'^> IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) // ^/ ^ A :/. '^ <^ « %* 1.25 12.5 2.0 III lU u 140 U 116 I o> <^ '/ HK)tographic Sdaices Corporation 33 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14S80 (716)S72-4S03 ^^ "q \ ^ <^ O^ 4^ (maaning "CON- TliyiUED"). or tha symbol V (moaning "END"), whiehavar appiias. IMapa. platas. charta, ate. may ba fllmad at diffarant raduction ratios. Thora too iarga to ba antiraly includad in ona axpoaura ara filmad baginning in tha uppar iaft hand cornar. laft to right and top to bottom, aa many framas as raquirad. Tha following diagrams illustrata tha mathod: L'aKamplaira filmi fut raproduit grica k ia ginirositA da: BibliothAque o«n«rale, UniveriitA Laval, Quibec, Qutbac. Las imagas suivantas ont «t« raproduitas avac la Plus grand soin, compta tanu da fa condition at da la nattat* da I'axamplaira film*, at an conformity avac laa conditions du contrat da fiimaga. Ua axamplairaa originaux dont la couvartura 9n poplar tot ImprimAa sont film«s an commanpant por la piamiar plat at an tarminant soit pa.~ (a darni*ra paga qui comporta una amprainta d impraasion ou d'illustration. soit par la sacond plat, salsn la caa. Tous las autras axamplairas originaux sont filmAs an commandant par la pramlAra paga qui comporta una amprainta d imprartaion cu d'illustration at an tarminant par la darniAra paga qui comporta una talla amprainta. Un daa symbol'aa suivants apparaitra sur la darni*ra imaga da chaqua microflcha, salon la cas: 4- Ol«*l«n#k ^^Raa % *. ''^!L^*'"'""P''° Railroad is also the best rout* to Boston. Springfield and aU other ci'ies in New England also to New- York and iB points South. \ '^s. » MAP OF UKE MEMPHREMAGOG. NEWPORT, VT ivncnsiier Ftsnsuic 111 Bi. Esigi |J^ Toon c<>mm©r vemenfe an the all lovei pictures rec'Oi-ds unsurpai Qaobec frenoh c Ui'ed nru vei-ei-s, 8 vast con Gulf of DiamoDtl << oftho Ameiica, kept in a ofNew.:B GonUoent times be in lihis tl I'eliQsoft Quebec ftUthesfa ofc^tKea r Pi P OF PHREMAGOG, ORT, VT ■nmor l8|.Enrm|Jfr WHY QUEBEC IS IXTtlRESTJNCJ Tottrietes in fieareh of to city remarkable for Hh commercial activity, lino baildingsand modern impi-o- vements nhmild not come to Quebec. In this respect, the '« ancient capital " i» rather behin.l time. But for all lovern of beautiful land8cai)e, gj^aiW sceneries and picturesque panoramas, historical monuments and recowis of by-gone ages, it is urtique in Canada and unsui-passed in North Americii. No of.her city than Qaobec oan boost of having been the birth place of french civilisation on this continent, ahd for one hun- di-ed and fifty years the home of thofee fainous disco- verei-s, soldiers and missioniirioe, who exploi-ed the vast country extending from tb© Arctic Soa to the Gulf of Mexico, between the AMeghanies and the H&fifey Mountains. Pi-om their clumsy castle of Caiie DiamoBd. the governors of NeW France held the sway of the " christian kings " ov«- three fonrtl»s of Nm-th America, and through their alliance witli the Indians p?r "^^^''''^ the populous and thriving colonies ot New-England. Amongst the eiUed of this northern continent, Quebec is the only one wbidi %V«9 five T ^u''*^ ^y * ^""^^ ^"^>^- Everywhere in this the eldest city of Omnda may be seen the relics of those ancient oonte^ta. ^i^bec 18 Above alUn historical city. It has kept «U tt« salient traits of the fei^nl system and the state i ot c|rm«ationuna^^ich it was founds] and raiied ARCHIVES DELA Prwince de Quebec — 4 — U) the i-ank of a city. Ub conveate, its religious insti- tutions are the continuation of those which in Prance -have fell under the hand of revolution, and in reality the name of New-France, applied to the province of which the city of Champkin is the capital, should be changed to that of Old France, for Quebec has kept intact the language, and to a great extent, the manners and institutions of the France of Louis XIV. Not only in appearance, but in fact also Quebec is a norman fortress of the eighteenth century. According to an onglish tourist, Quebec is unique in its appearance within and without. Like New-York and Pittsburg, it stands on the point formed by two rivei-8, though not, like them, meeting in terminis. The majestic Saint-Lawrence is one of these rivers and still rolls along it» course ; and the other is the Saint Charles, emptying itself into the greater stream from the North-West and thus forming the triangular point on which the city stands. It wears, in its general aspect, an appearance of great antiquity, quite unlike any other place on the continent. The streets are narrow, irregular and steep, like many of the old sea- ports on our coast (of England) and those of France. The ecclesiastical buildings of all sorts, cathedrals, churches, convents, hospitals and all the rest, are seen to predominate every thing secular, like some old cathedral town in a papist country. This feature, toother with the military air of the place, causes Quebec to wear an aristocratic and feudal appearance perfectly dissimnlar to the trading and commercial aspect of all the other places in America, either belonging to the States or to Great Britain. .^1 A> ious insti- in France n reality •ovince of thould be has kept > maimers Not only ft norman IS unique I^ew-York i by two ims. The vers and the Saint >am from lar point general te unlike reets are > old sea- Fnuice. thedrals, are seen ome old feature, ), causes [>earance nmercial \, either ♦ ' 'I — 5 — NOTICE TO TOUKISTS This Guide is intended to give tourists visiting the city of Quebec and the watering-places of the Lower Saint-Lawrence all the information required. Stran- gers generally complain that it is next to impossible to visit our old city with pleasure, because they do not know, and cannot procure a good guide-book to learn, what to see, how to see it and how much time and money they must spend for that purpose. This little guide-book contains all this information, given with the most consciencious accuracy. The perusing of these pages before reaching Quebec will enable tourists to form an exact opinion of the com- fort they will enjoy, of the special objects and places of interest they will see, of the the time they will have to stay in the city and of the sum they will have to spend. In a woi-d, the pei-using of this guide will enable tourists to make up the itinerary and the bi'' of expenses of their visit to Quebec. Similar information is given respecting the water- ing-places of the Lower Saint-Lawrence. Strangers really want all this information. Beini? not sufficiently well informed, and very often deceived by inexact american guide-books— to find any in- terest in their visit to our city, they spend a few lone- some hours within our walls and leave in haste with- out seeing anything worth visiting, if we except a few places of more or less interest and about which they hardly know anything, although Quebec and its neighbourhood abound in historical monuments and in the most romantic and charming views, affording a rich banquet to all admirers of the beauties of nature — 6 — GENBltAIi mPORMATION This chapttr is tritendud to eimhlo nlrangors to jIg t«rmine, before reaching Quebec, the hotel they will go to, the charges they will have to pay for board, coaches, drives and other expenses, and also to select the stores they must visit, if they have to buy any toilet or fhiicy articles during their stay in the city. TARIFF FOR CARTERS AND DRIVES Although our cai'toro, as a clans, are honest and modtra(« in their charges, some of them may be tempted to exceed their tariff and exact exhorbitant rates from sti'angers. To avoid any ti'ouble of that kind, tourists will only have to look at the following Uai% which is tJie one in foi'ce in the oity, and of which every driver is reqoii'ed to hav» a oopy and. eopkibit it when asked for. . OALEOHS Jli-om any place to any other place within the city limits— 1 person, 26 cents ; 8 pei-sons, 40 cent». If to retiiru, add 50 per cent, to the above rates. When the drive exceed^ the hojiv, hour i*ates to be charged. J5^ the haw, for the first hour : 1 or 2 persons, *J6 cents,. 3 or 4 persons, $1.00 ; for each adcUtionnid bouTj 1 pei*eQnj 40 centg ; 2 persons KO c^nts. sm 1 If 4 wAaooN Fmm««7pI,co" to ftnj other plice within the citr li»Ha^l m. 2 persont, Wcent»; »or4|)ewon*, t5 iT^biJL ^''^'^ **** *'''"''' ''°'"' '**^ *^ ^y/A^JIotr forthofi.^tlK>ur: 1 or 3 per«o«., 75 ««t8; 3 or 4 peitions, #1.00; for em.^'^ditlouual hour: 1 or 2 porso,., 50 cents; 3 or 4 ,M«e«a, 75 TWO HOIMES VEHICLE From any place to any other place within the city .m,to: lor 2 perBon8,|1.00; 3 or 4 per8on», $1.60 If to return add 50 per cent, to the aboTo rates. If the drive exceeds the hotir, hour rates to bo charged. ^^yfA. Aottr, for thefirsthour: lor2per.ons,«1.00; 3 or 4 persons, |1.50; each additionnel hour 1 or 2 t)ersons, 75 cents; 3r. persons, $1.00. Promdi!d always tha the rate per day of 24 hours will not exceed 110.00: $5.00 for caJhe, $7 5oT waggon ana $10.00 for two horses vehicle buf^ofZ ?K ^''"' "•"' '^"'^^ **^^ '^'^ ^«"r»^teH ; when th. « * ^r*"" ^^*" *»^"^«*^*" »>««fe«rged when the time exceeds the hour Theturiffby thehour applies to ait drives exten- clmg heyend the city limits, when the engagemenT s conj^nced and concluded within the city from «,«I.a,ghc lo rour o'clock in the morning. — 8 — BAOUAOE For each trunk or box carried iu any vehicle, 6 conU; but no charge shall be made for travelling bags or valises which passengors can carry by the hand. Rbicark. — Accoitling to the above official tariff, the rates chargeable for a drive from any steamboat lan- ding or railway station to any hotel or plaee in the city, and vice versd from any hotel or place in the city to any steamboat landing or railway station, are as follows : Caliche— I person, 25 cents; 2 persons, 40 cents; Waggon— I or 2 persons, 50 cents ; 3 or 4 persons 75 cents ; Tow horsei vehicle— 1 or 2 persons, $1.00; 3 or 4 persons, $1.50. Caution— Whenever you engage a carter, be sure and take note of his numbei* — which is to be found on the back of the vehicle and on the forehead of the horse— so that if there is any reason of complaint against him, you may easily have redress by giving his number to any policeman or police-station. TARIFF FOR SPECIAL DRlTKS The following rates, without regai*d to the official tariff, are commonly charged for drives to any of the following places : Montniorencg Falls, Cap-Rouge and Lidian (so called) village of Lorette ; ^ Two horses vehicle, four persons or less $5.00 One horse waggon, four persons or less 8.00 — 9 ^ Chaudiere Fall,, on tho south Mhorcof the ouint-Lawrenco : Two horse, vehfH,, four person, or lo«s «.nO One hor«, waggon, four person, or le«,.... 4 m ia*. Beauporl or lakt Saint Ckarlea: Two ho.«, vehicle, four pe^on, or le,.,.. 8.00 One horse waggon, four persons or less 4.OO The above «™ the highest rates charge.1 for thos., •irto""," r'"""'! '" ««"«™"' ...«Je tit to Chaudie™ Falls "*''™''"'' ^'"- ">" "''"-^ JJmiar*. . The proprietor of il,e Ru»soll and Saint LOU.S hotels^ Charles Hough, 95.103 Saint-Ann st e ' luUh?„ ■"""■ '" **'"'°" ""•"«'• SainUBoch arl' about the only pei^sons who keep good double coshes Mr Hongh and Mr Trudel al«, ke^p g„«, u,,ZZ^ term" ""'""P""""' ">>'•<•'' "-.v hir„n reafonZe HOTELS AND RISTAIJBANTS comnlet 1?, .r'*"™- '" *""« »'' W-o^o^ colnfort is 2 t !.. P"™ "'' ■*"«' «<»««Pondingly high .whUst ,„ othe™, travellers of limited ieans may M « good cheap accommodation. The following dinV make a selection according to their taste and means Samt-Zmia hotel. — ,«^i Hneif)Jil fte^vspapers of England, CJatiatta and the Ufiit^ States. Wines and cigars are sold at moderate pficH^^. Carters and omnibuses at the depots and steambdat landing on the arrival of all trains and ste^amboatN. 7>rm^.—$3M per day. Italf price for children and aervantft. Ari^ngement by thd w6ek At Wc^ticed i^tes. MutnH SSmK.^It is another first class hotel, owned and managed by tho proprietors of the Saint-2J&liis Mtely Messrs. W. Bussell & Son. Table, same as at the Saint-Louis. Large and well ventilated rootfts, with better light than those of tfce other house. The rooms facing Saint- Ann street command a magnificent view of a part of the city and harbour, and also of the Iwautifol scenery on the north shore of the Saint-Law- ronoe; The Muss^ House, like the Saint-Louis, is eligibly situated, near to ahd surrounded by the most di»)igktfe]l and fwihidnable promcnades-^the GOvei*- noi''s Garden^ Pttflbrth Tei-rtiee, the Places d'Armes, the ilaiftpar<^^ the Citadel and Esplanade, whi«h im- ntfrfi tli<) splendid views and raagnifie^ht scenery foj- which Quebcfo is so justly celebrated ahd which are acai-cely surpassed in any part of the^roHd.. Porters rt of the Q Govor- kitchen ire largo others, T Btond ; g rooms n which England, gars are rnses at •ival of Ireriftiid Sdi'iltes. , owned lie As at rooMs, 0. The ;nificent of the nt-Law" louiu, is be most GOvei*- 'Arme«, i«h fiB*- my for ncii are Poi-t^ra - 11 -. and omnibuB at railway and steamboats landing on the arrival of all trains and steamboats. Temis.-$2M per day. Half rates for chUdren and Benrants and reduced rates for week boarders. Albion SbteL— This hotel was reopened by its nre sent proprietor Mr. L. M. Blouin, two years ago, and thoroughly refitted with eveiy regani to c^fofi Good teble and attenti- service. This house is situated m Palace street, aoout sixty feet from Saint John street, which is the " Broadway " of Quebec. It from the Duffenn Terrace and other promenades and places of note and interest. Touriste ai^ sure to find in this hotel a good, quiet and comfortable home Porters and omnibuses at i-ail,x)adand steamboat land* in^on the arrival of all trains and steamboats. Terms^$2.00 per day and upwards according to ^a«on of rooms. Half price for childi^n and servants Dmingi-oom, best in the city. J>f^»^on ^^-This is the only good hotel situa- fl" ^Tl^'^'l '"^"••*^- ^' ''' ^ ^^^ ^ou.e, much frequented by those who toke an interest in sXt and horse racing, and persons coming t« Quebec for 8t»p at the Damtmm Mouse, 109 Daiguillen street where they will beathome. The table is good. ndt^l' ness IS the general characteristic of this hotel. It is situated within a few minutes walk from the Sainted Foye rp^, one of the finest and most picturesque promenades of Quebec. ' ^ "^'^^^^ Term8--$U0 per day and reduced rates for boar- ders by the week. — 18 — Mmchard^* Motel — ^This house is situated en Notre* Dame Square, ia the Lower Town, in feeni of the okl ae4 historic Ohuroh of NotreXlame des Victoiiea, It is within easy access from all iwts of the city,. The principal olb^ts of interest, such as the ClhuMh ot Notro^JDame des ViotoiiKw, Parliament House, the Seminaiy and Laval University, the Basilict^, the Dofferin Tesitice, &c, ai>e only a few minutes waUc from this good, quiet house, kept by C^pt. Peltetier in a manner to afii»i*d every eomfort to-stmiigers. ' «BSTA.tJ»SlNtS i« C^en cPOr, between the Parliament House and the VmirOSice, N. LaToi-ce, proprietor, — is a. good establishment, remarkable for its neatness. The table, a table ^Mte or family table, is good, abundant and well aUended to by polite waiters. Persons wish^g to have something more than the ordinary bill of fare can have it by giving notice in due time. The liquors and cigara are good and sold at iUir rates. Travellers amving at Quebec in the mornins; to leave at night by steamboat or railroad would do well to stoj) at the (Men 4'Oc, where their trunks or other objects jsball be taken care of gratis. Mr Laforce, the proprietor, will be delighted to give strangers ai^y iuformstion th^ Bugr ask for. This ^tablishment is most respec- table and much frequented by business, litterary and professional men. The prices are moderate and ji|ro< portionate to the character oT the table : they varj^ trom forty to sixty cents a meal. The Queen's JSeiiauranti corner of St. Johj^'s ai^d Palace streets, Upper Town, is a first class establish- — i8 — rnint^^^Wdi we particulai-ly recomma^ to pei^ns m^<^hM,viagar0cherchihretMi8tordmu&r There »!» *mmeroug private dinning^oome, ri«hly furmfilied aad decorated, where parties may spend their time in the greatest comfort. Any bill of fare can be folfiUed on a few minutes notice and we may guarantee that the cookmg and erery thi»g pertaining thereto a,-^ firstclass. Wines and liquors are the best that can ^fbiMd at any phixje in Quebec. The place is quiet the charges moderate, the comfort complete and this establishment most assuredly deserves to be visited by strangere. This house enjoys a great reputation as the (^erlume^y eKoellence. Mr. PouHn, «ven in sum- mer «ime, Ife^ eanadian oyatei-s and prepares them in *vety powlWe style. This alone lAould be «n ^^^ ^^'' ^"^'^S^w, who can find this in no other eHmUBhUumi in Quebec. Meals, oysters and any tlHng in this Uno can be had here at any time of the day and night. SHOPS AND STOItiES Wines and cigars.-^e especially rceommand the establishment of Messi^. Gingras k Langlois, situated on St. John street,facingthe Upper end of Palace sti^et They keep a fii-st class ^toctc of those articles and ton^ mts desiring to buy genuine Havana cigars, good liquors and eatables for picnics and excursions or <)t!»r purposes could find no better place in the city. Jewelry. ^lu this branch, Mi-. Joe. Donati keeps tw- v^ry good establishments, one At Ko. 158 St John street, and the other at No. 241 St. Paul sti-eet, oppo- — 14 — site the station of the North Shore Eailway. Mi- I>onati keeps a very good stock and can accommodate customers of all tastes and means. Strangers may rely on his honesty and take his word as to the quality of , the articles he sells. RAIL WATS AND STEAMBOATS Quebec is the terminus of several lines of railways and steamboats. We will give a brief sketch of each of these lines, in ovder to enable strangers to select the one that best s!iit« their fancy. Intercolomal Railway. -By this line, Quebec is con- nected with nearly all the watering-places of the l^wer St. Lawrence and of Bay des Chaleurs, as also with the principal cities and sea-ports of Nova^ootia ^d New-Brunswick, viz. Moucton, St. John, Pictou, Halifax, &c. The distance from Quebec to St John is 588 miles, •and 686 miles to Halifax. This road is decidedly the best and most dii-ect route to al points east of Quebec. It is laid with steel rails iron bridges and thoroughly ballasted. The equipment 18 first class, comprising puUman cars, elegant smo- kmg cars, &c. The country through the Une runs is one of the most picturesque in the Dominion, combi- ning sea-side and mountain panorama and offering scenery of unsurpassed beauty. Qiiebec Central Maiiway.-This line connects at Sher- brooke with the Passumpsic Railway and is the most direct route between Quebec, Boston and all the other cities of New^England. It is a good road, which, on account of its connection with the Passumpsic railway ,$ *■-, -» w&y. Mr. Dminodate I may veXy quality of ' railways h of each select the sc is con- B of the ), as also ra-Sootia , Picton, to St. Halifax. >ct route del rails, aipment uit smo- runs is oombi- oifejring %i Sher- le most le other lich, on ailway, — 16 — well known os one of the best lines, should receive the patrona^'cof business men and of families travellinir for pleasure. * Jtrmd Trunk mhvay.~JT\n. line also connects wit I, the Passumpsic at Shorbrooke. a„d extends westward as tar as Chicago. North Shore i?ai7«;ay.-The terminus of this line is in the city of Quebec. It is acknowledged to be one of the. ^ best radways of the Dominion. It was built by the goteniment of the province of Quebec and nothing ZTu ^^ 1" "^ construction. The mlling stock, espe- ciiklly the palace andsleepling cars, are fer superior^ anything of the kind to be ibund on otiier lines. The trams are run with the greatest regularity and are never behmd time. The country through which thi« mlway paries is one of the regions that were fii^t ^tttod % the French. In &ct, a trip over the North ^oreKaihray, which extend* ateagthe St. Lawreoce Wlwettfi Quebec and Montreal, is the best memui of t«tai^and emct opinion of the french peasantiy of th. pr6vmoe of Qutibec and we especially advise tou- r»tea6t to misB that trip. In Montreal, this road has ^ections with the Ctaiadien Pacific Bailey, the ««wid Trunk, aod t^ South-Bastem, and through the Fawiimpiic it communicates with Boston and the New- Bnglaad cities. _ Qucfttfc and Lake St. John i?m'teay.-The buiMing of this line IS actually in pi-ogress and before some years It will affoi-d direct and easy communication between Quebec and Lake St. John, a distance of about m miles- The first section is finished and in operation ^»^-*». I — le- as iar a^< St. Kaymond, about foity-flve miles fi-om Quebec. St. Lawrmee Navigation Cjmpanys Line. — The steamei'8 of'this line ply bohvoon Quelle, the watering- places of the Lower St. Lawrence, and ascend the Sa- f,'uenay as far as Chicoutimi, which is the terminus of steam navigation. in this direction. These boats are in all respect first class and nothing is wanting to secure the comfoit of passengers. As explained elsewhere, the^wMe is traversed by daylight, llie tourist, in search , of health and i^leasui-e, cannot jwssibly select any route better calculated , to meet all his expectations apd to present thAt peculiar and unusual combinatioti, no where else found, within limits ewfljf reached, than the one here described. . . '" Bichelieu and Ontario Navigation CotnjMiny.