in the United States and Canada. JOHN F. TRACT, President i M. L. SYKES, Jun., Vice-President ; JAS. H. HOWE, General Manager; M. HUGHITT, General Superintendent. H. P. STANWOOD, C. C. WHEELER. General Ticket Ageat. General Freight Agent. mam 15 U^\ ffi ri 9 illTED Cisco. OHES torn Rail- ates and nt ; JAS. ndent. it Agent. DA¥ LIll Of STIAMIES BETWEEIT miu^l it^i muht, From Monday, the 8th July, 1872, THE BESSEMER STEEL STEAMER ja. 3xr -A. 15 ji.," CAPTAIN Em. CREPEAU, V7ill leave Richelien Pier, opposite Jacques Cartier Square, FOR QUEBEC, AT 7.30 O'CLOCK, A.M. Calling at SOREL and THREE RIVERS. Tickets and Rooms secured at the Office oi^ Richelieu Pier. J. B. LAMEEE, General Manager. 16 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pai KA.IL"WA.Y LINE. The SHORTEST. QUICKEST and BEST ROtJTE to MINNESOTA, NORTHERN IOWA AND WISCONSi^ UriTHOVT CHANGE OF CARS. Prom MILWAUKEE to ST. PAUL and MINNEAPOLII and all Points on the UPPER MISSISSIPPL For SPEED, SAFETY and COMFORT go via MILWAUKE] and secure CHOICE OF SEATS in PALACE COACHES 1: Day and ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS by Night Train J. "W. PRINCE, General Eastern Agent, 319 Broadway, New York, JOHN HOCKING, New England Agent, 15 State St., Boston. FRED. WETHERALD, Eastern Travelling Agent. A. V. H. CARPENTER, S. S. MERRILL, GENERAL TICKET AGENT. GENERAL MANAGEl f 17 Paul TE to ;ONSiN, APOLIS, PI. AUKEE, 3HES by t Trains. jw York, oston. I, ■ ANAGER. F nM£k i IMPORTERS OF ii¥ IFancy and Staple Mil ST. ^0nWB CAT«, (WITHIN,) f QI7^B]^C« B /: 18 TEIPEELEYS LIM ^-'/"j'"' 19?9 " Medwmj, 18A6 " Thames iqs^ .< ■^5^r; 1442 " *actaUer 1^70 " J^'ile 7%/r/ t( liveecl 1S()'' '* Severn l^Tt ** The Steamers of this Line are intended //q •, a - of navigation J^g'/frl'^^^ ^"^^ ^^^ --« London for Quebec and Montreai (Calling at Plymouth outwards onlv ^ p * that Port ^vAK^J:if::r^2 -^ ^eavin^ ^'''^''.l^ ^^^ London 19 I on Steam^ ^le season ^REAL i leaving ) N, Kates of Passage, Quebec to London. Cabin ^6° Steerage *^4- Quebec to London and back. Cabin ^*°° Steerage ^+^ Through Tickets from ail points West at reduced rates. Cer- tificates issued to parties desirous of bringing out their friends. Through Bills of Lading issued on the Continent and in Lon- don for all parts of Canada, and in the United States to Detroit, Milwaukee, Chicago and other points in the West. Agents s Temperleys, Carter and Darke, 21 Billiter Street, London ; Wilcox and Weekes, Barbican, Plymouth ; James Swift & Co., Kingston; C.R.Cunningham, Ottawa; Henry Taylor, London, Ont. ; Crane & Baird, Toronto ; John Proctor, Hamilton ; John L. Campbell, Brockville ; R. McCarthy & Co., Prescott ; Charles Davidson, Guelph ; R. H. Read, Port Hope ; Jacob Needs, Bow- manville ; C. W. Smith, Oshawa ; W. A. Shepard, Belleville ; Arthur J. Mathewson, Perth; Nitholls & Hall, Peterborough; W. A. Strong, 18 West Madison, Chicago i Wm. D. Morton & Co., corner Third and Woodbridge Streets, Detroit; Harry Bradford, 395 Broadway, Milwaukee ; Ross Sc Co., Quebec ; David Shaw, Montreal. 20 ROYAL MAIL LINE AND INTERMEDIATE PORTS I Corsican, - Capt. Sinclair Spartan, Passport, - Kingston, - i-byssinian Dunlop Simpson Carmichaal Estes Union, Capt. Couvrett e, Morley UPWARDS ^^^^ I-^AVE THE CANAL BASIN portTone;:::: ^\ \-^ CP Lac ValleVfield at 12.30 p. m Darling'lSn;::: ^I 2.10 Arriving rtiYa^iii-;-;;;;;[j800 p.m a.ni MAKING DIRECT CONNECTIONS M PRESCOTTand BROCKVILTF 21 ing First- Jrrell uley lerv/ood cCoy orley 12.45 p.m. 5.30 " 1.30 a.m. 2.10 « 3.30 " 8.00 " 10.45 " LE. At TORO.YTO and IMMILTOX, With the Railway, for Coilingwood, Lake Superior. Stratford, London Chathain, Sarnia, Detroit. Chicago. Milwaukee. Ga- lena Green Bay, St. Paul. St. Louis. NEW ORLEANS. OMAHA. SACRAMENTO. SAN FRANCISCO, FORT WILLIAM. DULUTH and FORT GARRY. AND WITH THE " CITY OF TOnOKTC,'' For Niagara, Lewislou, Niagara Falls, Bufifalo, Cleveland, Toledo and Cincinnati. h, DOWNWARDS. Leave Hnmilton, every morning, (.Sun-; Leave Kingston at ;;-3||a.m. days oxceptt'il) at9.(»0a.ra. " (iananoqUR at <.00 " Toronti ab'2.00 " " Brockv.lle at 9.^ " Darlinrton at 5.20" " I roscott *MlSnra .' PortHope at r,.50 " "Cornwall...... atl.20p.ra. '< Cobourg at 7.20 " lArrivlng at Montreal at b.4o Passing through the Bcautitui and Romantic Scenery of the Lpke of the Thousands Islands, and all the Rnpids of the River Jji. Lawrence by Daylight. Cc necting at Montreal with the Steamers for QUEBEC, MURRAY BAY, RIVIERE DU LOUP, CA- COUNA, TADOU&ijC, and the FAR FAMED RIVER SA- QUENAY. JSerThe Steamers of this Line are replete with every Comfort and Convenience, and- every Appliance for Safety; and trom the completeness of the Arrangements present advantages to Tiavel- lers Superior to every other Conveyance. Through Tickets, at Low Rates, to all the above places, with every information, may be obtained from the various Local Agents, on board the Steamers, and at 177 St. James Street. ALEX. MILLOY, Sea-cta j and Treasurer. Company's Office, 177 St. James Street, Montreal, June, 1872. Tf _4*imS, 22 W2. SUMMERMEANGEMENT. 187; on all'^h^orgll^Sa/Tl^- ^"^ Handsome N-w Or^,- I^ay Mail for Prescotf n„-^ ^^^'^VG WEST. Alail Tram for St. JohnlJriu ''''"^ Vermont Contra "at »0« »•> Day.ra,s8,.„ger Tru /f!'** ''/ "'"' Steamboats o Lako V^''■'^^^". ^'oimties t^'^he Intercolonial Bailwar h„;. 10.30 p.m Uonlroal, 2411, Ju„„, ,872. C J. BBYdces, - Mahacso OlKECIOB. m^2::5mm^m^m^m^. I ■ 1872. inary Cars ^ara on all JoJJo- troit, ••••8.00 a.m. ••••9.00 p.m. •■••6.00 p.m. • • • 5.00 p.m. a.m. 3 SO ake •••6.00 a.m. ••.9.00 a.m. •• •3.46 p.m. ou :ies •• 3.15 p.m. • • 7.()() a.m. . . 8.30 a.m. >r- • • 1-45 p.m. )r- • 10.30 p.m. m through r Iinp.s. the iiy «Uition with the 'ay at 6.00 wifh the t> p.m. fur IS, at the on, or at S, ^ KECTOR. 23 The St. Lawre nce & Ot tawa Railway. THE OLD RELIABLE, rjijcKEST AND BEST ROUTE. The Shortest Line by 9 Miles from Ottawa to Brockville and all points West, and by 35 Miles to all points East. ALTERATION OF RUNNING TIME. On and from MONDAY, lOtli JUNE, 1872, trains will run as follows GOING NORTH. No. 1 3 5 7 with Sofa Cur Leave Prescott. Connoctins with. 1.00 r. M. Grand Trunk Mail from the East.. fi no A. M. do do Exi)ress from the West. do Mail from tlie West do Express from the East.. 6.00 A.M. 4.00 P. M. 2.00 A. M. do do do Arrive in Ottawa. 3.45 p. M. 8.45 A. M. 6.20 P. M. 6.15 A. M. No. Leave Ottawa. 6 8 with Sofa C GOING SOUTH. Connecting with. 7.30 A. M. 12.00 Noon 10,30 AM. 10.00 r. M. Rov.al Mrul Line of Steamers East and West, and Gratid Trunk Accommo- dation for the East Grand Trunk Express for the East and Grind Trunk Accomnu)dation for Brockville, Kingston, and all Way Stations West (irand Trunk Exp. for all points West.. (jrand Trunk trains for East and We;:!t.. ar Arrive at Prescott Junction. 10.00 AM 3.50 p. M. 12.50 p. M. 1.00 A. M. Comfortable Sofa Cars on No. 7 and 8. Charge for Berths, 50 cents. Sire connections with all the Grand Trunk trains both East and West, a^ thi^ Company's trains wait their arrival when late. Twenty minutes allowed at Prescott Junction for refreshments. Trains are run on Montreal time. THOS. REYNOLDS, Managing Director, Ottawa. II. LUTTRELL, Superiutendeut, Prescott. 24 GRAND EXCURSIONS TO THE Far-famed 6 SEA mnm. boating and fishing AT AND The First-Class Steamer UNION Capt. COUVRETTE ) , i>y takincr the Ktpnmoi. ot V^ v "•li/.tt. r , at The FIrst-Class Steamer CLYDE Capt. LECOURS, ■ •--'C, A. GABOURY. ftJKCKETARY. OTTAWA CITY. ", for tlip , River AY, at atanrl 'Vanco of radousac >r safety. ATITR. -ujeiits, t Com- iVRV. Tlie city of Ottawa is, perhaps, situated more picturesquely than any other in North America, with the exception of Quebec. The view from the Barrack Hill — embracing, as it does, in one coup cVoeil, the magnificent Fulls of the Chaudiere, with its clouds of snowy spray, generally spanned by a brilliant rainbow ; the suspension bridge, uniting Upper and Lower Canada ; the river above the great falls, studded with pretty, wooded islands; and the distant, purple mountains, which divide the waters of the Gatineau from those of the Ottawa — is one of the most beautiful in the world. Tourists leaving Montreal for the Ottawa may proceed by either one of the following routes : by steamer directly from the city ; by the Grand Trunk Railway to St. Anne's, a distance of 21 miles, and thence, by steamer, up the river ; by railroad to Pres- cott, 113 miles, thence by the Ottawa and Prescott Kailroad to Ottawa city ; by railroad to Lr.chine, 9 miles, and there take the steamer for Ottawa city. After leaving Montreal, the follow- ing places are passed : ' CARILLON, Eight miles above tlie Indian village, and on the same iide of the river. The ascent of the river, here interrupted by the rapids, is continued, for twelve miles, by means of a lock and canal. RIDEAU FALLS, A short distance below the city of Ottawa. The Rideau river here precipitates itself into the Ottawa over a ledge of rock thirty feet in height, forming one of the most attractive features of the Ottawa scenery. tl i ,' i , *l 26 (The Bom„, Vot ) .'""T'"^ '■''''■ ■■» everv ;„-''^'"'»ey prelf f, '""'"S^" Not t} London S M '''■"^'•' S^^'ter fn'^Xn^ '^ '''^ ^0^' Chaudi^r, ' 0-% .ucked do.„, ,„, ;;; » the Tha«>es a PPears underground. A *^-'^' Anne's "o" a look 45 fppi • . , , f^''tce, aiso, the <»f«„ ^ ' '^"t -n widti, and 180 fJt „ i """■ ?»^e, mountains jC T"' """ ""'"'• It denVe " "'"'"' -^'ght. --^ofeetii'"^ "'"•"'' ""•"' to.e: :v : ::- '■™» «.„• ^ ^^ an eievation of THE INDIAN VTT 7 , ■^>y-^i^; '•'^s- ^JJ^Jg^a^^^^^ a the rapids inferior in ^^aps, more e^J- The • Arrayed masses, in hean well ^ot the haudi^re, blames at •und. Jded to f Mon- ^ with passes 27 U' -J;f a mile; a^rward, it again expands into the Upper ake of the Two Mountains. Nine miles further on, it resume IS narrowest limit. MONTEEAL. I The tourist will find this city solid and progressive Not a |e. of the streets have been widened, and oUi ^tor have boon fcken down, and new and elegant edifices have taken their places •Montreal ,s renowned for her charitable Institutions; and «; thui^hes are the largest ou the continent. Here the noble St Lawrence rjver is spanned l,y one of the greatest of m dern iBtructures, the Victoria Brid-^e • it is noirlv t„„ -t . I«7 nrid f\i\n rri. . . ° ' nearly two miles long, cost l«<, 000,000. The tourist, whether from the orange groves of the Sunny South the ice fields of Alaska, or the hot bed's o Europ w^^l b^ deligh ed by taking one of the Royal Mail Steamer '^.J King ton, passing through the Thousand Islands, down th! tur bulen but grand rapids of the St. Lawrence R ver under Z Z^Z f :^'«'-»«"0.-. through which t'lrstm ean e ada: tf ^.T"'' "'"'' ^"^ ^^'=«"'^"' accommodation ean be had at the St. Lawrence Hali,_we .ne,:tion the Hall first because It., -emost fashionable, and because Henry Ho-^an ,e proprietor, is the Prince of Bonifaces ' ° ' .a^t^sitriTLt^a^^^^^^ CCtir ■ '"" ""^»' ^'^'»" -' Am;rrtrrr excellent caravansaries. The two principal drives round Montreal should be made by a 1 tourists, -round the two mountains and to Laehine. Tourist at have not made the trip of the Lachine rapids, can take he train at Bonaventurc Station every morning at 7 o'clock, (Sun- 28 -iwns .V. Monacal ^:^^'^r::Z£.j'''-'' ^''^- Messrs. Savao-e t would cost them at some of !h, . ' "' """ "'"'f »f "hat «tateB- It is no mere nuff 1 '"'"""" ?'