— From Quebec to Montreal passage may be made on one of the staunch and commodious steamers owned by this company and called the Montreal and the Quebec. The voyage is made during night and with the greatest comfort. Between Montreal and Hamilton, the com- pany has another line, composed of splendid atewners and running through the thousand Islamls, the rapids of the St. Lawrence and lake Ontario, the whole for- ming one of the most picturesque voyage that can be made. Tourists coming down from Niagara ahouM by all means come by this line. 4i- *«.. iniles fi-om ine. — The watering- end the Sa- erminus of K)at8 ai*e in f? to secure elsewhere, t, in search v select any :ation8 iand nation, no 2hed, than ny.'— From on one of ed by this Mbec. The B greatest I, the com- i steamers the rapids whole for- tat can foe should bj — 17 — WALKS, DRIVES AND EXCURSIONS WALKS AND PKOMENADBS There are several very fine walks in the citv ind we mention them i«oMer that t^urist« who tv "1 ^^^^C:'^"--" -y enjoy it during 7vlt.^"'t ""f ^^^'^ ""^^^ '' undoubt^Iy the Dufferin ^rrace which is crowded every night during Im Z SDirnd V """' ^^]^^'^^S air is never- wanfing on this splendid promenade, which is much frequented in the evening by weak and sick persons. ThrunrivalleS view^obtained fi^m this plaWm is descriM 1' The aovemor^t Garden is another very fine prome- mZTf^ f:' w^'"^ ^*^^^*' whicLeparaCThe gai-den from the platform. It is more quiet and not BO crowded as the ten-ace, and during Ld-day hour he walks aiH. protected against sun i^ys by the trl which adorn this garden. *« wees Th^IlT''? 'T*^*'**" *^^*^«^ ^«^«l^ promenade. ntuse to irr '' *?*!>' *^^''"'^"« '^'^ the Parliament House to the Grand Battery, along the wall surroun- drng the garden of the Seminary . FurtJier on, between Sainte-Pamille and Palace street, along the 'fortifica lions there is another very quiet promenade; but the western part of it, in rear of the Hot^LDieu is LTudeT 1'!^ ^* "^^'* '^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ -"- 18 prudent not to meet. ^r.**- i[ ' — 18 — The Esplanade is a pretty walk, ewpecially for per- sons desirom of witB«Mnig Laorosse and cricket games, which are played every night on this ground. The Grande AlUe, outside Saint-Louis Gate, and the Sainte-Foye Road, oiitside the toll-gate, are -favorite walks for the residents of Quebec. It is rather long. but it can be shorteiaed at wilt, by 7nakmg either the Grande AMie or the Sainte-Foye road separately, without walking dowB the Belvedere road, which Joins the two others. The Grande AlUe traverse* «ie Plainb of Abraham and the Sainte-Foyo road passes near the Monument des :&i»ves, from the base of which a very fine view is obUined of the valley of the Saint-Chai-lee. In Quebec parlance, this promenade is called the Lwer's Walk, DRIVES There would seem to be no end to the points of in- terest to which the tourists may be taken in and around this ancient city, but one of the principal, and often the first, is the eight miles drive through St. John's gate, over an excellent, paved read, supported by tolls, through the suburb of St. Rooh and Beau- port, to the falls at the mouth of the small but rapid Montmorency River, known as the r ALLS OF MQNTMQHIIfCY The seene along this drive is entirely French, the women perferm the labor in the gardens and are seen going to and returning from market, in the old mar- ket carts drawn by Canadian ponies. The conversation of the native is in French. lly for per- Mi orioket tie groand. te, and the e • favorite ther long, either the «pftrfttely, vi, which ▼erses^ llie «d pAWCS 9 base^ €^f \hy of the menade is »t8 of in- ft in and )ipal, and "ough St. Kipported Dd Bean- mt rapid •noh, t]M are seen old mar- rersatiou — 19 — A few mile., out you will be shown the remains of the umiqno and ancient cottage, where Moutealm had mth Woi& and near which wag fought the first and «n8iicces.fbl battle for the posees^ion of the key to condition and « eagerly viewed by the thousands of tomiste whopaas it during the season of summer trav^: On e. her aide of the road from this point, in close pi^xmiity to the street, are the quaint UUle CanadUn cottages set at every imaginable angle with the road white as the snow, i„ their summer coating of white- wash, witJi steep roofs, old stone chimney?, ij out- door ovens, all with a look of neaU>es« an<(tiaift You do not see even an appix>ach to the squUid or filthy in he whole line of humble cottag^^. Beaching ^the little Montmorency Eivcr,youIookabout you of hk tone ground for here was fought the unsuccesefid and neurlydisastrous battle of Montmorency, which^m" diate^^j..ced^ Pl" the small fee exacted as owners or lesse of the land hrough which you pass, you follow a path thJu "h ssc:r:hetr-^-^---- cato.^f 5 «■' *"""* *"^*^8 '» '"Ok upon » mighty alo«g tumbling descents, yoawill be des4poh,Sd 4^-' '«•' — 20 — but if a delicate ribbon of snowy whitenogs, rolling over the bluff and melting into the waters below, ap- pearing as white, pure and goseamer-liko as the folds of a bridal veil, has charms for you, then this delicate leap of the feathery foam over the worn rocks of the almost perpendicular bluff, will leave in your memory a rare scene of the picturesque and dreamy beauty. The width of the main stream is about fifty feet, widening at high water to sixty or seventy feet. On either side of the main descent small streams creep down the seams of the rocky wall in serpentine lines of white orsilirery brightness. Another view is to •pfaroMh directly to the brink of the fall, descend a flight of steps built down the steep wall of rock, and stand where the spray and foam rush past you into the white mass below. On either side of the foil stand the towers of the Suspeftsion Bridge, erected several years ago, and which, from some imperfection, gave way, pi-ecipi- tating ft former and his fomily^ who were crossing in a rude cart at the time, into the seething mass below. The bridge was never i-ebuilt, and the towers stand solitary upon the banks. The falls are a fovorite place of i-osort in winter for the Canadians, the spray freezing in a huge icy cone, down which a daring coasting feet is performed known in local phrase as " tobogging. " The " Natural Steps, " three quarter of a mile above the falls, extend for half a mile along the limestone banks of* the river, and have the regularity of the work of human skill. ^r-^, ^ IS, rolling )elow, ap- I the folds is delicate 3ks of the r memory y beauty, ifty feet, feet. On ms creep bine lines lew is to losccnd a ock, and you into '8 of ihe igo, and pi*ecipi- :>88ing in )s below. rs stand 1 winter mge icy jrformed Natural he falls, banks oi" work of - 21 - Returning to the city by the same, or a different Zm 'thTd-ff " ": "*""^^ '^ ^^^ ^^- p--" f«^m the differen points. The tin roof of the larger bmldings and spires of the churches preserve all heir dazzlmg brilliancy, and as the sun falls upon the lorn«,, spires aud rooft of the city, it needs no ^tical SroTtL*' """' ^"^ ^' ^'^ »^^"«"^ p^^*-- o^ CAP-EOUOl i«ai8 and S«i«to.Poye road., both bordered by rich tmnralled for beauty and pict«re«,ne sceneries. INDIAN LORITTI Along the river St. Charles, nearly all the way. LAKC.ST. OHARLIS Through Lorette and Charlesbourg, a most interes tmg promenade. ^ mieres liARl BEAQPOftT ^_ Th,x,«gh Charlesbourg, a rather long, but charmiog THE HBRMITAQB Ch'^^^g'* '^'-"'"ro B*-" «». r,t»m»g by ♦ t-' ■-» — 22 — * LA tUiTI Going by tho Saintc-Foye road an far as the churc^li of the same name, thonco by the Suite and the An- cieunno-Lorette, etoppiag at thi« village, whore a splendid view of Quebec is obtained, a»I returaing by the north Hhore of tiko St. CharleK, through n most beautiful farming country. SXCUB9I0N8 Amongst tho numerous excursions which might bo made with t^Q greatest ease and pleasui-^, we ma^>' mention the following : FALLS OP STE. ANI*K AND ST FSREOL. :?) The mountains to th» north of Quebec abound in pictui-esquo sceneries, falls and lakes in which trout fishing is ptentifol. It is tliero that Orie^koff, a Boston artist well known in tho United States for landscape paintings, has taken them on the spot, in natural beauty. Tourists fond of visiting those natural beau- ties could employ some tlays more for that pur{K)se, and we can assure them that they \ronl(l l>e amply remunerated. The finest falls in tWt"'^ireetio) .r. tLuseofSte. Anne i^nd St. Ferr^. The fUi of Si. Anne isat sMt twenty miles from Quebec; the road lies through Beauport and Montmorency Falls, Ange-Gardien ^^d f/hateau-Richer, where the remains of a francis- ei:T> {i^^MBtery are still to be seen, not far ffwa the Tsi^turesqu : aeeade of the Sault-A-la-Puce. Tkel^nch <'9f^ — 23 — ohtiroh of Ste. Anne ia also an nhlA«* «<• . . »"««. by the «,int. It i, y«,rlv y,Xn.v .k ^*** of pilgrim, coming from di8tanrj^!«!^ ^. '^""•'"'' of their care, leave croteC rJ^ " '" ^"^^ ♦weoty feet in height " ™'"* » P^^" "' The touriat shoald spend the ni^rht .> mr . w.th h.m, and et.rt e»ly i„ the morn i^^'.;!^':': f' ",-1 ?" -^■' =C"""o: wildness of the scene could nof ll !i *''*?«'^'n«-y pen.. .^ the „ti. .Ionr„,dl^ Jl^r^tt ceivable velocity in three 1wT!k """? ?* ~"- a«.in befo™ the^ eomeTnSrc'h^",:^ Thlnf thegmdeahouldbe instructed to Z^tok? k through the forest. The .,nH. .tJ^T^. P""**"' to Ie«d the visitor imH..." 1 r".""" "° ""tructed -»• Hewintj.:^:^:":,^---- .»!■ — 24 — exertion, to witne88 another interesting fontiare in this river, a series of easoades known aa th* Seven -FiOk, which follow each other in rapje- s for a doable and liiike St. 'ish of Saint- lebec and it the fly. This ►est place for By stopping die from the I, good feoftts, iontribute to The counti'y some of the nionrttains of lANS "OSS, hy the £6 the drive - 26 - around it, which offers that continuous and varyin<. ciiH3u,t of outlying scenery which you can ill affonl to nuss including views of the Falls of Montmorency the Laurentian Mountains, Cape Tourmente (1919 in height) the villages upon either side in picturesque surroundings and the beauty of the fair isle i Jelf with the broad encercling river and the craft upon its bosom, and the grand old city of the north in the dis-- tance, all memorable points in the history of the olden times. For this drive, we adviae touriste (o hire a coach in Quebec, crow to the island early in the morning-the ferry boat leaves Quebec at fi a.m.-and have b.-eak- fast at Lizotte-s Hotel, on the wharf. This is a fl..8t class l.oase. With a good team, this drive can eas !y be made m one day, so that excursionists may return on fame for supper at their boaMtog ho^e, in the city There are several other exoui'sions which misht ^t TlZ f"*?"" "' '^'•'*^' "■" «>« enumf™ i„ ; would be too long, and for these we ..efe.. them to A Toussamt and brothei.s,.So«^le.F„,.t ,t«et, whokefp a steam yacht e»p.^ly for that p,uTH,«e and hivlu at ve.y moderate prices, supplyi„g%t H,e Leslie food, liq«o« and experienced guidw. ITINEBART As many touriste have, very Often, not much time tor each day. and what it costs to see it. :??-■■ •■ III I- ! ■ !::ii . -. 26 — One, or first dan— 'She eity within tlm ».ii ccedingaa follows: •>''"""» t''" walls, pro. »d e..s, it, to enter ho Gor^Lr" G™rT' '^T Monument erected to \ilu^ , %V ^^«". *« «» the the hoae Of .r^o llnTyLtarf r*"^'"../"'™ ortho harhon, town of £^ tlh C:^,:':; he St. Lawrenee, the Wand of Orloan», in fi J ., / from Lo«l Dnfferin, formerly goveiw „f n! T . 1^0.^"^.?" ®*- ^•"'' '»*«««>y«l by fire in 1834. On the Platform are to be 8«,n two™l,m iThfr'^ *"" ^"«""' t™op« -n oiroTt : oaitios ot the Crimean war. Fmm the Platform you take the «ide-walk and eon -ana., .he n^w Fost-offlee, with its legen- i ' f i - 27 - 'iaiy Ohlen d'Or above thp ri«« W«ting thin build!:;: t^k'sl""^?*^'- *"«- voiTOl to Port 8f-P,>t ,i: , ^"*'* "*'■««*. trans- 'oft hand th C:^' '!2;.'' » ""l^- -on «nd o„ you,- ■•«- of which i« :: ZZufTt''''' ^»"^«' '" On the right ig the pJ^"'*,^'"""""••>'«»'^e>'• alongside the i,„„ ,.ai|i„i, tt- '^"'"'"••S the side-wafk of the Parliament CT ^^^ »»«'o«es the grounds To.race, indicate,! bTlLh T !" ""^ ^'■'"'^•"'« "-jojod a good view„; ? T*""" ''''"" "''''"' '" 'his Terrac* 1 c'roll' ! ""'■ ^'"""- ^»"«ff of the .Seminafy GaXn tt "■''' """ ""'"^ *'"« "'»" «hich is the i:,trartrwTD "'''*''.'' «"''"'-••• visitors a.-e lulmitted mt Univei^sitj-, whe.^ Umveraity,youcan1;„owtUI~r ""' •"■ *'«' along the ramparts „,. T , ""' ""^^ • «"her ■-ad in f„„t o^r b^iiJC''^ '" "'" •"« •->• "■<> If you folloiv the raninaiS, ;,. , viPw of the fine scene* T'V !' "'' '" ^nJo^ 'he 'he gate through wS Z It 7""' ^""^oout by and wall, down^ dose t ""Z I r^fi, ""'" *" *'"' '"« spot where stood Hone Llv i ? " ^■'"' '«''«'> "'« the right at the end of thi^T , "^' ""* '•o"'' '" ■•spares, you come, pat;! ?h ""•""'■•'«"« at >h,. Om on your left t' .r,"^ ""f *"""« ofthe^rt,/. and fall i^the tit „f tie •"* '"'*™ ''''" P''"'"^ ««'« sti^et about an a re and ir" ""'"*• '^''"^ »P "'"t f-'eational chur . « ' 4^;^™.^:"- "••'>«' 'he Con- st. Helen strnts tike thi. ? ^"''™'' "*' ^""^ «"'' i» St. PatricklehLlh "'■;'''»''• «''-e«'.on which <^huich, an.l turning to the left l! > i» * I 1 i li! I!' i I' — 28 — ^ ; again follow tho fifst street, St. Stanislaus, until you reach the fii-st transvei-sal street, St. John. Thence, turn to the right and go on about an acre. Befoi-e reaching St. John's gate, walk up the hill in Dauteuil stieet ; the first church you find on your left hand is that of the Congregation. On your right is tho Esplanade ground, used for military parades and where military bands sometimes play in the afternoon or at night. Following this street, which is occupied by private residences, you fall in St. Lewis street, and here tur- ning to the right soon find on the left the entrance of the i-oa^l leading to the Citadel. At this place, when you come from the Citadel, turn to the right and walke down St. Lewis street until you come to the City HaU, such as indicated by an inscription above the colonnade of the portico. A little further, on the same side of the street, is a little old house, No. n, on your left. As indicated by the white ins- cription near the door, this is the heme in wUch the body of General Montgomery U. S. army, was Md out on the 31sf December Vinft. This house is now occupied by an Indian family, who make and keep for sale a large and most varied stock of Indian curiosities of all sorts, viz. bark and bead works, fancy baskets &c. For a trifle, strangei-s may purchase here a sou- venir of this historic place. Go down St. Lewis Street and when you find a short street on tho left, Parloir street, follow it to the end, which is the lit I Thii nnowned hiatoiical plMchu lately bMn I«Med by Matin. TiO^ hot k Co., th9 propricyn of th* Indian Buar. Sm adrcrtiannant. — 29 ^ entrance to the UneUne Couvent. GoiiK^out of fh- street, go on until you «•« in steht If ef* ? ^""^ Cottege stood °o y^ r wX't^ ;'"'™ ">« •x^Uica, the entm^c" t„ lo w ' ""''■' *° ""^ Thenee the visitor c"mest.ekbvt"er* ""^ ^*'- Kussell Hotel passes it „„^ T • "•" '^»^' '» ""o the first St™ t^'s at trsTr'^'t *"''"♦*'• point of departure. *' ^"'^ "<"«'' «'« to pay f«.m thTi' to fl'd ul-'i'-J^ r " *»- with one hoi«e will e<»t twlT ii "^ '™Sgo.i fromlLOOtoJlM T *""''''"'"■' »»'' « caliche orw4on:i'tl/f^""tin"'«*«'=o.eh price* to that of the bZlT^ ?^ """'"S ^^^ '«'«-.tonoetheartrie:hVh^^„---- !H I i ! t j ■!! ; — 30 — stay one day in Quebec and «ee all the buildinirB and monumeutB within the wallg. . Second d^.^ThiB day should bo devoted to the Cap Rouge drive, about twenty miles in all. *V this dnve tourists should insti-uet their drivers to go b^ theSt-Iiewis i-oad and return by tho Ste-Foye road which shall enable them to enjoy a better view of the' valley of tJie St^Charles, and its mouth. Going therefore by the St-Lewis road, tho tom-ist discovers to his left, as soon as he passes out the walls, the glacis of the citadel, extending to the pre- cipice overhanging Champlain street. « The visitor says O'Brien, should not fail to ramble over to the river side, as he will be well repaid for his ti-oublo bv the magnificent views he will obtain of the rivoi- and the coves of each side. There he may also trace dis- tinctly the remains of tho french fortifications, and perhaps may find some of those quai-tz crystals from which the spot derives its name of Cape Diamond " The first edifice you find onyoui- right,neai- the gate 18 the Skating Rink, very quiet in the summer, but very gay and noisy in the winter season. You ai-e now on tho famous Plains of Abraham, on which was fought in 1759 the battle which ended by the capture of Quebec by the English troops,after the death of both the french, and english commanders, Montcalm and Wolfe The large cut-stone buildings next seen are the new Departmental Buildings, and the fii-st spire you next discover to the nght hand side is that of the Convent of m Good Sheppard. As you go down the little hill, look at a round tmver on your left : it is one of the Martello Towers, deriving their name from that of he buildings and it IB one of s — 31 — a^lonel Martello at who«c HUgge«Uon they were built "> 1803, under tho euperintendaneo of Colonel VT founder of the city of Ottawn Tk V ^ ' ^'"^ .. . "'^JfMW, a iittle Prote^aTlZ The*?:""*"™'' '""""«"'''>« mediately afttr^Jt *' ""* '""•«'««■ I"'" left 'rilnZll^ZTt''r^^'"''^'"' ^-•"• the new SistX jT% ,■ ^"^' '^"'"«" ""d •■■do tho mwinds „/ i „ "' * »'" '«« •»!""««« viateg to the left « J Tk '^™ ""> ''««' d"- yott r^on S^l: .f • ^"^'^' O'"?'!- Thence jom left tiie ,.og(^ , ftin^.. .,. . '""on J _ . ~'Ut.,^ ana next to thin Academy «/ JisK^jfij """ e from that of I hrick bnildw:: ,LT,ft^t*rr:'' * '*'«• "*"« ■ ^ °" •"* 'eft hand side of the St. Lew!« I :. 1 '1 !; ' i i ( 1 i i 1 1 f — 32 — road. Leaving the convent, you continue foHowiuir your way to Cap Rouge, passing for over half a milt through a line little forest. We would not advise tourists to stop at Cap Rouge village, below the hill, whore there are but two or three common hotels and nothing atti^ctive to be seen. Thence you ascend the hill and fall into St. Foyeroad lTfi!"C^i"'^- ^^'^"^ '^'' *^^" ^'«» «^« *he valle; of the St. Charles to your left. In the lowest part of the valley, m a grove, you discover the spire of the church orVAnaenne Zorette and to the noH,h-east ot It, on an elevation, the spires and churches of St. Am- broise or Jmne Zorette, where the Ifuron Indiam i-e- side. Fui-ther again in that direction are seen the two high spires of the church of Charlesbourg and beyond neai-the southern bank of the St-Lawrence, thbse of the church of Beauport. Kie first church you find on the right side of the road, IS that of St. Foye, where the Huron Indians temporai-ily settled in 1649. On the same side of the highway near the end of the route leading from St Foye road to the entrance of Spencer Wood, is HoU land Farm, on which stood Holland Mouse, now the property of Robert Ca«sels, esq. To the left hand side 18 soon met the enti^nce of the road leading to Belmnt Cenieten/. Thence you come to JBel^vue Convent, on the right hand and a few acres fur- thel^ on the left hand side, to the splendid Monument de, braves or of St. Foye, in rear of which stands one of the three Martello Towers and are seen St. Sau- ''TV*^®^^-'''''''- ^^'^^^ »a^ part of St. Roch suburb. Before passing the toll-gate the inscription itinue followiug over half a mile pat CapKouge are but two or ictivetoboseoii. oSt. Foyoroad, I see the valley ) lowest part of the spire of the »e noi-th-east ot chesofSt. Am- ron Indiam i-o- ire seen the two irg and beyond, rence, those of ht side of the Huron Indians ime side of the ading from St. Wood, is Hoi- I Ifouse, now the left hand ^ leading to 1 to Bellevue bw acres fur- did Monument which stands ) seen St. Sau- of St. Bocii »e inscription - 33 — in front of the building draw the attention of the vi- sitor on Finlay Asylum, on the left hand nido, Thence you enter the city by St. John street, which .8 the extension of St. Foye road and soon discover cm, > our eft the church of St. Jean-Baptiste and fur- thm. down on the other side of the street, in the ce- metery ^^. Matthmv^s CKapel. Before reaching the fortifications, the visitor will see on his lefY, in rear of St John street, the convent of the Sisters of Chanty. -The Glacis, on the southern side of the street ^ between the walls and the C6te-^Coton, were former- 1 ly used as aplace of execution: hence the english po- I pidation of Quebec call them the Games. u\.lZ tliat an American horse dealer was hung in 1797 for having represented himself as an emissary sent by the rth7f ;r" ": '"'"^^ ''' French Canadians : o?thist ''" '"^ "^"^"^* ^"^^^"ou enter the Upper Town and reach your hotel. This drive, one of the finest in the vicinity of Que- hec, takes from five to eight hours, according to the TheTe i? T^ *'^ ^""^^"^ l^^^-« of intfr^st of asinlho "" '''"'u""'^'"'^^^^-^^' «"^ "^«t 3-.50, besides a few cents to reward the driver when he shows himself polite and obliging. " o'clcllnlfj '"'^'"^ '''"' ^''''' ^'^^^^^ leave at ten dinner Zl "^^^''^^"g' «<> that he may return for the or We '^':::J^^rf^--^^^ the persons fond of visiting historical Slii I In SiH I I I iii;- Mf — 34 — monuments and we draw their attention to the pait .f us Guide headed -ffis^or/ra; ^A«^cA of Quehrr, in which nd'o^ h't .