=>«"' '» "-o United ^ '>-&L,manca„d Lei „c^V^ '"'^' "'<= «-- Jewellery line, can be done at^ 1 1' "t"' ""' "'""P"--" ">e "nd more particularly i„ the Drv C L P ^ '' "''"'^'''"' Canada, t" d-n upon the magnificent C T' ^' '^ ""' "ecessary »^y Goods imported ?rom En *d\r' '''""''" --'-nt of Messrs. Merrill. Travelled Am: "at !? T' """""""y ^^ "■« who has not travelled ?-„eed 2 .7 u "''"^^^ '« ">« American House of Messrs. Merrill, Note B- 1 1' 't' """ ^''^ ««»'^^ Donunion, what A, T. Stew rt i?. iT V*^""'^^^'' '^ '» ">e ^'"ow tariff, very much in favIurWc / ''T''' '""*'' -'" FeJ-ot a constant flow „f Amer In t„ T' ''"'"■ ^^"^"^ "« elegant establishment. '^'"'="'-"' to^'sts to Messrs. Merrill's Wecoagratulate the proprietor „f the "St T Mr. Hogan, upon the return of an old f '"'"'^ """'" Chadwck, as „„« of the managers L t °"''' *''•• ^'h^^es ""' '" *■"' '•enowned Hotel !„ 29 these days of pompous purse-proud insolence, it is really refreshing to meet so amiable, urbane and attentive a soul as Mr. ChadwiclT We verily believe that Mr. Ohadwick's numerous friends in the United States, and throughout the Dominion, will cluster around him, at the Hall, as of yore. As that part of the Treaty of Washington relative to the fish- cry of the St. Lawrence has been indorsed by the Dominion Parliament, and as the Treaty of Washington will be ratified before or immediately after the 4th of November next, pending the latter arrangement, Horace Greeley might quietly, rod, hook and line in hand, leave the surging political crowd and betake himself to salmon-fishing in the Lower St. Lawrence. Here he might learn the inestimable blessing of cheap food for all people. Uncle Horace should know something of the noble St. Lawrence, in case he may occupy the Piesidential chair in the White House at Washington for the ne::t four years. Should Uncle Horace visit us he would do humanity a rare service by establishing a co-operative fishing society, composed of all nationalities. This society might be called the Odd or Codfish Oo-operative Society, as the society would, as far as nationalities are concerned, resem- ble the fishes themselves. In this very society the germs' of free- trade may impress you, Uncle Horace. You can perceive at a glance that God placed the St. Lawrence here not only for the Canadians, the Americans, the Mexicans, the Japanese and Chinese, but for all mankind. No nation can muzzle the St. Lawrence. It is a part of God's highway for the benefit of all people. Here, we repeat, removed from political cliques, design- ing home manufacturers, and others who take a lively interest in * the loaves and fishes, Uncle Horace, at the head of his co-oper- i , 30 .'!S nk?'^' '"'°"" ?''"''"'''• "P"" "'« «»«»>0P0Htan and ccopcr- at.ve plan, a society that the International Society might envy As we are cousins you know, Uncle Horace, and L „e havo us to have a chat together upon fa.ming, fishing and free-trade? Agriculture ,s your hobby, that is your°outside''caIlL n wht jou are an expert. We confess we have a great wejknesi for farming; but this very weakness has .revanted us from e„t^i: our ..o^ • ^Utet Kc^ ^^^^^ ': «upply all Europe and Ameri a with th IT^'^f '™ P'^"' bivalves in the world uTZ ' *"'' '"'' "''oapest Horace, that you ale' not „nl T """"'"'o- ='b^«d, Uncle fi»h in our water, but ! ^ ""^ '" ^'- "^ '""' '"^ "S"" 'o -ket to ou:ri?"vrad:i:^r:;':i" "^r^"-- fisheries, and tax the produce of th.T .1 T*^""" "'^ ""* because your own fish'els ^ Itt^d'o ^ ""'' '^ " -kerel, halibut and salmon, rj SZ"-;:^--'.' ■ ^-^^^^V*."^, 31 hence the enormous eosh price you are willing to pay for a braia giver You are not very badly off for room to aehool your mer oanfle marme, in considering the distance from C Irjod to Galveston, or away up to M.. Seward's farm AI,L tI thousand miles of sea coast ought even to satDvt.;7 appet^e of »Ir. Seward for se^a coast and to^ X'aTd should have been born in Eugland and appointed Qo.oZot Ind.a there he would satisfy his craving stomach by le." a 1 India to the Bnfsh Empire. Mr. Seward's love of terri ory U mperfeet keepmg with Anglo-Saxon greed ^ By physical or moral force, we are averse to the annexation ef Canada to the United States; not that we are averrto'our .orm of government, but because we desire .0 play ouT lolitica programme .n our own way, untrammelled by LsCtion from Washington or London. It is coming to this JXllT Horace. Not a ship-load of emigrantT that lands afa^ of the ports in Ameri.. but are living evidences of the fact that Ad created America as the earthly paradise of th poor On t very f ,ee of the whole American' Continent God hLwritt. n letters .. fire and gold, " Bepublic I" ' for^hr^ The'/T""'." North America for two Republics ; yea for three The K.o Grande separates you from the sister reDu'olic luZ°" stiff '^ lattc'.co«ntryisin a state of To disruption, s Ul you have not attempted to gobble her up. Mexico s the Vesuvius of America, therefore let her belch forth herTava U she exhausts herself. Supposing by force of arms y u conque force of laws enacted by and with the consent of a due repLen tive number of Mexicans, assembled at Washington, tog vHhei on enter dissent to laws passed by Congress, to keep he United SUtes together by force and pe-oe not by lo e or con's n. Z 32 II « I long would tlie United States exist with Ireland and Poland in her midst ? Add to the above the forcible annexation of the Dominion of Canada to the United States ; a new volcano, more dangerous to life and property, would belch forth her torrents of lava at Washington, not only enveloping the 7). C. of Columbia, in ashes, cinders and smoke, but kindred volcinoes would burst forth all over the Continent, and darken the heavens with their smoke. Liberty would be no more ; chaos would be triumphant. They are making our canals deeper and wider at an enormous expense; they are building new railways ; they are spending large sums of money in improving our old railways, so that the American tourist, stepping on board a G. T. R. tram ?.t Portland, Detroit, Toronto, Buffalo, Montreal and Quebec, will find attached to all day and nignt trnius Pullman's parlour and sleeping coaches. Yea, down to Cacouna— the Saratogaof Canada— Pullman's elegant sleeping cars are run on the G. T. R. during the months of June, July, August and September; Not only have we got the latest American improvement, a la Pullman, but we have, the latest and most substantial improvement from Europe, in steel rails. Day by day old iron rails are beii ' replaced by steel rails so that, at no tery remote day, not om.y the Grand Trunk Railroad, but all the railways of the Dominion, will have their road-beds covered with steel;— are we not keeping time to the music of so-called modern progress, Uncle Horace ?— Onward to the Pacific Ocean is our watchword now. We have a great appetite for tea, besides we take a deep interest in the poor Chinese. If we have stuffed them with opium that is no reason why we should cram them with roast beef and plum pudding. John Chinaman is to help us build our Pacific Railway; he gives us his labour, and we give him our money. The day is not far distant when thr- j will be as many first- class passenger steamers plying on the watprs of the Pacific as 33 there are steamers now plying betwe.. Europe and this Continent As poor laborers have suffered from all sorts of eompetiti™ ,; more particularly the agricultural or railway labourer" we wondlr not at the pugnacity of the labourers of Africa to t e " ,ra be„ Ch.nees " How would our merchants, lawyers and doctors fe Itf they had a large .nflux of Chinese and Japanese to oppose th m m the.r respecUve caWings ? Still we are in favour ot the poo" Ch.„an.an It the Chinaman toils on our railways, makes oTr boots and shoes, clothes, and makes hi.nself useful generally although he ,s not a Christian, no. does he vote, why should we notencouragelum? He is a consumer as well as a produce,- He increases our carrying trade. When he leaves the Celestial Kmpire he 13 bound to return to it, dead or alive I aUEBSC. Quebec founded by Samuel de Champlain, in 160S, has cer- tainly much to recommend itself, by historical memories and bv scenery, to the traveller-the scholar-the hUtorian. The winter ing of the venturesome Jacques Cartier on the banks of the St Charles, m 1535-6, by its remoteness, is an incident of i^ter^^ not only to Canadians, but also to every deni.en of America. It takes one back to an era nearly coeval with the discovery of the continent by Columbus-much anterior to the foundation of Jamestown m 1607-anterior to that of St. Augustine in Florida, in 1592. Quebec has, then, a right to call herself an old, a very old, city of the west. ' The coloniiatioD of Canada, or, as it was formerly called, New ' France was undertaken by companies of French merchanfa engaged m the fur trade, close on whose steps followed a host I 34 of devoted raksionaries, who found in the forests c" this new and attractive country ample scope for the exercise of their religious enthusiasm. It wns at Quebec that those Christian heroes landed ; from hence, they started for the forest primeval, the bearers of the olive branch of Christianity, of civilization. A fjtal mistake comnjitted a« the outset by the French com- manders, in taking part in the Indian wais, more than once brought the incipient colony to the verge of ruin : during the-e periods scores of devoted mi-sionaries fell under thescalping-knife or amidst incredible tortures, amongst the merciless savages whom they had come to reclaim. Indian massacres became so frequent so appalling, that on several occasions the French thought of giving up the colony for ever. The rivalry between France ard England added to the hanlships and dangers of the few hardy colonists CBtublished at Quebec. Its environs, the shores of its noble river, more than once became the battle-fields of European armies.' These were eventful periods— happily gone by, we hope, forever. In his ''Pioneers of France in the New World;' the gifted Frs. Parkman mournfully reviews the vanished glories of old France in her former vast dominions in America: " The French dominion is a memory of the past; and when we wake its departed shades, they rise upon us from their graves in strange, romantic guise. Again their ghostly camp-fires'" seem to burn, and the fitful light is cast around on lord and vassal and Wack-robed priest, mingled with wild forms of savage warriors, knit in close fellowship on the same stern errand, a boundless vision grows upon us: an untamed continent; vast wastes of forest ▼erdure; mountains silent in primeval sleep; river, lake, and Simmering pool; wilderness oceans mingling with the sky :' such was the domain which France conquered for civilization. Plumed helmets gleamed in the shade of its forests ; priestly vestments in ?iEikfl5«&'g^£BafctA3gtt.