^' '^^"^^'^ ^' *^^« ^^»'"- •" ^^^-^-^ a ifr f r °^?' *'*"'^'*' ^'^"^^ "^^ ««^it to SDond L« rf^'f ^ '''?''*^ ^" ^^ ^'"*^«»''"' ^^hich offers a heautiful view of the harbour at night. Third day.-^The foi-enoon should. be devoted to an a«mj.,^« ply,„g between Quebec and the Island leaves the wharf in front of the Champlain mat' al^^nr.^ "• '"•'.f"'* ''^*"''"' «* "^^"- The distance in wavl t ■'! "" '' ""^ *^" ^'' ^^'' '^^ P^^-«o». l>oth wajH, twenty cents. This excursion affords the tourist ZTtTlT'''^ ^'' ^""''^^ ^' I^vis,apartof le Island, which is very picturesque, and enjoying on h,s return the magni6cent view offered by the city when seen fix)m the river. The priceexacted by carters io take visitoi^ to and from the steamboat landing is given ,n the tai-iff of carters. The first church buill on this island was for the use of the Huron Indians who driven from their t.>rrilory between lakes Huron and Snncoe, took refuge on the island in 1649. Thev were pursued thither by their fierce enemioM, who took some hurons prisoners and tortured them After lunch, the afternoon should be spent in vi.i(. ing Montmormcy Falls, about nine miles from Quebec Visitors should leave at two o'clock p. m., in ler to' return at sun-set, when the distant view of the cit>- and hau-bour enjoyed while on the ro.u] in most splen- A. T ""''^''" '**^"^^^ ^ ^'"'^^^ted to go by Cote a Abraham and Crown street-what they don't gener- — 35 — ally do,— so that the tourist can soe thn , ,w ■ „ Vital, at the end of the "tZ" / "'" -®^- .mrUet HaU,ou St. Joseph streTt' tja"^"""' the Congregation »nd St Sock iZehl^''"'' '^ street. Thence yon c,«os3 the To, ? ""' ^' Chester Bridge an'd fall l^he Lu'kT "l"".^'-" .™Ki. The first largo stone bnildinrir .r '*~ the left is th« Quebec (vulgo Bean2t>T T""" "" which cannot be visifS .ftTZoTV'""^' Following the same dL-ection, after tl! 1^^^'' ''■ '"• « tnrn to the right and you hav c J^^ci^t hT'"'" the dam of Brown's m-iat mill ,.„ "*^ ""o bridge at whe...heri6hthandS„S CSceSh"'"'''"' wall, men yo„ come near the t^frfthTM,?^"''""* over the wall the remains of an ol,l Z i. L ' ^°" ^ l.o.«e : this house was for soleHme tfV"'' "' *'""'' "f Montcalm in the »«mmerofm<, "' '•'""■'°"^ Further on is seen the parish cfciivj ., d ■•oally fine building situatL atwt r t trnT^"' ■" along which younc bovs „„,i ,,'"*'"' ""xl. ! tourists by ..^tedly oftlrfn,' them . " ""*""•*''« bope of getting a few cents iltet^™ Ber'*" '" '"" the bridge over the Montmo. ency Xrthe T''"^ and makes a circuit flr™,„H » ™^" """'""o ''oad turns ...eesand in rlaTf w^h ;„\l:rh ''"'''''•*"' '^"'■ stands the Mansion ffZe %^'^''' '"^^I'oom, bridge, visitor will s.»p at ft'e fiir '"^'^^ *•"> Bureau's Hotel, the only decent ™„ "^t" °" *"" '"'*• I They shall ha;* to pTy ,wo„tvfi '"*"'*«'"'<»> person to have permisS ZVZ Z^"" T" a™ the variou. paths loadin^tX ',,"'" '" ''^^^ i the falls are best seen. Bv °ff„i„„ h '^'" "''''''' »} gomg down at some dia- '' ! lit. I : : 1 J ! *' r t ! l'< !i I ' — 36 — I \ tancc, the visitor shall find circuits in the hill from which the falls are viewed in front. Fj-om the Belve- dere it is seen above. On the cut stone pillars wnn suspended a bridge built by the Turnpike Hoad Com misaioners and which broke away while a man and his wife in a cart and a little boy wei-o crossing. All wei'e precipitated in the abyss with the bridge and never the least pai-cel neither of the bridge nor of tho cart was seen again. This acoident took place in the spring of 1866. The finest and grandest view of tho mils is hid from the bank on either side at the foot of the mighty ton-ent, and the visitor shall be amply I'ewai-dett for his trouble if he goes down to admire that spectacle. The height of the fall is two hundred and forty-five feet and its width at the brow of the cliff dxty feel Although not possessed of the grandeur of Niagara' the fall of Montmorency is Just as attractive. ThJ visitor will easily discover that the watei-s of the cataract undei-flow in a great measure the bottom of the river below the fall. The Naturel steps are another attractive object for persons having a taste for the admimtion of the marvels of nature. Those steps, which are at some distance from Bureau's Hotel, on the western bank of the river, have been formed by the rising of the waters in the spring and ai-e in as regular a gradation as if they were the result of ai-t. The sconeiy all rouml is wild and very fine. On his \^ay back, at sun-set, the visitor enjoys almost ftU along the road a most magnificent view of the city and harbour of Quebec. Th^ «uburb6 and the — 37 — Upper Town arc o«sily ai«con.oc, its wharves and steamers,' the Citadel and the mouth of the St. Charles j-iver, which present a fine panorama. Thence, he may go to the Catholic Church in front of which he will enjoy the same view ami ymt the town, which has nothing to attract him, or return by the same road to the Ferry Landing and thence to Quebec, taking the Passengers Ji:ievat(u- to reach to Upper Town. The di'ive to the Ifidian Lorette should be had in the afternoon of the same day. It in about nine miles fiom the city, in a western direction. The road wo advise IS by Cote d'Abraham and St. Vallier street, and the south side of the St. Charles when going out from the -^ -/"/-w- » ^ -- " — '"'&''-''^«'"Owaui v^ueoee aiier the M y — 39 — inas.s.<. of their tribe by the fierce Iroquois, inhabits tiie village settled In 1697, and beautifully situated on the banks of the Sr,. Charles, in the vicinity of a ,>ic- hat o the first little brick church built there, and which having much of the appearance of that of Lo- ^ in T^'-7' ''"'^ ^'^ '^^^"^^"^' which wasalso given o the village. In the year 1825 fom- chiefs of the village were presented at Windsor castle to Georo-o IV, who presented each of them with an engravc^ m a two horses coach and »3.00 in a single h'u-se waggon, both cariying four ,«,,„„«. "^'^ ""' late sfr^T"^!""'''' '"' ^'"'•'^ "» » l"<'''-"!«k to ake &^ Charles, distant about thirteen miles from the >mmpt.on of good things of this life meet to indulge in ''.""• ^o™™' "^^^^ The .^d, as it ascends the m^un sLe , '",»''««'"»« drive, to save time and money since .t ,s only about a mile to the left, offe™ a magni- floent spectacle. The view of Quebi^, which wl opens „p„„ „„ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^_^^ increlest ' VallevThe'l™'^:'^?"?'- "^^ •>'«'"'>' «»'«™t«<' ^al ey, the city and suburbs crowning the promontory which overlooks the lakclike bav v-.-th l~ h„ "^ a dehghtfbl picture. The road now becomes wild and ~ 41 — woody and in crossing the Bellovue mountains shows an enchanting view of the lake at a distance of two miles. Its lenght is nearly foui- miles and its gratcst breadth about one, a narrow channel dividing it into equal parts distinguished as the upper and lower lake. The latter is the least interesting, its shore being compamtively flat and its pi-ospect confined ; but on cntermg the former you are at once impressed witlT Its rich and romantic loveliness. Its banks still co- vered with the primeval forest, which rising out of the placid water enriches the scene with its depth and variety ofshades, attract the visitor to their bracing retreat and impress the mind still more strongly with a sense of the sequestered solitude of the scene. Within a pretty bay to the left of the upper lake, visitoi-s may amuse themselves with an echo which is never evoked without success. . Passing over to the opposite extremity, you enter the Huron river, a deep and clear stream which sup- phes the lake. The angler has here a good opportu- nity for indulging his patient art, as the lake abounds with trout which generally rises freely to the fly. At this place and the northern end of the upper lake will bo found the best fishing, but little sport being liad in the other lake, which is much more shallow. A house kept by Mr. Verret, on tbo borders of the ake, affords comfortable quai't^rs to visitors; but they must bear in mind, in this case as for all other drives, that the indispensable condition in these excursions m to bring their materiel wiUi them, without which they may be exijosed to an unvolun- m M i i — 42 — ^ ?~S,;r.ri'°,'rir "• ;•">■ >*. «." tt.u o Clock ni the morniiiLr. On his wav l^f k- omit to pay a visit to the „^^^^^^ ^"" "^l' or St ItoiMtnh? rri ^ '^'^^^ P'^^^fi^ffS ot the church ii' ..„ ^ "*"y '"""sts to those of Montmr, M "'oncy, on account of the romantic wildner„f .h »ory which 8u,TO„nd» them. "^.^,1X11 ,•'""' pointe aay. Bouchotto, oxtondinf T efeh ^e tt manv fel tT "■" '"^'"' '^''""'•^' '^ "bout a, many foot. The masses of rock rising above the sur face of the cn,™„t, jast at the back ofthc Ull divl" the next pointofX*/:'?.r:;;S7efXr:d^ ,;l I- 388 and offer a — 43 — the former ; there is alno a good view from the ledi^o of rocks above the fail, looking down and across the fall and up the river. " This fall is formed by the Chaudi^re, u river that takes its waters in lake Megantic ahd carries the.n into the St. Lawrence, a distance of near one hundred miles. It is through the valley of this river and of the Kennebec that Arnold and his troops came down to Levis from Boston in 1775, to join the army of Mont- gomery in the attack on Quebec. On his return, the visitor should drive by Cham- plain street to Fris- Ville and sec the place whore Monf ojomery fell in the morning of Slst December 1775 The spot is indicated by the golden inscription, TT/terJ Montgomery feU, placed in the rock above the pai-t of tlic street where the American General expii-ed Thence following back the^ame street to the CJiam- plmn nm-ket JSallmd If otre-Dame street, you visit the lower town or Mtre-Dame des Victoires church, in front of the square. As soon as Mountain hill street IS reached, turn to the right in St. Peter street and you will see the banl:s, the Custom-House, and ^t the cnta-anceofSt Paul sti^et the places where stood the barriera attacked without success by Arnold in 1775. By Hope or Palace streets, you will find your way to the Upper Town, after inspecting the Docks from Peter street. i I m m ) ■ I !! h ii i i'r i;;:i: i! I ■If! ! I! PI/ACES OP INTEREST ra« CmOB,, AND roET,HCAm»8 ' The citadel occupies an area of aho,.f fi> . was commenced in ifia? '; .u ""''^ *''™»- 1' Duke of Wellington i„ ,h. »"«g««tion of the which encomp^Xe "wTc: '""" T.'"? "«"' complete in 1833, at a co^D al^ri^rooO^S ^""^ The walls or /«,«yj,„„„„ ^^ continn'l n thatportibnofthocitvwJnk-. "*^ »" ""•"d They go towaMs tho tZr rtht «,™*'u^''P"' ^"''"• the city, dividing the Unn * nn ""«'' ""* ''«»'•' "f thelin^ from WT^wr ^T-' """oh » within while on the tenS thl; k'' " ''"'"»" them ; sy space beyond the ramna.^! """"'J!™ ■» open gras- ■ Pemitted ^ be b^ltS Zu^ "" '"""'^ "« bastions connected by mZ^^rZ,"""'''' "' -rne'^:r:s:«£F^'F^^ As the old «a(»s we™ „ • '""^ o-reumference. were demolC^ rme;:^™ '° S'""""'"'' ^-^^ «ed by those modern" ZZ^vi. ^f .'"^ ™l"- »nd St-Lonis Gates wIw-TT ' StJohn's, Kent " embellishment"'?- tZI ^t"''''' ^""^^ «o- -losing thTSper'^ ::»t^1*:^':««- auies ana three quartewT "" ^'^^ — 45 — ST TI0N8 art t forty acres. It :ge8tion of the le as the walls and both were 5,000,000. «ed all rouud Upper Town, h the heart of hich is within ifchout them; 1 the city and an open gras- ao houses are ns consist of )lid masoniy feet in height with heavy nassive gates rcumferenc©. ilation, they rtially repla- rohn's, Kent le proposed be fortifica- tle over two All round the lines which encompass the citadel, i-e formidable batteries pointed in* everv direction, with numei-ous 8ally-portH,covcred-way8 for protecting, the ditches and for passang ft-om one part of the post to another, and all executed in the Lest and strongest manner. On the forbidding river walls, and at each angle or possible commanding point, guns of heavy calibre sweep every avenue of approach by the river ; ditches, breastworks and frowning batteries command the approaches by land fi-om the famed Plains of Abraham. The precipitous bluffs, rising almost per- pendicularly from the river, three hundred and fifty feet, present a natural barrier which may be swept with murderous fire, and the covered-ways of ap- proach and retreat, the various kinds and calibre of guns, mortal's, howitzers and munitions of war will be viewed with eager interest. In the interior are spa- cious magazines, store-houses and every other neces- sary provision for an exfensive force. In going to the citadel, you wind up a hill from St. Louis street, near the gate of the same name, to the glacis, passing on the way batteries and sentries, and reaching the top of the hill, you enter first the outer ditch of the ravelinj commanded on all sides by guns and musketry, then into the principal ditch of the works, which extends all rouud the land-sides of the citadel, and which is also commanded on all sides by cannon and covered-ways for small arms. From this, you enter the citadel itself, by a noble gate-way of doric architecture, eal lecf Balhousie gate. In passing through this, the visitor is enabled to form a competent idea of the amazing strongth of the works, in which ill m m I * : ' M I i llili — 40 — h9 sees walls of solid m.soriiy thirty feet in hei^H.i and five feet m thickness, with casematedehamhersfn, the garrison, vaulted and rendered bomb-proof. , At Dalhoiisie gate the visitor .limild leave his oar- • nage and walk along with the senti-y who is detached to accompany him. Taking to the left, you ascend the earth-worksand f,x>m the top examine the UppcM Town side of the lines, till you reached the /fa^^-^JV in the center of a bastion which commands a'splendid view. Near this bastion is the summer residence oi the Governor-General of Canada, actually the Marquis ot Lorrte. Further on, on the brow of the cliff facini- the St-Wence, you pass the officers quarteis, the. hospital, the magazines and the tme-bali, which ever\ clay at one o'clock gives to the mariners in the poH the exact time, calculated on the meridian of Gree^ wich. You then reach the southwestern angle or the .IZZrT'^'uf''''''^ '^ '"^'f^'*^^ ca^v^ed in . stone of the wall to commembmte the place where the splendid panorama which offers to view in all diroo- tions. from Uiat stand. VIEW FROJf THE CfTADEL On the north shore of the river, towards Beauport ever"^^^^^^^^^ *^^^ view is diversified litl, complete; the foreground shows the river Saint- I'ty feet in heiglii lated chamhei's foi 3omb-pi'oof. 'iilci leave his oar y who, is detache«l left, you ascend amine the Upper Jhed ihQ flag-staff. mands a splendir mer residence oi lally the Marquis >f the ch'ff faein.ii rs quarters, the tall, which eveiy tiers in the pori Jridian of Grees^ )rn angle or tlic \ers carved in ji place where tho feasting on the w in all direo r. irds Beauport. livergified witly e rich, fuil and e river Saint- )ugh a rich and ftion of objects er the whole — 47 — scene. The three villages, with their respective churches and many detached houses in the vicinity seated on gently rising eminences, form so many dis tmct points of view. As the pi-ospect recedes, it is still interesting, the land rising in gradation height over height, having the intervals between succeeding eleva lions filled with foi^sts, until the whole is terminated bv a stupendous ridge of mountains whose lofty forms are dimly seen through aerial expanse. On the ri^ht hand Pointe-I^vi, with its churches and groups of holises and promontories clothed with trees, offers to the contem plation another fine panorama, and in front, further on the western end of the beautiftil and picturesque island of Orleans, with its charming sloiw^s backetl by lofty and thick woods, present altogether an interestinir and a^M-eable subject to the observer. Below is seen the whole hartK^. of Quebec, studded with crafts of all description, fmm the stately steamships of the Allan Line to the frail boats of the cove-boys. Tlie country to the ^uthwa.^ rises by a very gentle ascent, and If J^ !!!J',^^.''^'''"^^ ^y alteimtions of water, wood-land and cultivation, is bounded by the remote and lofty tops of the Notre-Dame mouniains, softening shade by shade nntill they melt into air. PLAINS OP ABRAHAM ^ ^ These plains should i-eceive a visit, invested as they apse of time seems only to heighten and intensiiV- ^ the scene of the most daring military manoeuvres and ■ m.^Tw^'^ ZT^. ^**"'- ^" *^^ «P^* ^»»«re Wolfe fell, on this noted plain, is seen the modest monument i M. A •yj !H I ■■ i^lli — 48 — to his memory, and the distenee to the path by whiel. the famed ascent of his army was made k not -,.,, It iH some what shorn of its rugged character by the levehng effects of time and the elements, but is ntili precipitous and forbidding. The naine of Plains of Abraham is applietl i„ n. history of Canada to all that vast tabledand whi 1. cxtonds under the ramparts of Quebec and is tern,, natod towai-ds the south by an abrupt cliff, indei^id by small coves on the St. Lawrence, and towaixls lin north by a lower hill, which sejmrates it from tlu- valley of the river St. Charles. The bililical name under wh.ch those famed pi, i„. are known has but a very i^mote relation with n, father of the Hebrews; it comes from a certain Al-ia ham Ma,rt,n, who originally ownod part of this pie<'o o. and and was simply a ^ilot of the St. Lawrence, v^ the begmnmg of the fr^noh settlements Two highways run paralled through these plain. one on the St. Lawrence side, and the othw- on thesj^l. of the nver St. Charles: the first is known as liu Grande AlUe, or Samt-Louis i-oad, the other is tin- Sainte-Foye road. The Grande AU^e runs alonga h.r-v hold laid out as a race course, which extends from T «lK)t— indicated by the monument—where Wolfe ' to the ground, near the fence, where he foi-med i troops for the attack, in the morning of the 13th September 1759. The position taken by the troops Montcalm occupied the grounds extonding beyond ', monument, betAveen the heights on which stands m< Jail, and the fortifications. On this latter part ih- road i.s bordered by country seat^ and by a portioi. .■ <;i In- — 49 — tho Montcalm suburb. The heights called Buttesni- Neveu, and on which stands the range of the four Martelio towers, are in a groat part the remains of the earth- works built by the French as a protection against the enemy. The Sainte-Foye road runs through the ground on which was fought the famous battle of tho 28th of April lt80, and in which the British troops of General >«urray were beateii, i-oi^tod and forced to seek refuge- within the walls of the city. This was the last victoiy won by the French in Canada, and also in North America. The place where the most bloody part of the action took place is indicated by the Monument des Braves, described elsewhere. The site of the monument is beautiful in the exti-e- me. You reach it ftx)m the Sainte-Foye toll-gate after five or six minutes walk through an avenue bordereil on either side by handsome villas and fine gardens, and half shaded by over-arching trees. It stands on an open field on the brow of the cliif overhanging the valley of the St. Charles. As you tui-n towards the mo- numental pillar, you have befoi-e you the valley of the St. Charles, along which the populous suburbs of St. Sauveur and St. Boch are gradually making their way. Beyond the limit of the level ground, the hills rise up terrace-like, bright with the vei-dure of gar- dens, and rendered still more attractive by the endless succession of villas, form-houses and villages which dot the rising ground at intervals until they are lost in the distance, far away in the reaj-, behind Lorette, CharleBDourg and Beauport, where the blue summits of the Laurentian range rise to the skies. On the left, 'li j ni ill ! I i" — 60 — at one end of the Galley, the prospect is rendered still more grand by the mountain hei^fhts and thickly wooded .k,rt« of the valley. Along the whole lands cape one can trace the windings of the St. Charles .o*„^i«:« i.-j' , -- ..II.