« 35 its dens and fastnesses of ancient barbarism. Men steepeu ia anti(|UO learning,', pile with the close breath of the cloister, here spent the noon and cveni.isj of their lives, ruled sava.i^c hordes with a mild, parental sway, and stood serene before the direst shapes of death. Men of a conrtly nurture, heirs to the polish o*" a far- reachini,' ancestry, here, with their dauntless hardihood, put to shame the boldest sons of toil." Of all this mighty empire of the past, Quebec was the undis- puted capital, tlie lbrtre!-s, the key-stone. It would be a curious stuily to place in juxta-position the impression produced on tourists by the view of Quebec and its environs — from Jacques Cartior, the discoverer of Canada, down to William Howard Russell— Buli-Kun Russell. ('hamplain, La Pothon- La Hontj.n, Le Beau, Du ?reux (Creiixiiis), Peter Ka' ii, Knox, Silliman, Ampere, Mrs. xMoodie, Anthony Trollope, Sala, Kevd. Henry Ward Beecher, have all left their impressions of the ♦•ocky citadel. Mrs. Moodie (Susanna Strickland), in her sketches of Canadian life, lirapliically delineates her trip from Grossc Isle to Quuhec, an;.' tlij appearance of the city itself from the river: " On the 22nd of September (1832), the anchor was wcii:hcd, and we bade a Ion;; farewell to Grosse Isle. As our vessel struck into mid channel, I cast a la.^t lin;4erin^ look at the beautiful shores we were leavin-i;. Cradled in the arms of the St. Lawrence, and basking in the bright rays of the morning sun, the island and its sister group looked like a second i'.den just emerged from the waters of chaos. The day 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 Mure and ela>siic ; the sun shone out with uncommon splem' jur lighting up the changing woods with a rich mellow colo I '•6i I I ■■^^■■- ^1 1 ;'k3 36 composod of a thousand brilliant and vivid dyes. The mi<^hty river rolled fla.ihing and sparkling onward, ha- ^^s " hy a strong ; breeze that tipped its short rolling surges with a . »est of snowy foam. '* Never shall I forget that short voyage from Grosse Isle to 'Quebec. What wonderful combinations of beauty and grandeur and power, at every winding of that noble river ! " Every perception of my mind became absorbed into the one scn-:e of seeing, when, upon rounding Point Levi, we cast anchor before Quebec. What a scene I 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 the present of Quebec. 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; 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 melluw and serene glow of the autumn day harmonized so perfectly with the solenm 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 tears." Such the poetic visions which were awakened in the poetic mind of the brilliant author of " Roughing it in the Bush." A distinguished French litterateur, fresh from the the sunny banks of tlie Seine, thus discourses anent the ancient capital ; we translate : ••,1 1 T--^ . 37 " Fc^v cities," sny M. Marnier, (1) ''offer as many striking contrasts as Quebec, a fortress and a commercial city together" built upon the summit of a rock as the nest of an eagle, while her vessels are everywhere wrinklin- the face of the cceru ; an Amer- ican city inhabited by French colonists, governed by Enghmd and garrisoned with Scotch regiments ; (2) a city of the middle ages by most of its ancient institutions, while it is submitted to Til the combinations of modern constitutional government; a European city by its civilization and its habits of refinement, and still dose by the remnants of the Indian tribes and the barren mountains of the north ; a city with about the same latitude as Paris, while successively combining the torrid climate of southern regions with the severities of an hyperborean winter; a city at the same timo 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 «gis 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 ke/of the St. Lawrence, Quebec must possess interest of no ordinary character for well-informed tourists. To the t^-aveller there are innumerable points and items vastly interesting ana 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 le-end of war and bloody assault and repulse; the plains of Abraham, every foot of (1) LelUes sur PAmerique: X. Marmier. Paris, 18G0. (2) The Highlanders— 78th, 79tli, and 93rd. f ..-■■■","•■ -^ 38 ,f Tvhich is commemorated with blood and battle ; Wolfe's monument, where the gallant and bravo soldior died with a shout of victory on bis lips; the Martello towers, with theii subterranean conitnuni- cations with the citadel ; the antique churches, paiutin-s, and all her parapliernalia, treasures, and curiosities that are religiously preserved therein; the falls of Montmorency ; the natural steps ; Monte Im's house, and a thousand others relics of the mysterious past that has hallowed these wi'h all the mystic interest that attacliGS to antiquity, great deeds, and beautiful memories. To see all these, a tourist requires at least two days' time ; and surely no one who pretends to be a traveller, in these days of rapid transit, will fail to visit Quebec, the best city, the m)st hospitable place, and richer in its wealth of rare sights and grand old memorials, French peculiarities and English oddities, than any other city on this broad continent." 