-.., ._.nt«iii,-i»iii laiu the foundations on the 6th of May 1624, or 258 years -- 51 — «/,'o. Tlio position choHon for it wa. u moHt oonima.i- Jmg one; on the very odj^fo of an aimo«t i>ei-nondic^,. lai-precipice of rook nearly 200 loet a»K)ve the river yet close to itn edge, ag, l)etweon the cliff and the Htmm, there is only ju.st .oorn enough for one narrow avenue, called Chaniplain .treef. In thi. castle the ^rench and Kn^lish governors renided till 1800 when d was found neoeHsary to erect a tenipo.ary new huil- "«•- rov their use, while the old r,ne un.Iorwent ,epair Am." thi.M, it continue:! to he the seat .,f government MS hotore, and also the scene of all the pnhlic levees and private entertainments of the governors and their families, and was therefore the constant resort of all loo?? """'' fi»«J»oimhle society of the Province. In 1834, however, this ancient edifice was entirely des- troyed by Are and it hasnevci been rebuilt; but Lonl JJurham, during hi .hort stay here, had the site cleared of the ruined heaps that still eoveied it, and the whole area of the former edifice levelled floored with wood and ( onvertod into a beautiful platform with a fine iron railing at the edge of the precipice making it one of the most beautiful promenmles ima' ginable, ommanding an extensive view of the 8t Lawrence down as far as the Island of Orleans, and the north shore as far as Cape Tourmcnte, a distance of thirtj^ miles. The old platform, thus built at the suggestion of Lord Durham, extended only to the thiM kiosk •eckonning from the north-eastern extremity; the i-est ,s due to the initiative of Lord Dufferin, whosome • "[^"^ X^^ri r! uAcend iHv^ structure as fkr as His lx)rdship's plan was In — 52 — i earned out and completotl last year, by the completion of the part of the structure extending from the thiiil kiosk to the citadel. On its inaugui'ation, it received the name of Dufferin Terrace, in honor of the noble Loitl and regretted Governor-General who had sug- gested this improvement. In its present state, this terrace has a length of 1420 feet and is at a height of one hundred and eighty two feet above the level of high tides. At its western extremity, it communicates through a stair-way with the glacis which surround the Citadel on the city side. This terrace affomij a view considered by many as second to none in the world. Nothing can exceed the beauty and grandeur of this, as a marine pictiu-e. When the weather is fine and the country still ver- dant all round, the sight of the ships of all sorts in the harbour, seen from a height of 200 feet above the river, with the tine extent of country opposite, thickly dotted with villages and hamlets of the purest white and the grandeur of the mountains in the distance facing away into a lighter and lighter blue, till scar- cely distinguishable from the azure sky of the far horizon, is beautiful and .magnificent beyond expres sion. . ni' n governor's garden This clumsy park forms a square surrounded by Laporte, Sainte-Genevi^ve. Mont-Carmel and Des-Car- ridres streets, which latter street separates it from the the Duflferin Terrace. This gai-den is a point of in. tereat chiefly for the monument erected to the memory of Wolfe and Montcalm, the two gallant generals who 11' I — 53 — fell in the battle of the 13th of September 1759 on the Plains of Abraham. It also commands an exten- sive view of the harbor and offers in summer a cool res- ting-place to visitors who care not to face and endure the parching rays of the sun during mid-day houi-s. MONUMENT TO WOLFE AND MONTCALM Thi« is a chaste and well proportioned obelisk of. the Egyptian shape, built of grey stone, standing in the gai-den mentioned above, and on the slope that is open towai-ds the river, so that it is distinctly visible from thence. Its piedestal is thirteen feet square and on this reposes a sarcophagus of the Roman style seven feet in height. On this is placed the obelisk' which 18 six feet in diameter at the base, and forty- five feet in height, making the whole elevation sixty hve feet from the ground. On the north front of the 8arcophagus, looking the land-side, is the woi-d Mont- calm, pointing in the direction from which he advan- cod to meet the enemy; and on the south front, look- ing towaitis the river, is the word Wolfe, cquall^ indi- cating the quarter by which thi*. General advanced to the attack. A latin inscription records their equal bravery and similar mte,and dedicates this monument to their common fame, to histoiy and to poetcry. The first erection of this monument was completed by Lord Dalhousie on the 8th of September 1828 The foundation-stone had been laid by His Lordship the year previous, on the 15th of November 182*7 r^:>. iJiiiiii .1 :'l. Ill III Ilii — 64 — HISTOJRICAL MONUMEMTS THE CITY HALL At the corner of St. Lewis and Ste. UrHulo streets, is a plain building pni'chased by th© city corporation to install their offices. Under the french domination, it was inhabited, during the last years, by Dr. Arnoux- It is here that Montcalm was received on the 13th September 1759, after having received a mortal wound in the battle on the Plains of Abraham and heard with courage Dr. Amoux pronounce the wound mortal. t WHERE THE BODY OP MONTaCMERY WAS R£C£I?ED. This little hou8(^ No. 12, St. Lewis street, was occu- pied by one Francois Gaubert, a cooper, when Montgo- mery was killed in the morning of the 1st January, 1716, When the body was identified, it was con- voyed there, by the order of general Carlton, in oi"der to be decently buried. The bui'ial was entrusted to major Thompson, who wrote the following narration : •' 'the body on its being brought within the walls was identified by Mrs. Widow Prentice. The then governor general, being satisfied as to its identit}-, ordered that the body should be decently buried, in the most private manner, and His Excellency entrus- ted the business to me. I had accordingly the body conveyed to a small lay houioe in St. Lewis Street, the second from the comer of St. Ur ule street, owned by one Franyois G-aubcrt, a cooper, and I ordered Henry Dunn, joiner, to prepare a suitable coffin; this he — 55 — lECEIVED. complied with, in every respect befe.oming the rank of ihe deceased, having covered it with fine black cloth and lined it with flannel I gave him no directions abcat the six men, as I had n party of my own in waiting at the Chateau to cairy the corpse to the fjrave at the moment General ^Jaflton conceived wo- per ; and when I did ascertain hk wishes to that oFect, I proceeded to Gaubert's, when I was told that Mr Dunn had just taken away the cot|)8e ; this was about the setting of the sun on the itki January IT t6. I ucconlin'^'^ T)o^}ted up to the plac© where I ha .oi-dered the grr bo dug, (j.ist alongside of that of my first wife, wiihin, and near the suri'ounding wall of the powder magazine, in the gorge of the St. Lewis bas- tion) and found, in addition to the six men and Dunn, the undertaker, that the Kev Mr. De Montmoliu, the military chaplain, was in attendance and the business t bus finished before I got there." In 1818 the body was taken out fj-om the grave, identified by n^jor Thompson and carried by general Lewis to New Tork, where it was reinteKred in the Ijui-ying groimd of St. Paul's chwch. Soon after his uau uatu Qur rising giories irom thy fame. Shall bntild her throne of empire on thy grave — What nobler fate can patriot virtue crabe ! " i'. ■''! 56 WOLFE'S MONUMENT The first monument bttiit to indicate the spot where Wolfe expired, after having received three wounds, - 5-7 - was a half column nine feet in height and made of ono single stone. It was erected by Lord Aylmer, Gover- nor-General of Canada, in 1885, and carried away by visitors piece meal. The present monument, Avhich is the second, was erected in 1849 by the officers ofthe army in Canada, at the suggestion of Sir Benjamen D'Urban, commander of the forces. It is a very chaste, fluted column, surmounted: by a roman sword and helmet, and surrounded by an iron railing, Tho inscription of the fii-st monument i» carved in the base of the present one aiwl reitds as follows : Here died WOLFE ' :.V4.c TQ B I O U Jj ' ;,*^-. ' ' ■'" " '.;■'' ■ .i- Sept. xiii, MDCCLIX V: fit The following inscription, carved in another part of the base, indicates by whom and why this monument was erected : " This monument was erected by the british army in Canada, A. D. 1849, His Excellency Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin D'Urban, G. C. C, K. C. U., &c., commander of the forces, to replace that erected by Governor General Lord Aylmer, G. C. B., in 18.35, which was bi-oken and defaced and is deposited be- ''W.»: '■(H? M iSill P I ",i Ml il — 68 — MONUUl^T DBS BRATIS This monument, which is decidedly the finest public monument in Quebec, is erectetl in an open field, at about five minuten walk from the toll-gat© of the St. Foye road. It consists of a column, of bronzed metal, standing on a stone base and surmounted by a bronze statue of Bellona. The face of the pedestal fi-onting Ste. Foye road has the simple inscription, surrounded by a laurel wreath : Aux braves de 1760, irigipar la SocUU St. Jean-Baptiste de Qu6bec, 1860. On the face looking towai-ds the city is the name '« Murray, " on an oval shield surmounted by the aims of Great Britaiu and Ireland and Hupporletl by british insignia. On the other side is the shield beai-ing the name — 59 — " Levis, " p^mnounted by the arms of France under the Bourb lis, the crown and lilies, with appropriate supporters? at each side. In rear, looking towards the valley of the St. Charles, there is a representation of a wind-mill in baa-relief, in allusion to the wind-mill which was an object of alternate attack and defence to both armies on the occa-ion of the battle. This por tion of the pedestal also beai-s the national arms of Canada. Four bronze mortars are placed on the cor nera of the pedestal. The height of this monument is about ninety feet. As indicated by the inscription abovod mentioned this monumeut was erected by the " Soeidtd St Jean' Baptiste de Quebec, " with the subscriptions of the society and of other persons. The idea was conceived many years ago, but for a long time the plough of the farmer and the shovel of the workman, as he laboured at the foundation of new builgings along the Ste. Foye road, turned up human remains, evidently the relics of those who were slain. In 1853-54 an usual number ofthose bleached fragments of humanity were found and the St. Jean-Baptiste society conceived the idea of having them all interred in one spot. They were accordingly collected and, on the 5th of June 1854 camed with gi^at pomp to the roman catholic cathe- dral, where a solemn Mequiem was sung. The remains were thence conveyed in the same state to the field on St. Foye road, whei e the death-struggle had taken place between the 78th Highlanders and the french Grenadiers de la Beino, where they were deposit^l in a common grave. The project of an appropriate monument M'as started m *" W — 60 — til? ~ about the same time and appeared to meet with gene- ral approval. However, it was the french Canadian national society which took the lead, as it had done on the previous occasion and as it has done since. Ari-angements had progressed to snch an extent that U was intended to lay the corner stone of the monu- ment on the 24th June 1,.>65, but it was thought desir- able to postpone untill the 19th July following, when the presence in the harbour of the french imperial corvette, La Capricieme, added new solennity to the occasion. The Honorable P. J. O. Ohauveau was the orator of the day. His speech was a most In'illiant effort, worthy of his r^ putation as a public speaker, replete with brilliant imagery, touched in the most eloquent language, governed throughout by sound Judgment and good taste. Dui'ing the following years, the St. Jean Baptiste Society labored earnestly and unceasingly for the purpose of collecting subscriptions to complete the monument. Success was attained and in four or five years the base was ci'owned by the noble pillar which now rises its fi o proportions on the historic heights ofSte. Foye. Baron Gauldi^e Boileau, then consul general of France in Canada, obtained from His Highness Prince Napoleon the beautiful statue of Bellona whieh forms such an appropriate ornament on the summit of the monument, which was inaugu- rated with a great pomp, in presence of at least 25,000 spectators, on the 19th of October 1863. The design of this monument was made by Mr. C. Baillarg^^ of Quebec. It commemorates the valour displayed by the french and english troops, on the — CI — very spot whei'e it stands, in the battle of Ste. Foyo when Levis, in the spring following the capture of Quebec by Wolfe, attempted to reconquer the city and defeated the troops of Genera. Murray, although he could not force the English general to capitulate nor take possession of the city. This battle took place on the 28th of April 1760. ■i - .1^1 ^i^ HOLLAND HOUSE This was the residence of general Montgomery dur- ing the siege of Quebec by the Americains in 17'75. It is situated in Ste. Foye, and the americain touriet can only see the place where the general resided, since the house which he inhabited has been demolished and replaced by a new one. The name of this place is derived from its having been the residence of major Holland, one of Wolfe's cdmptuiions at the battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759, and surveyor-general of the province after the conquest. THE MANSION HOUSE Is actually the residence of G. B. Hall, esquire, pro- prietor of the immense saw-mills below. It was built by Sir F. Haldimand, governor of Canada from 1778 to 1791. It is a plain looking building, which bas been enlarged by the constniction of new wings. It was for sometimes after the residence of the Duke of Kent, during his sta}'^ in Canada. '*The main portion of the Mansion House, says Mr. Lemoine, is just as he left it. The I'oom iu which he uHed to write is yet shown • a table and chair-post of his furniture are to this day .-' .■: if — 62 — religiously preserved." It faces the roanng catai-act SPENCXaWOOD The residence of the LieutonantrGovernor is ei tuatod al)out two miles from the walls of the city on S»t. Lewis road, on the north bank of the St Law- rence. The buildings in their actual state may be described 08 follows : The residence of His Excellency the Lieutenant- tTOvernor,a two stories brick building of 185 feet by 50 ton k""!"//^ ^""^ ^y thirty.tree; a stone building of 30 by 15 feet for the use of the domestics ; a brick eunimer house measuring 14 by 16 feet and immense t)uildings for barracks, stablings. &c. The site of Spencer Wood is one of the most beauti- ful; from it are seen the St. Lawrence, the mouth of the Chaudidre River and the south shore. The rear giound is a fine forest of pretty large extent and ti-a- versed by gravel i-oads in various directions. The park in front is planted with ti-ees, while the garden is adorned with all kinds of flowers. Tourists are generally admitted to ride over the gravel road to the house and to visit the grounds, but not, of course, the mansion house. SILLERY AND CAP-ftOUQE The first of these localitios is remarkable for having been the site of the Jesuits establishment in 1639, and / — G3 — the plnce of refuge of the AlgonquinH and Montagimis indi:uw. it is hero thtit occurred the masBacre well known in the hJKtory of" the first period of the colony. This place wm also the abotle ot Mrs. Pr^ncifB Br«oke, the wii'e of an onglinh officer, who wrote there the first Canadian novel, in lliil, Tfie History of Emily Mon- tagm, in foiu* volumea. Until those la«t years, the ic. mains of the stone chapel huilt by the JeBuifc* were 3'et to be seen* Cap Rouge is only interesting for being the plac^ where Jacques Cartior wintered his ships y night in tli«^ midst of a deuhe forest. lie sat down to ponder on what course ho would pursue, when ho perceived l»efore him a light figui-e. It was an algonquin beauty, Caroline, a child of love, lK)rn on the banks of the Oitawa, a fren^li officer her sire and an algonquin woman her motiier. Struck with the sigiit of .such beauty, he roquestetl her guidance to bis castlo, as she must be familiar with every path of th^ forest. Though a married man, Bigot kept her in his isolated castle, which came to the ears of his wife, residing in Quebec, and incen- diated her jalousy. On the night of the 2nd July, a masked person rushed upon this " fhir Hosilmond '' and plunged a dagger to the hilt in her heart. Search was made, but no clue to the mm-derer discjovered. Some reports traced the deed to Bigot's wife and some other to the avenging mother of Caroline, who was buried in the cellar of the castle and the letter C engraved on a flat stone which, till within the last few yeai-s, marked her resting place. Whatever may be the tnith of this story, those who ai-e led from the designation of the place to anticipate a picturesque pile on which the effacing fingers of time have shed additional interest will be rather dis- appointed when they find but the stone walls of a subs- tantial dwelling house, a clearance of a few acres in the middle of the forest and the relics of the garden and other indications of remote occupation. During the siego of Quebec, in 1*759. many ladies of — 65 — the city took refuge there, and the hdbitans of the neighbourhood have not yet given up the belief that the spirit of the frail damsel still haunts the place. Mr. James Lemoine, in his Maple Leaves^ has given u good description of this and other interesting legends. BiAUPor r AUivy* house On the Beauport roui, «j 7. ^ r. Lemoino, four niilei> from the city, anda littl '-j lite east of Colonel Gugy's present habitation, stands an antiquated high gabled french stone dwelling. Although it is not the original house of Robert Giffard, the first seignior of Boauport, it is the oldest seigniorial manor in Cuoada and the most ancient remnant of feudal times in this country. In 1169, theprescmt house was for sometime the hearl quarters of General Montcalm, which imparts to it another historical interest. 'It .|;1 66 — COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS. THJE 8£MINART OF QU£B£C Was founded hy Monseignoiir de Laval Montmo- rency, the first roman catholic bishop of Quebec and of Canada, in the year 1663. It was at flret exclusively intended for ?he instruction of the young men destined I — 6t - ^ to the priesthood, but after the closing of the Jesuits College in 1764, by the british government, the classes of the Seminary of Quebec were indiBcriminately opened to all the young men wishing to complete a classical course of studies. This institution comprises the Grand S4minoJre and the Petit Siminaire ; the first is for the students in divinity and the other for the young men studying literature, philosophy and all the mattere included in a first class classical pourse. The buildings of the Seminary form fom» wings, four stories high, 684 feet long and 42 wide, except the old central wing which is only 37 feet in width. This central wing is nearly 200 years old, since it was built by bishop Laval; there is still to be :seen the place where his seryaats cooked the brend for th^ use of the inatitution. The building is compoged — 69 — VI. The Ascension of our Lord Jesiis-Chrt$t,^hj P, C'lIAMPAGNS. VII. The Saviour's sepulchre and interment, — bj' HUTIN. VIII. Above the altar,— The ;?i^A< of ^SV. Joseph to Egypt. St. Matthew, ii,— by Vanloo. Immediately above is a small oval delineating two Angels, — by Lebrun. IX. The trance of St. Anthony, on beholding the f )hild Jesus, — by Parrogel d' Avignon. X. The day of Pentecost. Acts ii,--by Ph. Cham- pagne. XI. St. Peter*s delivrance from prison. Acts xii, — by D£ LA Fosse. XII. At the entrance of the lateral x'.hapel, on the left,— another view of the Hermits of Thebais,~hy GuiLLOT. XIII. In the rear, — The Baptism of Christ. St. Matthew, in, — by Claude Guy Hall:6.' XIV. St. Jerome writing^ — by J. B. Champagne. XV. Tho wise men of the East adoring the Saviour, St Matthew, i:,— 'by BouNiBu. The 8hrine on the right of the chief alter contains the relics of St. Clement; that on the left, the relics of St. Modegtiis. This chapel was erected about a century ago. Hi i LAVAL UNIVERSITY F' In 1862 the Seminaiy obtained from Her Majesty a "oysi CuSrter eonfering upon this iustitutlGu an the privileges enjoyed by the universities of England, and ':■ i -. 70 — giving to the new univemty the name of the vene- laUe founder of the Seminary, bishop Laval. The university buildings are three in number and have been erected at a cost of $238,788. The main buildm^ 18 298 feet in lenght, 60 feet in wid«h and 80 tnietion of cut stone. The Pmsimmt or boai-cJin-. house for the pupils is another immense building oi' «h1 r^'^u^^^r*''"^ *"^ on the same .ido of^the Tr . f ''^"^^ of Medicine i« or. the opposite .ido and not so large The united lenght of these three buddings IS 579 feet. The main building is m^cupied by the private moms of the professors, the large rooms for the meeting of Ifl nlll^'''/*^^'^""'^'' ^^ ^^"^"'•^ '"^"^^^ *he library. of60,000 selected volumes, the museums e^ntainirig 1000 instruments in the department of .Vysics, 6 000 specimens in the department of my ..ralog^ irnd geology, classified by the fiimous american professor 1. Sterry Hunt; the botanical depaitnient, a Ivge and splendid collection of Canadian woods, artificial fruits And 10,000 plants; zoology, over 1000 stuffed birds about IQO quadrupeds, fishes, insects; etc; archeology two mmits brought from Egypt by Dr. Douglass and many indian sculls and objects of curiosity, and last but not the least, the gallerie de peinture, which includes the following paintings : 1 Victoria, Queen of England,— by Jos T. .g J 2 George III, king of England,- by Jo -. L. ^ar^. d Despair of an Indian woman in the forost.-bv Jos. L^gar^. . ' -^ 4 Mountain Scenery, strickiug effect.— by T. Daniell. the vene- mbor and rhe main *h ami 80 Jdive cons- boanJin*' uilding of do of the »osito side 680 thvec it© rooms leetiog of e library, >ntai/iirig ic8, 6,000 9gj ffiid professor vge and al fritits xl blrtls, heology, ^la66 and and laHt , which 8 i. I*' ^ar^. ']»■ ' i :V| M •u i-'J^.;* — 72 — 36 ' Fegroes quarrelling on tlM tvhiii'v«i«i — by Karl Yornet ? 36 " Sea-port,— by Jos. Vfci'net ? 37 Landscape—il Qwing i H ^r, bridge, buffaloes,— by Andrea ijucatelli. 38 Ancient Monastsvy, groK* aid hukt-. 39 Hunter and dog fight,— by Abra^r^m Radimaker. An a ■mi Stag bunt, — by Van Mullen. ■il (la^elle " 4-2 Tiai.id^'.r'Rpe. 43 ^ Cai-d-playing on the ground,— by Sal- I vator Rosa. 44 " Copper-plate,— by Da vd Ttfniers. 45 <« ♦« u 46 Delivery scene. 47 Coriolanus disarmed by his mother. 48 Little basket, charmirg scenery. 49 Portrait. 50 " -^ 51 The Poet Demetrius, — by Brownzig. 52 The Poet. 53 Butcher, baker and sailor, — by John Opie. 54 Serenading in the street of Borne. 55 Torch-light toilet,— by Schalken. 56 Eural scenery, ruins,— by Peter Van Bloemen. 57 Small fairm. 58 " 59 Outside scene, lunch in a park,— bv Teniers ? 60 Inside " « 61 Mar'Ve, — by Jean Lingelba4'V. 62 • 63 Baitie. -•73- 64 Cavalry encounter— between Saxons and Ro- mans,— Jos. Parocel. 65 Cavalry encountei>-betweon Turks and Roman8, — ^Jos. Parocel. 66 Attending to a wounded soldier. 61 Woman returning fi-om market. 68 Flute-player,— by Jean Molinaer. 69 Gleeful bacchanalian,— by Palani6de(Staevarst.) 70 Fair,— by Monnicks. 11 Roman Antiquities, — by Hubert Robert. 12 Golden calf,— by Frank le Jeune. IS Martyrdom of Ste. Catherine, — by Franyois Chauveau. •74 St. Michael triumphing over rebellious angels. 15 St. Jerome awaitimg the sound of the last trum- pet,— by D'Ulin HIT. 16 St. Michael vanquishing the Devil,— by Simon Vouet. 11 Daughters of Jethro,— by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli. 78 St Jerome in the desert,- by Claude Vignon. 79 Elias throwing his mantle to Elisha,- by Alber van Ottwater. 80 Ste Elizabeth of Hungary. 81 Body of our Saviour returned to his mother,— by Antoine Van Dyck. 82 Judith and Holophernea's head. 83 St. Louis Bertrand,- by Pisanello Vittore. 84 Our Saviour birth's announced to the shephei-ds, —by Cornelius Poeiembm'g. 85 Christ croifened with thoi-ns. -by i Mj'^tens, f '3 I , H ■it' i m te] I' I --74- i 86 Mai'tyixiom of Robert Longw (1'764),— by H. Allies. 8*7 Mai'tyi-dom of St. Stephen. 88 Death sentence, — by V. H. Janasens. 89 St. Bartlrlomew. 90 Wise men adoring,— by Don Juan Carrenno de Miranda. 91 Inside of a Church,— by Pierre Neoft L'anoien. 92 Presentation in the Temple,— by Dominico Feti. 93 Circumcision, — by " « 94 Mother of Son-ows. 95 St. John the Baptist. 96 St. Hilary,— by Salvator Rosa. 97 St. Jei-ome commenting the Scriptures. 98 Portrait of a bishop. 99 SS. Peter and Paul. 100 Young women playing guitar,— by David T^niers. 101 A monk at study. 103 A head, — by Stoplebeen. 103 A fmnciscan Monk praying by torch !"gh<^. 104 Bcce Homo. 105 God the father surrouiided by Angels,— N. Pous- sin. 106 St. Jean the Evangelist. 107 St. Mary Magdalen,— by Louis-Antoine 'David. 108 Birth of Our Saviour,-*»by Antoin© Coppel. 109 St. Bruno and his di8ciple,-r4)y Lesueur. 110 St. Ignatius of Loyola, — by P. Laui'ie. 111 Disciples of Emmans, — by Paul Bril. 112 St. Peter's denial. 113 Cai-dinal P. H. Van Steeland aftcir his death. uers. — 76 — 114 St. John the Baptist's head. 115 St. Peter by torch light. 117 St. Peter and the bioken vaae. 118 Blessed Virgin and infant in cradle. 119 Maler Dolorosa. 120 Faint outline of the feature, of « Sai^.t. 1^1 Moses,— by Lanfranc. 122 Shepherds adoring,-by Miirnurd. 123 Mater Dolorosa. 124 Ecce Homo. Ill t^^t ""^"^ '*"^^*'"^' h' torch light. 127 School of Athens,-(f..oni Raphael) by Ph. Pont Ant. Robert. 128 Burning of the Bourg, '' <; • 129 Holy Family and s" John Baptist.- by (h-x miccia. • ' 130 St. Joseph and the Infant JesuK. 131 Martyixlom of Pope St. Vigil,-hy L. w. Baum- gartner. 132 St. Ambroise and Theodo.sins,-by F. Sig.iso. 133 Jesus on the CVoss,-by Louis Canaeher 134 Aged monk meditating. 135 Pall of Simon the magician, -by Sebastien Bour- don. 136 Religion and Time (allegorical.) 138 The Eight Felicitie8,-J. Cornell ? t.i: ■■,-i m n — 16- 139 Tfie Coronation of the Vifffin.—by (liacomoTin- I T'l-etto. 1 10 The Child Josuk hlcsBiii^. 141 Battle between Indinns* — hy Jos. L^jyfard- 142 St. Jerome. 143 Ecce Homo. 144 Louia XIV, — by Quentin De Latoiir. 145 Marie LiezinBkn, Qiieen-eonRort of LouiH XV, — by F. Boucher. 147 Maric-JoHeph deSaxe, Dauphine. motlier of Louis XIV, by F. Boucher. 148 Madame Vidoire, fille do Louis XIV,— by F. Boucher. ' 149 Madame Ati^laVde, fille de Louis XIV.- -by F. Boucher. l&O Madame Louise, iUIe de Louis XIV, Parmelite, by F. Boucher. 151 Jesus meetinjQf Ste. Vewmiquo, — by Luis de Vargas. 152 Portrait of Josepht Oui*n6, a^ed 25, daughter ofii; Iben^quisC of, — by Jo-*. L^gar^. 153 The V irgin and Child Jesus. 154 Head of ^t. Nicholas. 155 Bearing the Cross. 156 Ascension of Our Loitl 167 Assumption of the lioiy Virgin. The University i^ iie property of !ie Seminar^' ^v'ho have the exclui^ e c«.uci*ol of its financial admi- nistration. The council, comjiosed of tb oldest pi*©- fessors, has the dii-ection of the institution aiid is presided by the superior of the ISeIniDar3^ w^o is omo Tiii- iH XV,— f of Louis ',-by F. r,- -by F. armelite, Liiis (le dauEfhter ieminar^' al acimi- lost pM- 11 aiid is , mho is U^ #eio rector of the tJniversity, ns the roman catho- lie aivhbishop of Quebec is ex officio visitor. Among the professors, there are protestants and catholics. MORRIN COLLEGE Was founded some twenty yeai-s ago I)r. Morrin having left #80,000 to endow such an institution, this sum was applied to the estauiishment of the present '^ollesge, which is presbyterian. Till those last years, the lectures wore given in the i-ooms of the Masonic Hall ; but when the govern- ment abandoned the old prison, the govemoi-s of MoiTin College bought and repaired it lor the instal- ' tion of their institution. It is a very old building, having been erected in 1810. It is a handsome and con -act structui-o of grey stone, three stories in height, iro feet long by 68 in breath. The n of the Morrin College contain a museum of natural histoiy and some other objects of i^torestp. In the same building ai-e also to bo seen the i-ooms and library of the Quebec Literaiy and Historical Society. LAVAL NORJrAL SCHOOL The classes are held in the late St Lewis Castle, n«ar -Drn-ham Terrace, on the spot where Champlain erect- ed the fii-st Donsti-uction to which he gave that name, in 1600. Ilie present building was erected after I834' when the one built in 1809 was burnt u i. *u^ Htories in height, 102 i 1 le* th, 41 m te-eath and two Htones hfgh, with one wing 31 by 32 feet also two ' ' ' • ii: At.- h ^1 (1 R^ 1 m i i -t8- stories hi'^h, and another wing 62 by 23 foet and three stories in height, massive and plain, without the least appearance of architectural ornamentation. '^ HIGH SCHOOL " One of the best educational institutions, says Euh- sell, in his Quebec as it is, &c., is she High School of Quebec. It owes its origin to the Reverend Dr. Ck)ok, of St. Andrew's Church, who has taken a warm and active interest in whatever could conduce to its effi- ciency and success. " It was established in 184*7 and incorporated in 1854. The building of the High School is a gothic struc- ture of grey granite, 42 feet long by 32 broad,Bituatcd on St I>enis street, on the Capo, facing the Glacis and the citadel. It was erected in 1865, at a cost of $15,000. UR8ULINES CONVENT This is the eldest educational instution for girls in North America. It was founded in 1639 by Madame de la Peltrie, a young french widow of rank and for- tune. She came to Canada in that year with three urseline nuns. In 1641 she built the first convent that was destroyed by the fire in 1660. It was ei'ected again on the same ground and met with a similar fate in 1686. The foundations of that of 1641 and the walls of that of 1650 being used, a third building was erected after that fire, and is still to be seen in rear of the modem construction facing Garden and Parloir streets. The convent buildii s, a pile of maiE{slye > ■* 23 foet and without the «tion. S Hays RuH h School of a Dr. Cook, i warm and e to itB effi- in 1847 and tthio strut- - 'ad,Bituatcd Glacis and ; a cost ui' for girls in by Madame nk and for- with three it convent ras ei-ected imilar fate 1 and the lildijDg was «n in rear md Parioir of massive i — •79 — structures of stone two and three stories high, are erected •n a grourid covering an area of seven acres, surrounded by St. Lewis, St. Uusuio, Ste. Anno and Gai-den streotn. The entrance to the convent face« the end of Parioir street. The chapel, 05 feet long and 45 broad, is on Garden street. It is quite plain outside, but the inte- rior is pleasing, though simple. On the right side of the principal altar is seen a lai-go grating which sepa- rates the church from the choir in which the nuns attend the divine service. Being cloistered, they never come out of their cloister, and hence the neces. sity of that gi-ating. No man, not even the chaplain, is allowed to enter the cloister, and to this rule there is exception only for the members of the royal family. The Ursulines give a first class and highly finished education for a sum for which the merest rudiments of instruction could not be obtained elsewhere. They receive pupils of all creeds and protestants give them credit for not influencing the religious opi- nions of .the pupils who are not catholic. This ac- counts for the great number of english, scotch, irish and even american girls of protestajit creeds frequent- ing this institution. Some of the scholars are boarders in the institution and others only day-scholare. Besidiss the regular classes of the convent, there is the Laval Model School for girls and a free school, which is attended by a great number of children. The num- l.»er of the nuns and novices is about ninety and that of the punils-bordera 20ft. d*v-Hnhnlat^ iqk ««^ tK— *- frequenting the fV-ee school about 300 making in all 625 pupils. The ressources of the institution ai-e the f I — 80 h H fees required from pupils whose parents can pay thfem and the revenue accruing from land«d propcftii*, in the city and outside, bestowed upon the convent by Madame do la Peltrie and some other charitable per- sons. The objects of interest in this convent are the pain" tings and monuments in the chapel. The following is the list of those paintings and monuments enumerated in order, commencing the survey to the right from the door : — 1. Over the door— Jesus sitting doicn at meal in Simon's House— Mary Magdalena,—hy Pliilippe (Je Champagne (french school.) 2. Death of St. Jirome, (italian school) from the Dominichino. 3. The Guardian Angel. (Epistle or right side when facing the altar). 4. Bishop St. Mnus admitting to penance St. Pilagie, —by J. Prudhomme (lYST, french school). 5. Montcalm's Monument, placed there by Lord Aylmer, then governor of Canada, in 1831. 6. The Miraculous draught of fishes,— hy de Dieu (french school, 1'741). 1. Monument erected to the daughters of the Honor- able P. J. O. Chauveau. 8. Monument erected to tho family of Sii*H. L. Langevin. 9. Monument in honoi- of Montcalm, eitjctod the i4th Sopuimfeer, 1859. The woi-ds were composed by the fi'ench Academy in 1763. ~-ai~^ (tj'i n pay th^m •p^i^tieA, in cdnvetit by ritabte per- e the pain" )llowing is namemted right from n^ vieal in liilippe (Je from the ir). t. Pilagie, by Lord de Dieu tie Honor- Sir H. L. rctod the ipofted b}- 10. 2'h£ Wise and the Molith Yiagins, (italian sehool of Floreace). 11. Tfie Virgin, the Infant and St Catherine, virgin and martyr. 12. The Annunciation, 8culptiii*e on the two ondoi-ed by the fu-itish author-tien, against a woman for poisoning her husband, is still to l>e seen in the rear pait of the convcjit. Visitors wishing to visit this institution must, when theV ffO in. ask UPrmiuuirtn f/^ tk/^ nUr 1„;.- r kmdness and amability are never at fault. where the w ihe slab : LM! VING HIM ORY him b}' DEATH ! repair the ended the aim. The 'iistody of loine, who ad for by paintiii/;^ 8 con veil I apt lire of ntence of S against f) l>e neen i8t, when ", whose aOVYKUT OF THB OONOItBOATION This convent, situated in St Roch's parish, opposite the church, wa^s established in 1843. The cost of building was in great part assumed by the Revd. Mi-. Chai'est, curate ofStRoch'n, who subscrided $32,000 in favour of this and other educational institutions in the parish. BELLIVU* CONVENT It is another branch of the Convent of the Con I of Abra- •i-oundinii- rest for ten cents a month. The nnmber of infii-ms and orphans varies from 100 to 150. When they find an occasion, the sisters place those orphans in good families. This convent, a massive stone building, situated on B'Aiguillon street,near the Glacis and St. John's Gate, was established by bishop Turgeon, who raised the ne- cessary funds from charitable persons through all his diocese. The sisters have no means of their own, except their work and small grants from the Govern- ment and the" school trustees. Over $10,000 must be raised by subscriptions every year. It is acknowledged that this convent is a blessing for the city. '*; ''e classes (lost part pal object ilished in L penitent and subs- d, Scott i by the establish Jtitution. B, which lich are and the HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS THE HOTEL-DIEU It is ths eldest institution of the kind in North America ; it wasestablished in 1039 by the duchess d'Aiguillon, who came from France with three nuns of the Hospitalieres order from LHeppo. The object of this institution is the reception and care of the sick who are indigent and distressed. All proper atten- dance, b6th frou 'vhe ii-irts and physicians, with every necassary comtj -ty is gratuitously administered. The annual expend! i'v^M ai-e considerable and although the revenues are ample, yet from the munideence of the relief winoh is afforded to numerous poor persons, I i v ?? i M : 4 !ii'i[i* '■'% :.: ,t — 86 — the provincial parliament is obliged to contribute to the luaintenance of the institution by a small gi-ant from the public treasury amounting to $640 a year. , In the convent the sisterhood reside, who now in- clude the Superior and thirty-three ntins and some novices. The regularity, neatness and purity with wliich the establishment is conducted aiid the solace of the wretched who find refuge in this hospitable domain are highly exemplary. The convent, of which the entrance is on Palace Htreet, is a spacious buildin^.the iai-g«st portion extend- ing nearly one hundrdd and thirty feet by seventeen in depth, and thr^ stories high. A wing on the north- west side is two stories high, fifty yai-ds in lenght and as many feet broad. The church is externally plain and the interior little adorned. The entrance is on Charlevoix street. The paintings may be examined on application to the Chaplain. The following ai-e ori- ginals : The Nativity of Christ, Luke n,by Stella; the Virgin and Child, by ^opi^e^; the Vision of SteThdr^se, by Menageal, and St Bruno wrapt in meditation, by Le Sueur. The ground occupied by this convent has an area of about twelve acres. The corner stone of the building included in the present increased edifices was laid by (iovernor Lauzson on the 15th of October 1654. The iluchess d'Aiguillon, and her uncle, the famous Car- dinal Bichelieu, endowed this institution with an an- nual rent of 1,600 livres, at fir8t,and afterwaixis doubled this grant. It is by means of this rent arid that of other donations that the sisters are enabled to conduct their establishment. -8t- THE GENERAL HOSPITAL m '■' ■■'!!• i ■ ] J M y ■ •; ! »■■■ 'tfl -'j ■ ll 1 ^ The ostablielniient thus deaominated is situated in St Sauveur municipality, on the banks of the St. Charles and wm commenced in the year 1693 by the second 'omHncatm>l¥ibwhopofQ4*«liec, Mgr d« St. Valier, who iivit^iiiited it exppodsh- t^) i-eliov© i»vftUda and pcr^oiintiirfUfctted by di«eite«. ft in a sjitteiouti and com- I» I atiir^y i3,«# St.! u«tuwj,,fo ming a pjmaUdlbgrimi of Moii-ly#*^^i.itts «t>wUy- i.T ytwds in l<^B^th and t'-ov0,i y,»»k a«ep,aHd -ni. tlw ^tttli-w45.st a wing piiojects »no;to tiMwi %Mi3f yaifds by My feet bmid. i^Uached t > tl^« cai*««Hi|» is a neat and convenient oW'ck; but It ooutiwM^ notkiJJ^ pecuUtwIy ilistinctive iq ol)ari»cter exeepli it* owMUHeats. The paialing^ are cojiim wly ol tha on^lmh in the oth«p churches mHA ^htmU. , *'''i!^ .^.'*«^"*** «ai'aitu.e, &c, of thk hoipfeU, bishop do ,s»t. VaJiwr Q3l|»ead«d 10a,000 oi-Qfros, 1?lift insti- tution W4»» endowed by gi-ant of landed m,^mv%ie^ Avhiob a*-e, withtbe labour of the iiuns andayeai-ly ^vmt from tlj^Govorament of nearly $2,000, the only .essoiufc^ of «,« establishment. To superintend the convent tjieww-ethe superior and seventy noaa, all HoiHlt^ml. Tlie namhov of sick and oUl p^fsons re- ceived ill tlmin^tutioH .ijenerally exceeds one hund»ed and fifty annually. American tourists should not forget that Colonel ArnoJd> commjttidiag wiUj Montgomery th« New I'wigl^nd. tJ'oops besteging Quebec in lTt&, v ag trann- port84 to, th#|; Ge^fti Hospital aftm- he was w«ttitded m the attack tipon the Sa*ilt-au-Mat«lot barrier, in the morning of the 1st January, 17t6 — 89 — TUB HOPlTAL DU 8ACR«-0(EDR H«re is quite a modern institution, founded in 1873 by the present archbishop of Quebec, Mgr. Ttsche- reau. Tb© building, a plain cut stone edifice, three 8t<»ies high, was completed in the fall of 18-74 and the hospital immediately opened foi- the reception of foun- dlings and pei-sons attaekcd by hideous or contagious diseases, which is the object of this institution. The nuns in charge of that convent were taken from the General Hospital. This Hopital du Sacr^-Coeur is situated on the south bank of the St. Charles in St. Sauveur, not far from the road to Lorette. FESIALB ORPHAN ASYLUM ^ This asylum was established and maintained by the Knglish forces in Canada to i^ord a refiige to the widows and oi-phens of the man dying here in the service. The british troops having been withdrawn from Canada some ten years ago, it was converted into a female oi-phan asylum. The building, situated on St. Lewis road, near the Martello Towers, is a good sized stone structure, two Htorie« high. LAD1I8 PROTSSTANT HONB A little further, on St. Lewi« road, than the Female Asylum is this " Home, ' a bt.nevolent instUution established and maintained through the siibscripitions of some charitable prctestant ladies. Tlite asylum is ibt^ided for the ivwentJnn r,f ai^.u teraales of i^rotestant creed. It is a plain, but good looking white brick building, ei^ .teii dome yeai-s ago • '■ "I ■', •■ I ]- ii' '\".\\ iff — 90 — ST. BRIDOKT A,«TLUM Thelmhmenui'Qiidbet'hrtvo oistablished that asy- lum for the relief of tho nick and infirm persons of their nationality. It in managed by a boai-d of trus- tees and supported by the voluntJiry contribtitions of the irish population, and a small grant of the Logie- lature. The building is situated at tho earner of St Lewis road and de Salaberry 8(root, opposite the ladies Pro- testent Home. It is a neat and hirge cut stone edifice. * FINLAY ASYLUM Somv yours ago, a Miss Finlay bequeatcd a sum c»f «800 ; r applied for tho i-clief of tKe poor as the an- glieaa '.?,«hop would think proper. Dr Mountain, then bishop <-i Quebec, invested tho money and when it had increased to «2,00a, he. proposed the ei-ection of the present building, and the institution was inaugu- rated on the fifteenth «;%|iiversary of his Lordship's oi-dination. Some chafi^aijje. persons, following the example of Miss Finlay, subscribed for the same pur pose, so that the necessai-y fu^ds were easily gathered. This asylum is supported by the members of tho an- glican church of Quebec for the relief of the infirm of that creed. A part of the building is employed and rented by the Male Oi-phans Asylum, independant of the Finlay Asylum, and established for the purpose indicated by its name. This building was erected at a cost of $14,000. It is a cut stoao structure, rather massive, dtuated in a fine place near the toll-gate of the St. Foye road. O tuti( Hos Lor< and tion that asy- TMons of of trufl- litions of e Logis- Jt. Lewis lies Pro- t 8toiio «nm of the an- in, then kvhon it tion of inaiigii- •dship's ng the ne pur. thored. he an- infii-m ed and laiit of urpose 00. It d in a 1 — 91 — MARINE HOSPITAL One of the most important of the benevolent insti- tutiona originating with the Protestants is the Marine Hospital, commenced in 1832 under the auspices of Lord Aylmer, then governo in-ohie^ of the Province, and completed sufficiently to be ope od for the recep- tion of patients in 1834, at a cost of about $120,000. • k .4 .