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 Americ:i, the quaintest. * * * It is a populated cliflF. It is a mighty rock, scarped and grated, and made to hold houses and castles which, by all proper natural laws, ought to slide oflF from its back, like an ungirded load from a camel's back. But they stick. At the foot of the rocks the space of several streets in width has been stolen from the iver. * * * We landed * * * •' Away we went, climbing the steep streets at a canter with little horses hardly bigger than flies, with an aptitude for climbing perpendicular walls. It was strange to enter a walled city through low :ind gloomy gates, on th.is continent of America. Here was a small bit of mediaeval Europe perched upen a rock, and dried for keeping, in this north-east corner of America, a curiosity that has not its equal, in its kind, on this side of th. ocean. ****** i 39 (( Wc rode about ■ « 3 I if we were in a picture book, turning over a new leaf at each street j * * * * The place should always be kept old. Let people go somewhere else for modern improvemente. It is a shame, when Queb'^-c 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 charm- ing inconveniences, and the irregularities to narrow and tortuous streets, that so delight a traveller's eyes, should be altered to suit the fantastic notions of modern people. * ^jc ^k >j: ;{c :f( " Our stay in Quebec was too short by far. But it was long enough to make it certain that we shall come back again. A summer in Canada would form one of the most delightful holi- days that we can imagine. VVe mean to prove our sincerity by our conduct. And then, if it is not all that our imagination promises, we will write again and confess." (1) Professor Benjamin Silliman discourses thus: " A seat of ancient dominion — now hoary with the lapse of more than two centuries — formerly the seat of a French empire in the west — lost and won by the blood of gallant armies, and of illustrious commanders— thi jned on a rock, and defended by all the proud defiance of war ! \\ ao could approach such a city without emotion ? Who in Canada has not longed to cast lua eyes on the water-girt rocks and towers of Quebec ?" — (Silliman's Tour in Canada.) Let us complete this mosaic of descriptions and literary gems, borrowed from English, French, and American writers, by a sparking tableau of the hfstoric memories of Quebec, traced by a leading French Canadian Utte-ateur, the author of Charles Guerin : *' History is everywhere — around us — ^neath us: from the (I) New York Ledger. !l 1 I1 1 iliil I I L-ifct-. r 40 i li depths of yonder valleys, from the top of that mountain, history- rises up and presents itself to our notice, exclaiming : ' Behold mef " Beneath us, a-^ong the capricious meandf^o of the River St. Charles, the Cah r-Coubat of Jacques-Cartier, is the very place where he first planted the cross and held his first conference with the Seigneur D&naconna. Here, very near to us, beneath a venerable elm tree, which, with much regret, we saw cut down, tradition states that Champlain first raised h^'s tent. From the very spot on which we now stand. Count de rrontenac returned to Adfiiiral Phipps that proud answer, ^s he said, /row the mouth of his cannon, which will always "cmain recorded by history. Under these ramparts are spread the plains on which fell Wolfe and Montcalm, and where in the following year, the Chevaliei de L^vis and General Murray fought that other battle, in memory of which the citizens of Quebec are erecting (in 1854) a monument. Before us, ^n the heights of Beauport, the souvenirs of battles not less heroic, recall to our remembrance the names of Longueuil, St. Hd^ne, and Juchereau Duchesnay. Below us, at the foot of that tower on which floats the British flag, Montgomery and his soldiers all fell, swept by the grape-shot of a single gun pointed by a Canadian artilleryman. " On the other hand, under that projecting rock, now crowned with the guns of old England, the intrepid Dambourg^s, sword in hand, drove Arnold and his men from the houses in which thoy had established themselves. History is then everywhere around us. She rises as well from his ramparts, replete with daring deeds ^ as from those illustrious plains equally celebrated for feats of arms, and she again exclaims : ' Here I am !'" Cosmopolite. 41 HINTS TO TOUEISTS VTSITING aUEBEC. There is a mngnificent line of steamers leaving Montreal every evening, at 7 p.m., and reaching Quebec at 6 A.M. In additioa to these floating palaces, equal to those on the Hudson, the Grand Trunk Railway Company run two trains per day to Quebec from Montreal. Living is comparatively cheap, and hotel accommodation is as good as^any Canadian city can furnish. There are at Quebec several dozens of minor hotels, and some extensive ones, such as Noonan's Stadacona House, Henchey's, Frechette's and Blanchard's HotcU without counting the large Victoria Hotel at South Quebec. Two newly-furni.hed, vast hotels-the St. Louis Hotel and the Russell House, Clarendon House, kept on the American principle —have, of course, from their size, the first claim on the traveller's rttentioP ; and the rush of visitors at these hotels during the summer months sufficiently testifies to the comfort and civility which await the traveller. The Messrs. Russell— two obliging Americans— have succeeded, and deserve to succeed, as hosts. The city and environs abound in drives varying from five to thirty miles, in addition to being on the direct line of travel to the far-famed Snguenay, Murray Bay, Kamouraska, Cacouna, Rimouski, Gaspe. and other noted'watering places. American tourists visiting Quebec, in order to see the historical and natural features of this city, should call upon Frank Gilchen, opposite the St. Louis Hotel, and procure one of his many elegant carriages and splendid horses. By so doing, Americans can rely upon Mr. Gilchen and his expert drivers showing them all the points of interest for which Quebec is so renowned. i % 42 Morgan's gentlemen's furnishing establishment is not surpassed on the continent for variety, elegance and cheapness. The tourist, while doing the veteran and unique city ot Quebec, and