■ ■H IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 11.25 Ki|2i 121 Jf Ki |22 Sf Ufi 12.0 m 6" ^Sciences Corporation 23 WIST MAIN STRUT WEBSTH,N.Y. M5M (716)172-4503 4% — 92 — The mtuation ,homn tor this 08t..bliehment is on the bankH of the river St. Charles, J«st opposite to the spot where Cartaer wintered on his flrst^orago and C space laid out for the buildings, gaMens'Sa .Tands covers upwarfs or six acres. The hospital is on a large scale, having .. f™„t otm ftet, with two wing^ of 100 feet each =u depth. The building i*of ston^ with a fine lonio port.co, the proportions of which are said .to be taken from the Temple of the Itases on With Its extonor and interior is finidmd ,» the best style. As the institution, which belong, to the federal govoi-nment, maU no distinction »v • . healthyness t« fiL . ^^^' ''" account of it.s St"::r:'r t--«-^"> ttrit.:: they can have a3 f '"""""■" "^ ""'« g«''"em«.., may wish itr ' '"'^'™-""'' « P<'™i»«ion they ^ ItiE aud be — 05 — surmounted itrfti part is 'igs of tlie hose of the est of the »• In rear and water JOO fi^^et h\ I less orna- Tho size t the same r)ur stories steam, mn a million •r Landry > ita first ^his insti- •t, on the dies and n by the Morrin int of its im, and [uires at Dr Rov, tleman, ^n thev CIIURCTTES AND CHAPELS .=«fci CHURCH or NOTRE-DAME DES VictoiRES It is only interesting on account of its antiquity aud being the tirst roman catholic church erected in '•ii '4*. i — 96-- . Canada. The building, which stands in the Lower Town square, is plain and massive within and without and has lost by repeated repairs its antique looking, though the walls are for the most part those erected previously to 1690, since they have not been complete- ly demolished during the vai-ious sieges of Quebec. In the year 1690, according to Hawkins, amid the joy caused by the defeat of Sir William Phipps in his attempt to capture the town, the fite of Notre-Dame de laVictoire was established, to be annually celebrated in thi.s chui-ch on the 7th October, that being the day on which the fii-g/t intelligence of the coming of the fleet was received. After the wreck of the British fleet in ITl 1 which was considered a second victory, a little leos than a miraculous intei-position in their favor, this church received the name of Notre-Dame des Victoires, in oi-der to commemorate both occasions. It was destroyed by the fire from the Pointe-L^vis batteries in 1169. It is said that it contained at that time a picture representing a city in flames, with an inscription stating that " inthe year 1711, when Que- bec was menaced with a siege by Admiral Walker and General Hill, one of the r«%ctttes prognoetioated that the. chm'ch and Lower Town would be destroyed by the British in a conflagration before theyear 1760." It also contained the fiag taken by the Canadians from Phipps' ship in 1690. There is no regulai- service in this church since a long time, and it is only looked as a chapel under the adrainiBtration of the Upper Town church authorities. the Lower id without le looking, ie erected complete- ^aebec. amid the pps in his 7tre-Dame celebrated g the daj- g of the e British i victory, in theii" itre-Danie >ccasion8. nto-L^vis i at that , with an hen Que- alker and lostioated lestroyed arneo." ians from h since a mder the bhorities. -9r^ THl BASILICA 'y The bmldmg of this cathedral was commenced and pu^ued under the auspices of bishop Laval and on the 18th July, 1666, it ^as consecrat^ under the name of Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception It superseded the chapel of the Jesuit's college, which was for sometime used as the parochial church of Quebec. This building has suffered much from the fires occasioned by the storming of the city during theeiege«, but the foundations and part of the walls are^still the same, so that it may be said with accuracy that this church dates- from nearly 216 yeai-s. It is the eldest church in America. It is distinguished rather for its solidity and neat ness, than for splendor or regularity of architecture. OJe wles or wiggs, considerably lower than the nave of the church, and the lofty tower and spire built deLt^v r T^T"^ '^"^ " ^« '^' ^^'^ Bide, filT f. ™* ^y^rnetry, yet do not detract trom the religious appearance of the pile. Within A'jy^u ^'^'^' r*^ "^^^ ^''^^ of stone dmdmg the nave from the ailes, above which is a galleiy on each side, running the whole lengA of 216 w"-'-. ^i:ti««<^^^«>«d l>y Colonel Bouchefte as 2iefeet m length by 108 in breadth. It can seat a congregation of 4,000 persons. At the east end Theie aH T" ""f *' '^'^' ^^P^'*>»^ ^^^^^rated. There are also four chapels in the ailes, dedicated to difterent saints. The walls are decorated with fine pamtmgs, of which follows a Hstenumoratod in order commencmg the survey to theright from the entrance' 4|, >-^ I* '4'- ■■t1 ■r ■ i? i ; ■-tJ I k m 1 .1* — 98 — following the passage along the f)illar8 which divide the nave from the wings : I.— The Holy Family, by Blanchard (1600^1080, oi-dinary painter to the King. of Franoe^) - .;i.- 2.^The Saviour inttdted by the Soldiemf^. flat, thews, XXVII, 2t, 31,— by Flenret, (frenoh Bchool.) 4.— Above the altar, in the Holy Family Ohl^l, The flight of Joseph into Egypt, a copy of the original by Vanloo (flemish school) in the Seminary Chapel, by Theophile Hamel. . 5.— In the choir, on the right hand sid^. Our Sa- viour attended to by the angels after the mtptation in the desert, by Restout, (1692-17 J8, freneh sohool.) > 6.— Above the main altar.— 7%6 ItMMteulate Con- ception^ Lebrun's, (freneh school) style. 7.— In the choir, on the left hand side— <«m of Christ, by Clmido (Juy HalW (1C62.173G, french school.) ^ On application to the keeper of the sacriHty, visitors are allowed to see the waixls of the church. * the orna- raentfl, gold biwades. &c., among which (h n complete set of ornament given to bishop Laval by the ffi-eat Louis XIV. . BN0LI8H (EPISCOPAL) CATHEDRAL The ground on which this chui-ch staids was for- merly occupied by the convent and church of the recollet priests, destroyed by fire in 1796. As the oi-der was suppressed by the british rulera, they took possession of those grounds and used them for the bmldmg of the present church, which was erected by the bounty of governement, on the repi-eaentations of i)r. Mountain, the first angUcan bishop of Quebec and consecrated in 1804. Hawkins describes it as pn edificeofregular architecture «nd very reapectal , appeai-ance, standing in a spacious area, handsomely enclosed by iron rails and gates and planted with trees. Itsexterior length is 1?5 feet, its breadth 73; the height of the spii-e above the ground is 152 feet; from the floor to the center of the arch within, 41 feet. The communion plate of this church is magnificent. This plate, together with the altar ctoth, hangings of the desk and pulpit, which are of crimson velvet and cloth of gold, and books for divine service, was a private present from king George the Third. A good peal of eight bells, of which the tenor bellis about 16 owL was procured by the subscriptions of the congregation:' ^»" ■ 'M' "f; 'Hi ^m il ii — 100 — The church has an excellont or|?an and a regular cathedral choir, but no dehn and chapter. Galleries have been constructed, thrown back on each side of the organ, for the accommodation, respectivtly, of the children attending the male and female natiw^al schools; the front of each is alloted to the orphans of the asylums, in their distinctive dresses. Several handsome monuments, says O'Brien, have been ei-ected within the building, of which the prin- cipal is that erected to the memory of the Rev. Jacob Mountain, first bishop of Quebec, and through whose exei-tions the cl^rch was built. It stands Within the communion rails and is surmounted by a bust repre- senting the bishop in his full episcopal robes. Imme- diately opposite Is the monument of bishop Stewart, successor of Rev. Jacob ^fountain. Another marble slab commemorates the memory of the Duke of Rich- mond,whose death was caused by hydrophobia arising from the bite of a pet fox in 1819. Some other marble slabs are dedicated % the memory of distinguished political men. In the eastern end of the church is seen a "colored window representing the Ascension, the Transjiguration and the baptism of Christ, by a celebra- ted artist of London. Opposite the church is a neat cut stone building in which the rector resides ; it was erected in li841, and attAched to it is the C%ap«? 0/ a« «im<8, used ibr dc- caslonftl services. *f4i rf^W'vi '4 ST, ▲MJJ&EW'S OHVRCH AX%^^l This is for the members of the chnrdh of SeothJsd. This church has nothing to attract the visitor. ' 'Bt^ a regiriar Gallenos h side of tiTtly, of enati<»hal ) orphauR ien, have the prin- lev. Jacob gh whose rithin the QBt repre- Imme- Stewaii;, >r marble J of Rich- iii arising ar marble nj^uished 3h is seen ision, the i celebra- lildin^ in 1841, and I fbr be- ~ 101 — Attached to it is a school house, which was erected by the trustees of the church in 1831. This school is under the management of six members of the church annually elected by ballot at a general meeting of the congregation. In roar of the church is also seen a handsome cut stone house occupied by the incumbent, Dr Cook. ST. PATRICK'S OUUROH Throng the exertions of the Hevd. Mr MacMahon this church was built for Uie use of the Irish catholics of Quebec. It was commenced in 1831, and opened for diTine sei-vice on the 7th July 1833. Atfli-st it covered an area of 136 by 62 feet, but it has been enlarged since. It fronts St. Hel<>n street. The roof and galle- ries are supported by massive piUards, which divide thejave from the win^fs. The steeple is handsome and starids 120 feet from the ground to be ball which sup- ports the cross. It can seat a congregation cyf 5000 persotis. • OHUROH OF Thm OONUREQATION There is nothing worth mentioning about that church, which is a plain building siWated on Dauteail stre^, fronting the Esplanade. It is in charge of the Jesuits, ai^d used ae a special chapel by the members of the congregation of men ot the Upper Town. •OBE BAPTTdt CHURCH. . ;!• :♦ .1 •<: ij iul if, I E — 102 — OU8 members of that church. It is a pretty fine build- ing. The incumbent is the Bevd David Marsh. ■j ■tf oralubr's frek ohuroh This is a very beautiful specimen of church archi- tecture, erected in 1862 and Hituated at the head of Ste Ursule street. It is the place of worship of the raembei-8 of the scotch free church. It is certainly one of the finest buildings of the kind in Quebec, well designed and surmounted by an elegant spire resting on a tower. T^ie minister in charge of this church is the Bev. W. Clark. CONGRIOATIONAL OHDRCH Is a neat, but externally unpretending building, in the gothic style. It stands at the corner of St. Helen and Palace streets and is comfortably Airnished. The commandments and texts of scripture are painted on the walls. Eev. H. D. Powis is the minister of the congregation. .\>u TH» W18I*BYAN church' :4'«''.»f:' Situated in St. Stanislaus sti-eet, opposite theMorrin College, whose members ai-e united with the english conference, was built after 1860. It is a large and rather elegant, cut 6^tone building, in the gothic style. It is provided with a good organ and can accommo^ date 1600 sitters. The incumbent is the Rev. Joshua Johnson. «. *^'i^?i tjt • i rJ*#fi. }ymi fine baild- •ch arohi- tie head of lip of the tainly one fibeo, well •0 rcHting church iH ilding, in St. Helen led. The linted on r of the e Morrin english arge and lie style, ccommo- . Joshua -- 103 — ST. MATHIW'S OUAPBL Which belongs to the episcopal congregation and Tohn K K '^o l'^'^*««*»"t burying grouudin St. John suburbs, on St. John street, was fitted up in 1828, destroyed in 1846 and rebuilt in its prient form. It 18 a plain and massive cut stone structure, internally neat and capable of seating 400 persons Service is held daily, in the m.-ning^during rmTer and evening during winter. The Rev. Charges Hamil- ton IS the incumbent and the Rev. B. A. W. King the curate There is a sunday school attached to this church. . ST. petee's chapel Was erected in St. Vallier street, in 1842, for the convenience of members of the Episcopal Church residing in St. Roch. It is a plain but net ehapel, in ^f tif 1^'*'^^" ""' "" ^^'*^^^'^'"'' incumbenfind visithlfe ""' ^'"^*'''' ''"''**^' ^* ^^^ "^*^^"^ '^^'•th ST. MICHAEL'S CHAPEL Another place Of worship for the members of the episcopal church, situated on St. Lewis road, opposite the Mount Hermon cemetery. The building is a neat cut stone s^ucture, of good looking appearance. In- cumbent : Rev. A. A. Von IflJand. CHURCH OP ST. ROCH This is the chun;h of th« tv)m<»« ..^lu^u- « ,. pansh of St. Booh. It was bnilt in 1845 and opened M M M — 104 — the 25th DecomW of the same year, though not vet completed. The site is between St. Francis and St Josepli streets. It is a htfge and fine cat stone edifice with lofty towei-8 and spires at each Corner of the fi-ont This church, which can accomodate 4,000 sitters is internally very beautiful. The center of the doiible range of galleries is supported by Corinthian columns, which reach the ceiling. The altars in the chapels are irorth noticing, <»i account of their elegance ahd neatness of design.- The paintings are not numerous, but we advise the visitor to take ^ glance at them Above the grand altar is seen the Jirsurrectton of the Christ, by Chilis ; on the right or Epistle side, in the choir, the Holyfamilyy copied from the original by Theophilo Hamel, a Quebec artist of great talent and distinction; opposite, on the left or Gospel side, the Clvrist. St. Koch and St. Joseph chapel, Gospel side and without the choir, contains a picture representing St Roch and a Virgin, by Blanchard» a ii-enoh artist and the Virgin chapel, on the Epistle side, i\m Moly Family, by Colin de Vermont. CHURCH OF THB CONO^BOATION Also in St. itoch and on St. Joseph street, is a plain and welt looking out stone edifice, which has nothing deserving of a visit. It is a romto 6athoHc church. fi{i — MS — ugh not yet ncis and St. tone edifice, ofthefi-ont. 5 sitters, is the double an columns) the chapels legaiicid atid t nutnerous; e at them. ^tton of the side, in the original by talent and «i side, the (xospel side epresenting enoh artist, e, tltfi Holy I fc, iis a plain as nothing 3 church. ^>, '^c. .«!*.- PUBLIC Bm]pDlNGS AND HALLS In its present condition,has a front of 2*76 feet, and is situated at the eastern extremity of the Grand Battery where ,t stands at^n elevation about 150 feet above the St. Lawi-eope. It consists, principally, of a central portion measuriiig 60 feet in front by 135 in depth three stjnes^high, aad of two wings, each 108 feet in lenth, ,43 in bi^eath, and two, stories high. The build- yA^^S^^^^^'^^"^^' ^^ w«« constructed in 1860 and 1860 for the sum of (^61,514. The site upon which this structure stands contains t6,9D3 feet of ground acqwed^n 1831 from the roman catholic bifhop of Quebec for a yearly and unredeemable ground rent of This building contains the halls of the Legislative Councd and Assembly of the provinceof Que^c, and LTl f^^^'^^'^'y ofnear by 26,000 volumes, in charge of L. P. Lemay, esquire, a Canadian poet. THB NEW PROVINCIAL BUILDINOS .Z^ir^f^ '^r ^""'^^ wiU be the finest V^uebec. They are designed on the plan of the Palais ^il^re in Paris, and in the «rcMtectun., stTof the ireneh ^ifiees of the 17th century. They form a square measuring three hundred feet on each external M 4 % m'\ ■1 1 — 10« — side. Bach angle has a pavilion, adorned with piiastois and sculptures, executed in the finest style, represen- ting the arms of the province and those of its first lieutenant-governors. The main front, actually in pi-ocess of construction, faces the walls of the city and will be surrounded by a large park extending to the fortifications, between St. Louis and Kent gates. The height of the part actually completed is sixty feet from the ground to the great cornice and seventy-two feet to the cornice above the atticks. The front will be occupied by the chambers, halls and ofllOes of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council of the province, and the rest of the buildings by the several departments of the provincial government. These departments are already installed in the finished portion of the edifice, which, when completed, will cost about $1,000,000. THE POST OFFICE Thoi-e is quite a legend about the edifice which pre- ceded the present one on that ground, that of the Golden Dog story. Under the freneh domination, the old post office building was occupied by^ a merchant called Philibei-t and of high distinction. Differx^nces occured between him and the intendrnt B^goiVy who, abusing his power, had every advantage on Philibert' Unable to obtaiij redress for his injuries, real or sup- posed, Philibert bitterly, although correctly, expressed his sentiments under the image of the CA?^« 4' Or or Golden Dog, which has been replaced above the nj^in 7ith pilasters le, represen- of its first actually in ' the city and iding to the ; gates. The 3 sixty feet seventy-two he front will >ffi6eH of the e Council of ngs by the jovemment. the finished ted, will cost t which pre- thatofthe lination, the I merchant Differioncefl ^gOi)) who, I PhUibert. •eal or sup- % expressed Mnd^Or or entrance of the new post-office, to which he added the following inscription in old french : Jb svis vn chien qvi eonoe l'os En LE RONGBANT JE PRENDS MON RBPOS. Vn tbms visndra qvi n'est pas venv qvb jb mordray qvi mavra mordv. Of whlph the truislation is : I AM A DOG ONAWING A bone : While I GNAW, I TAKE MT REST. ThR TOfB SHALL COME, WHIOH HAS NOT COME WmkN I WILL BITE HIH WHO KOW BITES JIE. B^n determined on a revenge and Philibert, des- cending the Lower Town hill, received the sword of a french officer of the garrison through his body. The perpetrator ofthis mui-der left the Province, but the crime was not to be forgiven. The brother of Phili- bert came from Bordeaux to settle the estate, with the determination of taking vengeance on the assassin. Having ascertained that this assassin had gone to the East Indies, hepersued him thither and meeting him in a street of Pondicherry, killed him with his sword. The name of Golden Dog was given on account ofthis dog having always been gilt. On the place of the building having that dog and inscription in front, the present post-office has been lately erected and opened in the fall of 18*73. After the Marine Htyspital and the Custom House, it is cer. tainly the finest edifice in Quebec. It is built of grey cut stone, three stories high, and about 80 feet by 40. The exterior is plain, but agreable, with mouldings above the doors and windows. The entrance, at the '. n •.1' — 108 — THE CUSTOM-BOUSS s««Ihwl'JS*!;Jr t'"'l"'"""'"'"e 88,000 square feef, Charie? Jt^l * . I«wenoe witt the river St. with rJ 7i """^ «"'"'«' *™ 'tones in height with » tosement, founded on the bed of the rivof in Cht L r .^"^ ^"^ »*»"*• It " «9 feet in .r S ftt? " •J'^'^*''' '"'' <=»»?"«» « portico of 60 U ofth! "* P™"'!"' «««'«• This Aco, which .» of the done order, consists of a sediment supnorted dfa^rt:;'.*^ r ~'""'™' *•»" ««" --"^^ diameter at their base, and resting on a cut stone *Bfl NEW JAIL ^^J]^^''^\^^''^^^^^^^^ Of Abraham, about one mile beyond the waHs of the city, on a pmpef^ v measuring thirty^wo acres ih extent. ' - It now consists, another wing is to be added, of a elt K^t' T""'' ''''' ^^- «*^"^ high, an eastern block adjoining this one, of 50 by 48 feet three stories high; an east wing, at right angles with the latter- and in «*.»•«»' *i- "- - ® ^ , ^^j_ i« w^va iuxjvvnH are coBStmcted measunpgWfejt in breadth by 108 i„ lenght and — 109 — Jtwenn two jquare feef, harf, at the e river St. B in height, lie liver in substantial 169 feet in rtico of 60 tioo, which supported six inches cut stone •out thirty lildinga of three stories in height ; a wing, with water closets of 14 by 26 feet, thi-ee stories, on the east side of the last wing; and a south wing, or rear extension of the central block, wherein are located the chapels for the prisoners, measuring 66 by 40 feet and three stories in height. In its pi-esent unfinished state, this Jails contains 138 cells, or one half of the number contemplated when . the building is finished by the addition of the west wing. There are 70 single and 27 double cells ; 41 are employed for female prisoners. The outside walls are in coui'so rock masonry. This prison is remarkable for its healthiness and good ventilation, while the spot on which it stands is one of the most beautiful around Quebec. CHAMPLAIN MARKSP Is one of the largest buildings of Quebec. It is a fine edifice, with a colonnade in the center, sitwated in the Lower Town. m 'm bout one property ied, of a high ; an 7 46 feet, flee with structed, ght and JACQUBS-CARTIEE MARKET HALL In St. Roch suburb,, is a large white brick building two stories high. The lower story is used for butchers stalls, and the other is a public hall for lectures, thea- tres, &c., large enough to seat about 2,000 persons. Victoria hall Was formerly the church of the wealeyan congre- gation. It was built in 1816 in its present plain form. After the construction of the new wesleyan raetho- I;' It ■ 1- it- ■-ik •M'l I m II?! — 110 — diet chui'ch in 1848, it was sold to private parties who ti-ansformed it into a lecture hall : laterTit wt^ agam sold to^terprising gentlemen who repaired and made it a fine hall for public entertainement It!s situated in Ste. Anne street, opposite the Morrin col- iege< 'K> ii; THE MFUSIO HALL Next to the St. L^uis Hotel/ St. Lewis st;eet, was bunt m 1852. rt can seat over 1,600 persons The f,x)nt is adorned by a rich colonnade which gives a good architectural appearance to the edifice ' PALAOB MAUKftT Is and old looking building, on St. Paul street, al- most^exclusively used by a few butchers. It is not worth a visit. The sa^ i^mark applies to Pinlay market, in the Lower Town, and Berthelot market m bt John suburb. BANKS OP QUEBEC AND MONTREAL These are the only banks in Quebec having build- mgs worth seeing. The Quebec Bank is in St. Peter street. It is a pretty fine cut stone structure, though said to be defective in its architectural proportions. The Bank of Montreal building, at the comer of St. Paul and St. Peter streets, is in the same style, hut not so well designed. The Notre-Dame Savings Bank m St. John street, is also a good-looking buUding, ' IS rtieswho n it wa« repaired mt. It is rrin col- eet, was 5 which difice. ■eot, al- ia not Pinlay market build- Peter hough rtions^ of St. B, but Bank, — Ill — THE CBMBTBRIBS MOUNT nSRMON CKMBTERY On St. Lewis I'oad, about two and a half miles from the city, belongs to the membei-s of the episcopal church. It occupies an immense gi-ound, of thirty-two acres in extend, purchased in 1852 from the Quebec Seminary. The first french settler that owned, cleared and cultivated it was one Sebastien Langelier, a native from Normandy, near Eouen. The site is quite pic- turesque and beautiful, sloping gently towards the St. Lawrence, which flows two hundred feet below the rugged cliff. It is planted with large trees, oaks, pines, spruces, and admirably laid out, which was done in 1862, by an american gentleman, major Dou- glass, author of the dci^gn of the Greenwood cemetery, near New-York. A drive, upwards of two milet in extent, affords access to all parts of the grounds and by applying to the keeper, whose office and house is at the entrance, visitors are allowed to go in with their carriages. Prom the brow of the cliff, where seats have been placed for that purpose, the view extends on the St. Lawrence as far as Quebec and on the lum- ber coves. The village of St. Romuald or New Liver- pool, with its large «aw-mills and fine roman catholic church and convent, is seen on the opposite side of the river, a little southwards. In this burying ground lie the remains of several distinguished pei*socage», e^peoiaUy thoj^e of the Rev. Daniel Wilkie, one of the ablest preoeptoi*8 of youth, it hi V. ■v. M fii - 112 - of John WilHon, the celebrated Scottish vocalist, and of the only sun of Loixi Elgin, who was dix)wn^ in the nvei- St. Maurice. THiS BELMONT CEMBTtRT Ts situated to the north of the St. Foye ro^, ahbut two mdes from the city. It is the bftrying ground of the roman catholic churchea of Noti^-Daine mWich cathedral) and of St. John the Ba|,tist, iti^St. Jo^ HubuPb. It was laid out some eighteen yeai^i^^o an3 contains .ome fine monuments, especially thaTerebV ed to the memory of F. X. Giu^ieaii, tJie batiorial'his- k>rian of Canada. The site is far from being as beauti- ful as that ofMouht Hermon cemitei-y. ' - ■ ' ■■ ■ ■• ' ■ -iifcii^r. . I C^ the ^relte roa^, |s hmi^ siti^ted on '^ ba^s of the river St, Ch,^, Z- Scott's bridgl ihe gjieat pi»es which ^w^ it impart to that e^- etery arglo9my'«pppai^nce which becomes very .^well the place and its object. Vrp'^^ Immediate^ opppeite ig the St. Sauveur cenSlL^ n^wly laid out,^nd conti^ining noting wth a^ii; To some travellers, the pHtooipal chawn of^Qnebiic Jies^m ^e boldness of its position, as a miUtaiy post : to^rthers, in the b«att*y off it» smTOondIng lanctecape • *Hd to otneps ,^a n, in the riohaess and variety of ins alist, and ■own^ in M, about *rt)ttnd of St. Joliif ^^o anil lat erect- ional'liiB- w bq^uti- j.i • ':■ ii don ;t|)e i bridge. liat ^eKL- ery .well » a vi^il. Quebec ^ypost; dseape; ty of i#a ■•^i — 113 — hiBtorical association. Totirists generally experience gi-eat interest in them all, and believing that each will be found, to those who have leisure and inclination to enjoy them, a source of considerable pleasure, we will endeavour to place before the reader so much of the materials of all, as to enable him to participate in the gratification enjoyed, in first studying its history, thert studying its actual condition, and then following up those by several interesting excui-sions In the neigh- bourhood. , . HISTOBfir The history of Quebec cames us back tothe earliest voyagM made upon the coast of America^ anterior even to the settleitaieBt of Virginia, or the landing of the Pagii^ Fathers in New Ehgland, by nearly a hundred year». Jacqueji Cartierj a navigator of Saint- M»lo, in Phmce, sailed fi-om that port in April, 1634, with tw6 ships of only sixty tohs each and a crew of sixtjivoiie men. InMiKyofthe saine year, he arrived at Nefwfbnndland, entered the Bay of Ohaleura (which be «a named because of the gi-eat heat felt there in Jltly)^ advaneed from thence to Oaep^, entei'ed the mouth of the great river, then unnamed, towards the end of August, and i-etummg to the straits ofBellisle, reached Prance on the 5th of September, 1534. It was on his second voyage that the most impor- tant results took place. The project of establishing a fb^noh Colony Qsi those shores, findkig fisvor with 'Kitur I^rMa(%i«, fh*e4-yw< miik a new^conUmsMOD and throe vesaela were placed I — lU — under his command, the Grande jffermine, of 120 tons, the Petite Hermine, of 60 tons, and the Emirillon, of 40 tons burden. They sailed from Saint-Malo on the 19th of May 1636, with a fair wind ; but parted com- pany, and ultimately reunited on the coast of New- foundland, on the 26th of July. It was on the 10th of August, the festival of Saint Lawrence, that he fii-st made a suffkient entry into the great river of Canada, to see that it was filled with islfuids and led for a con- siderable depth into the land. In honor of this Saint, therefore, on whose festival it was thus far entered for the first time, the name of Saint-Lawrence was given to the gullf or inlet, and subsequently extended to the river of which this was the outlet into the sea. ?^'om hence they proceeded upwaitls by the Island ol Anticosti, then advanced as far as the river Saguenay, which they entered on the 1st of September, and reached on the 6th the isle^ux-Ooudres, or Isle of Filbertfl, so called from the abundance and large sire of the nuts found by them there. Beyond this, they came to the present Island of Orleans, named, however, by Oartier, the Isle of Bacchus, from the number of Aines with which it abounded, and on the tth of Sep' tember, 1536, he firet saw the pi'omontory to ^e dorth^est of the island, which forms the present site of Quebec. j ,.,/ QUEBIO IN 1535 There was then, on this spot, an Indian town named Stadacoha, and the chief of the ti-ibe then occupying it, called Donnacona, came, accompanied with twelve f 120 tons, nirilUm, of ilo on the rted com- t of New- le 10th of tt he fiii»t »f Canada, for a con- liiiB Saint, r entered euce was extended o the sea. Island of (agnenay, Lber, and r Isle of arge size his, they howeverj umber of h of Sep" y to Hie • present a named cupvinfr ti twelve — 116 — canoes, with eight Indians in each, to pay their visit to Cartler's squadron. These advances were received in a kindred spirit Ky Cartier, who wont into Donna" cona's canoe, pai-took of bread and wine with the Indians, and made every one pleased with themselves and with each other. Hero, therefore, Cartier deter- mined to wintei ; and finding, in the small river Saint- Charles, which joins the. Saint-Lawrence a little lo the north of the promontory of Quebec, a safe and good place for that pm-pose, he moored his vessels hero, on the 16th of September. The description of this—the first description of Quebec ever given, as written by Cartiei', i-eads as follows : FIRST DIBSCHIPTION bp QUEBlO "Tliere is a gwdly, fair and deleotable bay, or creek, convenient^nd fit to haybour ships. Hai-d by, thew is, in that j^iver^ one place very narrow, deep and swift running, but it is not the third pai-tofa league y over against which, there is a goodly high piece of land, with a town therein. That is the place and abode of I)oan«cona j it is called Stadacona ; under which town, towards the north, the river and port of the HolyCK)8s (now SaintrCharies) is, where we staid from the 15th of September, 1636, until the 16th of May, If 36; and there our ships remained dry." PIBST WINTER AT QUEBEC The fUtther progress of CJai-tier from hence up the river Saint-Lawrence as far as Hochela^ with a small number of his trlen, while the rest was left to ibke n m m •I ^ K — 116 — caieoftheshipi swell known, and it remainB only to b« added, tl»t after loosing 26 persons of t^e exnedi tion fVom Bcurvy and cold, and the health of all the rest, save .three, being greatly affected by the severity of the climate, they returned to Prance in July, 1636 carrying with them the chief Donnacona and tw'> other Indians of rank, all of whon^were wejl receivr i by the king of Prance, and treated with so much kind ntes as to become entirely re(5onciled to their fato. ' ' - . 'I CAATItB Alfjp BOBlBTAt As every sWessive voyage made from Europe to this quarter of the globe seemed to incrwiee the general interest felt in its f^itore settlement, 9p on the termi- nation of this second expedition of Cartier, a third was 8«t on fiMt, of^ich Jean Friftigois d^ la Boque lAe Lord of«oberval, in t^icardy, wA& tohave the civil and miKtary command, atad of wWch CTaHier waste have thp maritime commatid. (The fleet consfeted of five' shjfj^ and the whole coat of tifeir outm wte pro- Tided for by the king: Hiey sailed from Saint-Malo on the «tol of May, 1541, and dW niMfrWiehtheport of Sainte-Oroiz, in the river Sahit-OlMtine^ til! ihe «3nl of August, Bobervai not joining the it Hi^ *!!. Oartit. liow amended the Salnt-Lawreriie^ in ooats a second time, and fiieed his new winter quarters at tite motith of the river which empties itaaelf into the Saint-Law- rence at Cape Bouge, about nine mites above Sainte" '^i^ 5ere he built two forts, on^. 91L a ^iwjl, ^rith tf: watw, ^nd another on the top (^ *the hm. with ^emaiiiB only th of all the tho sevofity » Julj, 1636, na and tw> 7e}\ receivr I » much kind- leir fato. n SuTQpe to » 'the general n the termi- ier, a third lei la Roque, ave the civil •tier was to consfetedof \M wte pro* l^{nt>-l[alo i the piort of iV ihe Wn II. Oarlit. » a second ; tire motith Saint-Law- ove Sainte' h^iwijl, fith a hill with 1001^9 one I — in- to the other, calling the port Chai-leibourg Royal He thon proceeded up as'high as Montreal, examining the nv«r and the rapids ii^ his way, and descended to (- (lar^cabourg.Royal for his winter quai-ters ; fi-om 'v 'lere, when the spring carae, he set out to a^tui vi to Fiance. In the meanwhile Roberval, who had failed in his engagement to accompany Cartier, had left France in April, 1{42, with thtee large ships and two hundred persons, as settlers for the first French co- lony to be founded here, and in the rpadstead of Saint- John's, in Newfoundland, Cartier, on his return voyage, met Roberval on his outward enterprise. Cartier pur- sued his voyage to Prance, where he soon afterwards died, while Boberval proceeded to Canada and esta- blished at the position last, left by Cartier at Cape Rouge. He remained here for one winter, returned to Prance in 1643, engaged in the wars of the time bet- ween his sovereign and Charles the Fifth, and six ye^ afterwards, having got together a large num- ber of sottlei-s willing to ti-y their fortunes in 4e New World, ho, with his brother, left Prance for Cfinada, but the Heet in which they sailed was never heard of more. Fiasy TlilT OP OHAIf PLAIN )m this time,;iip & li^D?, a pwiS^^ri^-e {haii a ceiitury, there wei - several vo;|rAges of minor interest and iinpoi-tance that took place, one of taBoche, aaother of Pontgrav^ and- another of Chauvin ; but ^^,/*»!p>rwnt results were produced by ttiem. In 1«03 however, the celebrated Cliamplain, who had sei-ved i ■ '^ r hi i — 118 — in tho West Indies with great honour, was appointed to command a new expedition to Canada ; and in his voyage up the Saint-Lawrence, it is said that he ex- pressed himself deeply impi-essed with the excellence of the position now occupied by Quebec, and formed his intefltion to make it the site of a town or settle- ment of the French. This was not effected, howevej-; until five years afterwai-ds, when on due examination of the promontory calfed Cape Diamand, the river Saint-Chai'les and the fine deep and spacious harboui- formed hisre by opposing shoies and the Isle of Orleans, he determined to fix on this spot the capittfl ofthe new empire of the West, to be called New France ; and on the third of July, 1608, he here laid the foiidations ofthe present city of Quebec, the oldest of North America, save St Augustine, in Florida, and Jamestown, in Virginia. ■A"^.! THE FIRST HABITATION As a site for the first permanent habitation ofthe French in Canada, Champlain selected that point of land jutting out in the Saint Lawi-ence and now occu. pied by Notre-Dame and Sous-le-Fort streets. This habitation was erected on the present site of the church of Notre-Dame de la Victoire, in the Lower Town. The pencil of Champlain, says Parkman, always regardless of proportion ahd perspective has presei^ed the semblance of the "habitation." A strpng wooden wall surmounted by a galery loop- jioled for musketry enclosed three huiJdings, contain- ing quarters for hinw^lf and his men, together with a a« appointed ; and in hit; d that he ex- le excellence and formed vn or settle- 3d, however, examination d, the river ous harbour the isle of t the capitjfl called New he here laid c, the oldest Florida, and ation of the hat point of 1 now occu. reete. This site of the I the Lower Farknian) jpective has ation. " A ^alery loop- :s, contain" ther with a — 119 — court-yard, frOm. one side of which rose a tall do^e-cot like a holfry. A nioat surrounded the whole, and two or three stnall cannons were planted on salient plat- forms towards the river. There was a large magaaino near at hand, and paM of the adjacent ground was laid out as a garden. TBM PIB8T MrssiONARlES In 1613, Champlain ^filled for France and returned in 1615, accompwii^ by three priests and a fria* of t^eBecolUrts' order. Father Dolbeau was charged with the construction of a chapel in the Lower-Towas whwe they were located, and by the end of June, ho had the satisfaction of celebrating the first mass in this Kttle chapel. In the fall of 1619, the Becollets laid the foundations of their monastery on the bank of the Saint-Charles, on theground no»w occupied by the General Hospital. There they undertook to educate the young Indians and preach the Oospel to the'sava^e tribes of Kew France. *ir< FIRST SMTLER Louis Hebert, a droiruist imn Paris, was the first immigrant coming to Canada with the intention of becoming a permanent settler. Ho came to Qaebec with Champlain in 1617. It was he who introduced farmmg into the colony. For that purpose, he ob- tained the piece of land forming the eastern extre- mity of the promontory. Including the ground whei-e the French OathAdml And Kar«*inoi.v' ts-'^'-A -'^- s ^..v.f.i^«rjr wci-e «ui«rwarc(s erocted and actually stand, together with the land ^•^t m m ii *! I » n — 120 — extending from Sainte-Famillo street to the Hotel- Dieu convent, on Charlevoix and Palace streets Hebert made his first during in the summer and fall of 1617, on the ground now occupied by the garden of the Seminary and the Grand Battery. In the next Bjpring, he sowed in small quantity the first cereals that were raised in Canada. In 1619, he built for the residence of his familly the first private habitation erected in the colony. The cedar foundations of this house were discovei-ed some years ago by abbdLa- verdidro n^arthe door leading from the Seminarv to the garden. He also built another house and a mOl at ihe point ^ere Ferland and Saint-Flavien streets tall mto Garneau street. Hebsrt's wife and his daught- er were the first eui-opean women who came to Que bee, where they arrived with him in 1617. One of their THE FIRST MARRIAGE daughters was, in the fkU of 1618, man-ied to Etienne Jonquet, a native of Normandy. The ceremony was performed by father Le Garon and it was the first marriage which took place in the colony. The first mariage vthich took place in New England, that of Edwaixi Winslow to Susannah White, was celebrated at Plymouth on the 12th of May 1621, or nearly three years later. * . . "^ ' CHATEAU SAINT-LOUIS In 1620 Champlain brought out his wife, Helene BoulH tlien twenty-two years of age, to Quebec with three waiting inaids. In the same year, he built on — 121 — the ground now occupied by the eastern extremity of Dufforin Ten-ace, a wooden structure to which he gave the name of Saint-Louis Caatle. He caused a i-oad to be opened between the castle and the habita- tion in the Lower Town. This i-oad now forms Notre- Dame, Mountain Hall and Port streets and was the first highway opened in Canada. i'lRflT PRBNCH BIRTH ^ Guilmette, the second daughter of Louis Heljert, was m.nrvied on the 1st of August lf521 to Guillaume Couillard. The first child bora in Quebec was Eusta- che, son of Abraham Martin and Margaret Langlois ; he was christened on the 24th of October 1621. This Abi-aham Martin, the first pilot on the Saint-Lawrence, settled on a lot of land forming, under the french regime, pai-t of what is presently known m the Plains ofAbrahmy which derive their name from that of their first owner. In the summer of 1622, the benevolant Madame de Champlain realised what living at Quebec really meant for Bui'opeans. The fierce L-oquois landed in thirty c^oos close to the settlement ; a lai-ge band of these ferocious warrioi-s hovered about Quebec. Cham- plain and most part of his men being absent, women and childi-en all shut themselves up in the fort. The Recollet convent on the banks of the St. Chai-les was assailed; the friai-s forUfled themselves, Whilst some prayed in the chapel, the rest, with their In- dians, manned the walls. The Ii-oquois respected their redoubts and dAmiJntiAa arxA •n,H.\.A „ti — 125 — ?! the 16th of October 1690, and immediately demanded he Hurrendei. of the city, in the name of WilJiam Kmgof ijngland. Frontonac, the old fi-onch governor' 1] rejoined that he did not recognise any other King of rtnoT /^'^ "' ""^ that William, in whose name Ph.pps had demanded the surrender of Quebec was only a usurpoi-. On being requested by the officei- to give an answer to the summons in writing, courft l^rontenac haughtily refused, saying that he would transmit his reply to the English commander from the cannon s mouth. The messenger was reconducted to his boat, and soon after his return to the English admira 8 ship, the batteries of the lower t^wn opened fire on the fleet. One of the first discharges brought down a flag trom Phipps' own vessel, whrch dropped I'lto the river, and immediately several young Cana- dians, leaping into the water, swam out for it undei fare and conveyed it ashore. On the 18th, the troops were landed, under mafop Walley, near the mouth of the Saint-Charles river, and the ships of the squadron opened a cannonade against the city. The garrison guns replied vigou- ro«8 y and their fire was more effective Jhan that of he Eiighsh. Observing this, Phipps drew off, but renewed the bombardment on the following day until "oon, by which time he saw clearly that his hopes of success were gone. In the meantime the troo^ af ^^ tempted an advance through. the slime and mud along the banks of the Saint-Chai-les. Some severe sknmish.ng oceniTcd on the land. The results of these partial conflicts were generally favorable to the Fiench mihlia and volunteers. F,.