its war- like and sublime surroundings, should drop into Morg.m's, md see his — Morgan's — Cacouna suits; suits fit for the soujbre Saguenay Eiver, salmon fishing auits, parliamentary suits, and suits elegant, substantial and cheap, cut in the latest London, Paris and New- York styles. Because our Dominion tariff is based upon common sense, and because Quebec, with its cheap rents, cheap labour and the fact of its being 500 miles nearer Europe thin New York is, enables Morgan to sell at the lowest possible prices. See adver- tisement. Messrs. Fyfe and Garneau's Dry Goods Establishment is one of the largest Houses in old Quebec. Their stock of fancy and staple Dry Goods is one of the largest in the Dominion ; and, owing to cheap labour and low rents, they are prepared to sell at low prices. Hence, the American tourist will consult his interest by calling upon this House. Blanchard's Hotel is admirably situated in Notre Dame Square, Lower Town, Qu^^bec. Directly opposite Madame Blanchard's Hotel there is a Roman Catholic Church over 200 years old. This venerable and sacred edifice still looks as fresh as a daisy. Thus the traveller who takes quarters at Madame Blanchard's will not only be in close proximity to the steamboat landing, Grand Trunk Railway depot, St. Peter's Street— the principal business thoroughfare in Quebec — but in the presence of one of the oldest churches on the continent. 43 THE ElVER SAGUENAY AND ITS SALMON PISHINa. The intorlor of the wild country watered by the River Sagucnay, „as bettor koown, strange to say, two hundred years ago, ,n the days of the Jesuit n.issionaries, Crespeuil and Mbanel, .han in the present a^e. Few white men had wandered over tliese sdent wastes whieh eehoed to the warwhoops of the Montagnais and Nasenp.; Indians, sole masters of tliis boundless territory. Jaequcs Cartier had cast anchor, 'tis true, at Tadousae on 1st Senteulbcr 1535. The flattering accounts he subsequently published, of the mineral riches of the Saguenay country, were derived from the India, chief, Donacona, who repeated the same assertions when brought in the presence of the French monarch, Francis I. In Cha.nplain's time (1610), mention is made of a renowned Montagnais Sagamo, named Amdabijou, who had an interview with Champlain and Lcscarbot, at FoMe-aux-Bouhaux, about one mile west of Tadousae. In the course of my Waltonian rambles in the lower St. Law- rence, I have seen natu.e In her blandest forms ; I have seen her also in all her rugged beauty. No where, ever have I been more impressed with her grim majesty than m ascending the deep, black waters of the Saguenay. Header, have you ever felt, on a brigb June morning, or on a pensive September afternoon the awful solitude of the spot? Did you ever, in fact, face the" terrors rf the Saguenay?" Lest I might underrate them, let n^ bo.row from a^ able account, penned by a European tourist (Mr. \Vood, he special correspc dent of the London Ti,nes^ who recently formed one of the Prince of Wales's party in the English ship-of- war Flying Fish : . i i 4.^ " Gloouiy black clouds rested on the mountains, and seemed to I I 44 double their heii^ht, pouring over the ru2;ged cliffs in a stream of mist, till, liftiDg suddeuly 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 otliers) that the savage wildness and gloom of this extraordinary river is seen to the greatest advantage. Sunlight and clear skies are out of place over its black waters. Anything which recalls the life and smile of nature is not in unison with the huge naked cliflfs, raw, cold, and silent as tombs. An Italian spring could effect no change in its deadly rugged aspect ; nor docs winter add an iota to its mournful 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 +0 visit it again, for it is with a sense of relief that the tourist emerges from its sullen gloom, and looks back upon it as a kind of vault — nature's sarco- phagus, where life or sound seems never to have entered. Compared to it, the Dead Sea is blooming, and the wildest ravin, s look cosy and smiling. It is wild without the least variety, and grand apparently in spite of itself; while so utter is the solitude, so dreary and monotonous the frown of its great black walls of rock, that the tourist is sure to gei impatient with its sullen dead reverse, till he feels almost an antipathy to its very name. Some six miles above is 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 " we^rome," gav^ vhe present name to the country, landed here. It was almost his first real resting-place; and the first mention which we have of the Saguenay is one which now well befits its savage aspect, for Cartier sent a boat and crew to explore its rocky chasm, which were never more heard of. From that day to this, the river 45 has haa a name which, allowing for the difference of time, and creed only Styx can en«al. At the mouth of the Saguenay the w erVTrics in depth from ten to sixteen fathoms ; but once Ttwee the walls It the river, and the depth from end to end , never less than 100 fathoms, generally 150. On ei her .de, at . dltanee of about a mile apart, the cliff, rise up th.n, w u e, and straight, varyin.4 in perpendicular height from 1,200 to 1,1.00 eet Tnd thi is tie character of the river Saguenay from .ts mouth to ts sour c On the ri.ht bank, the cliffs are poorly mantled here and there with stunted pines ; but on the left, there .s scarce y a s,t Tifl or verdure; and the limestone rocks st.ck up ^vh.te ani bleacbod in the gloomy air, like the bones of an old world. .< At two places, St. Marguerite and between Capes fr.n.ty and Fterni^y whore smaller tributaries pour their eontrAufons .nto Sde P Mck stream, a breach occurs in the wall of rocks, as rf : :Lt hand had torn them forcibly back, and kft them strewn and b;fflod of their power in uncouth lumps over the valleys beyond But these are the only openings, the only means of e e pe iftl-y may be so culled, fro,n the silent gloom of th.s dread r The Saguenay seems to want painting, w.antsblow.ng up o rininlanything, in short, to alter its morose, eternal, qme^ t Talk of Lethe or the Styx, they must have been purhng Wk, ou.pared with this savage river, and a p.cn.c on the ba k Ser would be prelerrable to one on the ^^^'^^ occasion of the Prince of Wales' Brst visit, on the Uth, the m. t and raTu hi.' half its gloom, but more than enough was seen to endTe p rty buck to the " Hero" at about five o'clock wet and dull There was rather a state dinner on board the fl^gslnp that t ting !L the Prince, having to be up early the next morn.ng. retired at twelve. ^ .< Before six a.m. he was again on board the Governor s steamer, and away up the Sagiienny to fish. Before he left, Captiin Hope, of the " Flying Fish," had received orders to get up steam iind take all the officers of the squadron 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. 'J'he *' Flying Fish " thus had tue honour of being the first man-of-war that ever passed up the Saguenay, and if the whole navy of England is sent, I .'Ml sure a merrier party will never enter its wat. rs than steamed upon that occasion. Even the Saguenay could not depress their spirits, and if that was not a proof of the zest ^vith which all entered into the day's enjoyment it would be hard to say what was. From St. iMarguerite the smart little sloop steamed on to where the wild scenery of the river culminates at a liitle inlet on the right bank between Capes Trinity and Kternity. TIrmi these two dreadful headlands nothing can be imagined more grand or more iujpressive. For one brief moment the rugged character of the river is partly softened, and, looking back into the deep valley between tiie capes, the land has an aspect of life and wild luxuriance which, though not rich, at least seems so in comp;.rison with the grievous, awful barrenness. Cape Trinity on tiie side towards the landward opening is pretty thickly clothed wiih fir and birch, mingled together in a colour contrast which is beautiful enough, especially when the rocks show out among them, with their little cascades and waterfalls like strips of silver shin in >■ in the sun. But Cape Eternity well becomes its name, and is the very reverse of all this. It seems to frown in gloomy indignation on its brother cape for the weakness it betrays in allowing any- thing like life or verdure to shield its wild, uncouth defurmity of strength. Cape Eternity certainly shows no sign of relaxing in this respect from its deep savage grandeur. It is one tremendous cliflf of limestone, more than 1500 feet high, and inclining forward 47 -•-'' fl"«' ''7" ': iat stunted pu.cs show H.o bristles up, on its rou-1. gray blows, ai.w f ^^^ „^ .,tUeawUite.r„^^^^^^^^ „us», blanehed here ""^ "^.^.""f,,;,,,,, \„d decaying spots, but aiscolourcd by lu le -'"-^.^f »,„/„,„„ u,e Sa,«e„ay .as all speAin^ mutely ot a lon„ ,, _^^,^^ j,f „,a, silent and .loon.y, "efoj. ^".1- - ^-» ^ • „,,„ ,f ^^a's C„, .:..nity -^^ -/;„ ^ ^ ^ot .vish for silence or so'itudc great works in na ure, cne .^ ^^ ^„f„l here. Cn.npamonslnp "^ « . J";„,,^„,,,,ily talk in subdued solitude lik, tlus, and t .. ug J u y __ ._^^ ^^ ^^^ ;X:: inC :;;rdei£ wbicU seen, to weigU on all T . „n this s^ern ;;,,j.^, ,„a youngsters fro,« feet of water unde. her Lv. ^^_^ ^^^.^^„^^,_ the s„uadron were »f ^ ^ ^J ^,„, „, last became too much The solemn and '''""^"f '7^'"; ' , ,„^^ overawed, chilled, and The party said they had not con.e out to be » ^^^,^ ^^„_ subdued by ->^^--X;r:: i;:; » St at ^st have echoes, that, dead and stony as *' ''yj'^^^' J j„ , „i„„te after, and and the time was come *» ^ ^^^-^^ .'.^ ^is consent, one of Captain Hope having S""'!-"-";^ "^^ ,„.,„,a ,ft ,„ face the the largest 68-pounders «- ^-V'^" J ^^^^ , f, ;„, FiA' was 48 * Flying Fish ' that day will ever forget its sound. For the space of a half a minute or so after the discharge there wag a dead silence, and then, as if the report and concussion were hurled back upon the decks, the echoes cunie down crash on crash. It seemed as if the rocks and crags had all sprung into life under the tremen- dous din, and as if each was firing 63 pounders full upon us, in sharp, crushing volleys, till at last they grew hoarser and hoarser in their anger, and retreated, bellowing slowly, carrying the tale of invaded solitude from hill to hill, till all the distant mountains seemed to roar and groan at the intrusion. It was the first time these hideous cliffs had ever been made to speak, and when they did break silence they did it to some 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 has never trodden. Before the entrance to this black aperture a gigantic rock, like the statue 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 caverL »t had guan'ed perhaps for ages. iJeyond this, again, was the Tableau Rock, a sheet of dark-coloured limestone, some 600 feet high by 300 wide, as straight and almost as smooth as a mirror." ♦;*. /■ / !'■ :rrr,- 14^*( «:*ii« » <^^\^.. t^nmAM^ t.t^$:# EatabUslied 1840. THB BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN M%f^l Hmil Sitams&ifs. BETWEEN LIVERPOOL BOSTON AND NEW YORK, Calling at Cork Harbor. THREE SAILINGS EVERY WEEK. Bothnia and Scythia Building. 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