>m time to time 'Mi ! m ^^^Hl ''m^hu ^^^^^^^^^^H ^^^1 l9g< ■ ^H'H 1 ^^■K . ^^^^^^^^^H I • — 126 — reBselsofthe hostile fleet came within range of the land batteries and fired upon the city. These attoeks continued until the night of the 20th, when it was decided^ by a council of war, held on boai-d the admi. i-al's ship, that fiirthor attempts to capture the place would be useless, and might pi-ove dtoastrous to the entire force, as the ships were much damaged, and the situation of the ti-oops under Walley had become critical. AccoMingly, amidst much conftision, and leaving behind them five or six pieces of artaltery which had been taken on shoi-e, the soldiei-s re-em- barked, and on the following day the discomfited ex- l)edition passed out of sight down the river. IVorite- nac despatched a i-eport of his victoiy to the court of France, and the king ordered a medal to be struck in commemoration of the valiant and successful defease of Quebec. For the same purpose a new church, with the appellation of Notre^Dame de la Victaire, was erected in the Lower Town, where it still exists. CAWURE OF QUEBEC IN 1Y59 The great sti'uggle for the possession of Quebec was reserved, however, for a later period, 1Y69. The war of 1166, between the English and the French, led to extensive military opei-ations on the American continent, where the French had established a line of militai-y posts, from the entrance of the Samt-lAw. rence to the valley of the Mississipi. At the head of this gi-owing military power of the French in AwMirica stood Quebec, its age, its size, its strength and its position all combining to give it precedence as the tl — I2T — scat of empire in the west. Ita «duotion became theB„tu.h; "ccoMingly a p,a„ of combined opera! tion^ the first idea of which was suggested by Gover- nor Pown.1, ofMass«ch,«etts, to Mr. Pitt, w^ deter- mined on by wh.ch soveml joints shonld be attacked rlrr J" P<'™""T '**'*'"'?'*"' e«n«™l Amherst was to attack Port r.c„„de.^a and Crown Point on L,4e Cliamphun, from New York ; Sir William John- ^alIey of the Mohawk, was to attack Niagara and if »«ccessfnl descend to Montml ; and General Wolfe supported by a „av«l as well as a militaiy foree, was to conduct the attack on Quebec. In persuance of this plan, General Wolfe sailed from Sprthead, in Enghmi, Vith a portion of the ti-oops to be phced under his command, joined by the ships ofwarjnder rfmiral Saunders, on the nth of Febra- a.y, 1Y69. They rendezvonsed at Hallftx, where they were joined by other i-egiments, making the whole land f,^e 8,000 men. It was not till tht 6th of Jtine that they sailed for the Saint-tawi^nce, nor until the 2tethofthe same mmith that they anchored ' off the Isle , Oanadu lued firm As it wag m Quobee kll Canada ined, and generals, eod from from iko bee river I by the eV, Moi^- t in the — 131 — 'jK^'^'^'^'^fu®?*^"'^""' penetrated with 1,100 men fr^ *^\*!»-««t«o^ the Kennebec and Chaudi^re ilfl^K f V '/"^ *"*'^"^* ^''' atPointe-Levis, on he embarked his men in thirty-four canoes, ei.«sed fo oTJIVe^M' ^T'«'^}^« '^^"'^"^ took ,3osBes«ion ofttT I'S*^ 'f^'"'" "" ^^'« Foye road and of the General Hospital. On his aiTival, Montgomery t^k the command of the united forces and established h.s head quarters at Holland House, whilst Arnold - occupied a house near Scott's Bridge, on the road to The amerioan troops established themselves in every house near the walls in St. Koch suburb, especially They maintamed the siege during the whole month of c^t?b"v^hJ '"*'r"' ^''^--^to reduce he all^- .K T"'' 5«"^^«"^«^T resolved on a night finding the garrison unprepared at some point. This was communicated to General Carlton wh^ prepared everything to prevent a surprise. ^ ^ At last, early in the morning of the 3 Ist of December Montgomery and his New-York troops odvanccd^ix^m he wes by the road following the ftot of the cZ from Silerj, whilst Arnold came from the, Genei^ Hospital through St. Roch, towaixls the Lower Town he two parties having onler to meet at the fo^H;- .Jountam street to forge Prescott gate. To Ikcmtate the meeting of the troops and the storm^of fh! gate, two faint attacks on tho w«.f J^T^.^ f. ^**! the attention of the garrison " "''''*'** — 132 — When Mohtgomery ai-rived with his 100 men at Pri9-de- Ville, opposite the^jlacc whei?e m inacHpUon commemorates his death, he found the i-oa4 intercepted and commanded by a battery of three sm^l gp^nn placed in a shed to the south of the pa90. l^,po6t was entrusted to SO Canadians, 8 Isritish miUti^wn and 9 british seamen to work the guns. At dajr.bi?^i, some of the guard discovered a full eoi^g on the mar«h from Wolfe's Cove upon the post. The men had been kept under arms and in pursuance of judicious awan- gements the enemy was allowed to approach unmo- lested within a small distar.ce. They halted at about fifty yaiHls fron| the ban-ier, and the guawi roraaining perfectly still, it was pi-obaWy concluded that th^y were not on the alert. To ascei-tain thi», aju offieca- was seen to appi-oach quite neai* to the barrier. After listening a moment or two, he returned to the body and they instantly dashed forward to the attack of the post. This was what the guto-d expected; the ai-tillery men stood by with lighted matches and at the critical moment the fire of the guns and musketry was directed with dreadly precision against the head of the advancing column. The consequence was a precipitate retreat. DSATH OP UONTOOHBRY Tlie enemy having retii-ed, thirteen bodies W4»rc found in the snow, but it was not ascertained that Montgomery had been killed until some hours ftfter- wai-ds, when General Carlton, anxious to ascertsiin the fact, sent an -" ' " . .. ~ . aide-de-camp to the Seminary to ■CH,\|l 00 mem at inscription interc«ipte(l aasAl g^ns Tlbwipost tmlitiiuaptAn th«inaf£h 1 had been &m ai'i-an- fioh mnQo- 1 at about reraaim&g thu-t tbjey an officer ier. After the body ^ackofthe e ai'tiliery he critical itry was lead of the irecip;itate Ue» w«rc ined that lureaAer- nrUm the — 133 — il^'^y^''[^l^^^'^<^^^ omcevB there prisoners would identify tJie body. A field officer of Ai-nold's division consenting, he accompanied the aide-de-camp to the scene of the ax^tion and pointed out ]M[ontgomery's body among the dead, beside those of his two aides- de-c^p. The body of Montgomery was then carried to a house on St. Lewis street, and decently entered near the gate of the same name. In the meantine, Arnold attacked the north eastern side of the Lower Town with desparate courage, but with no more success. H^ led his men along the St Charles until he came to Sault-au^Matelot, where a bamei- ha4 been erected with two guns. St. Paul street did nqtexist then, tJie tide coming up nearly to the base of the rock and tbe only path being the narrow^alley now existing in rear of St. Paul street under the precipice itself. Here the visitor will find a jutting rock where was the first bai-rier. Aj-nold wa» leading the attack on this barrier when he was wouwled. at th^ knee by a musket shot, which desa- t>m him : he was transported to the General Hos- pital. ABlfOLD's DIVISION MADB PEISQNERS However, his troops.made themselves masters of the barrier and pressed on to the attack of the second one neai- the extve^uty of Sault-au-Matelot street which with, that of St Peter street, was protected by means ofhiuignrds mounted with cannon, from the rock to the river. At this second barrier, the Americans met With a determined resistance which they could not ■M n a,-. — 134 — overcome, and General Carlton having oi-dered a soi-tie from Palace Gate to take them in rear and their rear guard, under captain Dearburn, having surrendered, the division of Araold demanded quarter and were brought prisoners into the Upper Town. The officers were confined in the Seminary. In this unsuccessful attack, the Americans lost about one hundred killed and wounded and 426 prisoners. 5*»^. THE SIEGE RAISED ' ' ' ' ' ■ ■ . The siege now, resumed its former character of a blockade without any event of importance until Mai-ch, when the Americans received reinforcements that increa-od their number to near 2000. In April Arnold was relieved by brigadier general Wooster. His army now approached the ramparts and reopened their fire with no more success than before. In the night of the 3rd of May they made an unsuccessftil attempt to destroy the ships in the Cul-de-Sac, with the intention of pro- fiting by the confusion to attack the walls by escalade. Then, giving up all hopes of success, they became im- patient to return to their country and on the 5th of May general Thomas, who had succeeded Wooster, called a council of wai' in which it was resolved to raise the siege at once and pi-oceed to Montreal. Theyimmedia. tely began their preparations, and broke up their camp in the next forenoon atid retreated with precipi- . tatibn after having blockaded the city for over five months. M I a 801*116 heir rear endered, nd were 3 officers iccessful 3d killed ter of a Mai-ch, ts that AiTiold is army leir Are the 3rd destroy of pro- icalade. me ira. of May ailed a ise the media. I their irecipi- €r five — 135 — QUEBEC FIVE TIMES BE SIEGED Since that siege, no hostift "banner has been dis- puted before Quebec, which is remarkable among the Cities of J^orth America for having been five times mvested by regular forces : 1« in 1629. when it was captured by Kirke ; 2o in 1690, when it successful ly resisted the attack of Phipps; 3o in 1759, when after the battle of the Plains of Abraham it was once more captured by the English j 4o in 1160, when Levis vamly attempted to reconquer it, and 5o in 1*775, when after having been stormed and blocka^led for over five months by the Americans, these were compelled to abandon their expedition in despair. Thus far, the history of Quebec has been briefly sketched, from the first voyage of Cartier, in 1534 and Its fii-st founding hy Champlain, in 1608, up to its last defense by General. Carlton, in 1T76, since which no mihtaiy operations of importance have been con- ducted here. AH else belongs to its civil history and condition, and this will be best exhibited by a des- cri^Uon of Quebec as it is at the present moment, with such notice of its principal establishments, as may be necessary to i-ender that description complete. PRESBNt CONDITION The sitaatioa of Quebec is highly advatttagoous,. in H cofeMiKeiffiial as well asa miUtary pointof view, and it* appeartooe is v«iy imposing, from whatever auw'ter It i« approached. Though at a di».t«nne of qra ^:i.„ tiom the sea, the magnificent river on which it is seated is three miles in breath a little below the town, ^m = Ml — 136 — ■and narrows into about a mile in breadth immediately ^ o the citadel, havin,. on both these partes sufficient depth of water for the largest ship i,v the world-a nse and fall of twenty feet in its tides-and space enough in its capa^-ious basin, tetween Cape Diamond on the one hand, and the Isle of Orleans on the other, to afford room and anchorage for a thousand sailofvesselsatatime, sheltered from all wind and perfectly secure ! A small .iver, the St-Charles, has its junction with the St-Lawrence a little to the north of the promontory of Cape Diamond, xvhich in its high- ej.t point rises 3$0 feet above the river and presents almost perpendicular cliffs towai-ds the water. DiVISrONS OF THK CITY The city i8 built from the watei-'s edge, along the loot of those cliffs, round the point of the promontory and ascending upwai-ds from ther.ce to the very bor- ders of the citedel itself, which is built on the summit of Cape Diamond. It is dovided into Lower and Upper Town, the former including all that is below the ramparts, or fortified lines, the latter comprehend- ing all that is above and within that barrier. Begidea those, ttiere are two large suburbs, separated from the Upper Town by th6 ramparte, viz. St-John's Suburb, built- on the declivity of the high lands e^ttending tow- ards the west, beyond the fortiic«t««n8,««lSt-B«A'8 Suburb, between the cliff and the right |«nk of the St- Oharles, the only portion of the whole that is built on level ground. These suburbs are inVbited almost exclusively by the French. Beyond the suburb of St m mediately ese parts lip iiv the idee — and een Cape rieans on thousand vind and 38, has its north of itfl high presents Jong the aontory, ery bor- summit ver and is below >rehend- Besides romihe Suburb, ng tow- -Boeh's ■the St- built on ainiOHt b of St. — 137 - Koch lies the town of Saint-Sauveur, which forms a sepai^te mnnicipality, bnt may be considered to all montsa.forniingpart of Quebec. The form of the city IB that ,f a triangle, the base towai^s the Plans oUMr *^««^-^«-~dSt-Charlcs upo" THE STKEBTS Tho plan of the city h as irregular asthcKroatest eunemy of symmetry could desire. The steenH „ ■ the wcent fl-omthe river ,„ the plain ZvcT^o doubt one ca«^ of this, because it was only ly mak Zy^Zt'V'"^'' "''"'"'' *"" tortiTsThat iney could be got over at all ; but besidfi* *i.;o +i -equalities in the surface, eve'n of'thXpefT;:'" Mreets, while the lai-go space occupied by the old "l-g-ous ^blishments, still further eurtoUiltrhe rnesm different directions, so cut up thrth"«r«. ««t Uiere „ not perhaps a single sLt inQ„eS which can compare, in length, breadU, or «ene™Un Jttontrea With the exception of those of St-Boch's -aburb, the sfeete of Quebec are, therefore, ZZl, short, nar.,ow, crooked, steep, wretchedly p^vX ttc center and poorly provided with side-walks Ti,» • Ct"; ™r '^ ir^"" <'-«tteT.™hi^i'i beauty, ™ her small and incommodious : some few are ofwood, a certain nnmhe.,„fK.;efc '- W ^ ■ but the great^at .-mbcrareof rou^th'e^nttreti'h ••ooft principally covert with shZ of t5«n. The ■■!»■. i::.' It ■fe ml — 138 — shops are small and inferior, in the extent and variety of their contents, to those of Montreal. The public buildings are scattered over the city with so much irregularity, that their position seems to be as much the effect of accident as design. Several of them, however, are so prominently placed and ad- vantageously seen, that they relieve in some degree the general monotony of the mass of ordinary houses and are thus far ornemental to the town ; while the spires of the ehui-ches; the dome of the new Govern- ment buildings^and other elevated |x)ints rising from the genei-al sm-fUce, with their tinned roofs glittering in the sun, give a liveliness and variety to the picture presented by the city, fromeverj po'int of view, which no other place in Canada, and indeed few places on the globe present. The city, hicluding the suburbs, contains about 180 streets, amongst the principalof >vhich are the follow- ing- Saint-ljmis street, which extends ftom the Place dAnB«8, neai- Bariiam Terrace, to Saint-Louis gate, within the walls. It is occupied in a great part by lawyer's offices and priimte dwsellings, «id exclusively by the latter, wiiiioae the fortifications. It is the ara- tocratic street of Quebec. Siaht-John street extends from Fabrique street, in the Upper Town, to Saint-Jobn's gate. Within the fei-ti- fications, and frsom thence, withont, to the tdll^te whi^ separates it from Jthe Saint-Foye road. It is fiarsllel to cssitit^liours stfeet and provided wilfi a street milway. ^. and vari(6ty or tho city ition 8061118 gn. Several jecl and ad- omo degi*eo ary houses while tho i\v Govorn- ising from i glittering iho picture iew, which ' places on — 139 — paf^irTt^oV" *^n^'^^^' '^^""' '^ ^^« P-- Cr« • '*^' ^* '^ ^'^ *^^« «t'-««t that the metLrX""rr ^^^*^^ -OS. part of the merchants offices are situated. It is continued tow- ards the north-west by Saint-Paul street. subui b, which it devides into two equal parts It is rweliJslndl, ''/^'' T"!*^^ ^^ '^' private S^^J^^ K '^^'^ *"^ P''^^^^^ ^i*h a street ^te^r^K "" ^'' "' **^^ Saint-Valier ^ree., S and Saint-Peter sti^ets, to the foot of the reckon which the citadel is built. '■'■. ■Si* I about 180 the foUo^r- the Place miis gate, * part by Kclusively 8 tho ai*is- street, in itheibi'ti- toll^te ad. It is 1 witfi a POPULATION Qnofec according to the census token in April 188l contains 11.63 square miles, or 7,836 acres The t^al S'^^^f ?^ f ise2,446'souls, dividL thl males 28 923; females 33,523, There are 9,776 married males «d9A6rmarried females, repi^senting^p^ hZ^^' "'""f'^*"^"^'*''* »»'^*«' condition^of ■ ortZ T . ™, "' ?^'' ""Softo-- making a total wife OflKMi"™ '"^'' ""y ""«■" "^'•'"'t''' h^band or hew ?o^jif "»'"«' »'"^ri«i I«™ons,th. returns Z7Jf:^f T^^ ""'' ^'-^^ females,-a total of i>5^,o78 souls. OPfemilj«» fK*ir **»««« »~. w! If ^' according to the figures of the census, but two shhnties (tempoiaiy dwellings,) 9,167 inhabited f-M m — 140 — ho«se«,^442 uninhaWtod l,o„«„s, and of ,.„„,«« bcin,, With roganl to leligiou ii. Quebec city, tlie rotmn »how«oAdvenU«t», 119 Baptists, 55 Jv;„ w n S" Church of E„g,„„,|, 101 Co„g,.ogatio„aIi«tM8 D^ pics 4t Jow., 17 Lutheran,,, 765 Church -if Ca„„" Mothod.«t., 118 Episcopal Methodists, „„ P,,ga ' 1,228 Church of Canada Presbyterian;, 3 Refo™. Pmbyl»ria„,, 217 Protestants, 1 Quake • 1 UniS 2 Umversa list.,, 2 ranking under the he^ ot ' oZr Denommafpus, " 5 no religion, and 22 whose faith not g,ven. The origins of the people are thus stated we have 7 Africans.. 3,437 En'^H^, 46^44^, lews 6T'-"'n' '"'-''^ ^"''^- 83 Italians, 35 WcK ,f« " "?'' ^''""''' «' Scandinavian, 1,68;! Scotch, 12 SpanrnMs, 2 Swiss, 23 Welsh, 59 ^r ou, o her or,g,ns and 102 whose „ation«Iit; is not Z nished. The birth places of the people of Qaetee d v are thus put: 672 England and Wales. 2,875 Ireland 309 Scotland, 7 Prince Edwa.^ Island, 46 Nova sltTa 61 Now-Brunswick, 67,566 Quebec, 274 Ont^^ ^i ot: BHf b ^^"^-»'"»''. 2 Channel Isla^r2 ?.*, ^ « Po^^ss'ons, 133 France, 38 German^, 19 My, 10 Russia and Ppland, 13 Spain and PortLi 29 ol ' r™^ *'"' ^^"""'*' 210 United State ' 29 other countries, 2 " at sea," and 97 whose place ^ nativity is not given. '^ The^«;ato of Quebec has increased as follow,: 9 000 ™ " persons in 1620,-7,000 in 1720,- 9,000 in 1759,— 19.880 in tS1«l?_9nMe .-^ ,„„," 26,916 in 1831,- 59,699 in 1871 and 62,446 in 1881 ty, the returns f^'i'ee Will Bnp- atholics, 3,328 iilists, 18 Diwi-' rch -of Canada 1, no Pagans, ', 3 Rofonnod 1*, 1 Unitarian, •ad- of " Other whoso faith is ■e thus stated : ►,444 Frcncli, 3 Italians, 3o navian, 1,68;{ i, 59 various y is not fin-- f Quebec city ,875 Ireland, Nova Scotia, t Ontario, 2 Islands, 25 Germany, 19 nd Portugal, nited States, hoso place o.l' as follows '■ ) in 1'720,— 44a m 1881, — 141 -. whioh makes an increase of 2,747 for the last ten years TRADE OP QUEBEC 1880- 0M48997 All'ttl ^ ^'^^^''^^ 1881 l2i^r^^o 4,242,775 10,731,772 Th « ' '^^^ 4,507,530 16,674,408 •not mclude the large coasting trade carried on wifh the portfl of the Maritime Pi-ovinces The following figures, for the year 1881 show the shipping trade of the ])ort. SHIPS ENTERED INWARDS FROM SEA British... 286 C«naargoes. British l^R Canadian UZ '^a'wf- . ., . Ppj.-.- -"Y 0^951 Mn ballaftt. .469,359 170,622^ Fo Totals. .194 .783 129,154 S -. fi i' 11 I'l vessels ...... 802.186 tons. — 142 — \ SHIPS ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR MEA Number of vessels Number of tons ^»"i^i»h 608 619,080 Canadian... 112 72 774 Foreign.... 231 ..155,761 '^^^^^^ 851 vessels 847,615 tons. The aggregat3 tonnage, rawai-ds and outwai-ds, was 1,649,801 tons. The apparent discrepancy between tlie total of the tonnage inwoHs and that of the tonnage outwai-ds is accounted for by the fu3t that several ships ta-mging cargoes for Montreal are intered inwai-ds at this port, and return for outwai-ds cargoes to Quebec where they are loaded with products of the forest and entered for their outwai-ds voyage. "TU Citadel occupies the crown of the hill, called Cape Diamond, the almost pei-pendicular face of which 18 presented towai-ds the river St-Lawrence, in the narrowest pai-t of the stream, and therefore, opposes a formidable bai-rier to the passage of any vessel, up or down should it be desired to prevent them. The hill, which is a mass of dark-coloured slate, abounds with quarts crystals found in veins, of great brilliancy, and hence its name. Cape Diamond. It is 350 in height above the river, steep on all sides towai-ds the stream, which washes its base, on the north, the east and the / south, and level towai-ds the west, wiiere the Plains of Abraham form a high table-land, even Avith the top most height of the citadel and extending for sever ral miles in a westerly direction. The citadel isabout 200 feet above the general level of the Upper Town and that ing f ing SI iaiid. ^; Wh< rist sh Ht. La\ waterir year v soeking M hich visit to •lovvn ( order t( laiidscaj In on !i trip d< worth, a ^Toxirnal 4EA twaifls, was between the he tonnage Bveral ships inwai-ds at to Quebec, ! forest and hillj called 5e of which ce, in the , opposes a iBsel, up or The hill, mnds with iancy, and > in height le stream^ it and the ^ he Plains Avith the ; for sever el is about per Town — 143 — iii^- a Hpaeo of rnaiiv miir>u • '"^ '^^<^^ «n(l cover- . THE LOWER ST. LAWRRXOE AND When ho lias reached and vWtcil 0„„i .,. 'ist should not omit to take T , ""' *'"' 'o"- ■St. Lawrence and ply^^^^: Z "' I^ '"'^«' yoar visited by thousand and .hou4n7 of T "^"'^ sooking pleasure an,l the improvemrtof ft^ ?"^""^ «:>.ich they neve., fail to finS ^ 1™/!:"' ''"°''';^ visit to Quelle should l» incomnle „^ 1 "■ ^ 'I'Hvn the St. Lawrence Ttes. •"" -"•™.-th, and how it i, n,X 1! .®''«""'"'>' "^«" i« 'i ! ,^|l: pIJ of the Kassachusoit Press Association after an oxciir- 8ion to those places : — OFF THS SAQUENAY The crowning feature of the excursion was a trip up the romantic Saguenay river. The party left Quo- bee Tuesday morning in the fine steamer Saguenay. Captain Michel Lecoura, of the St. Lawrence Steam Navigation Company's lino, which maintains almost daily communication Avith Ha ! Ha I Bay and Chicou- timi during the season of summer travel. It r Saguenay. renco Steam tains almost and Chicou- It (Chance the present 9 in the best lad already iirsion party >h St. Onge, i.n excellent of the trip, that an ele- ch delicious •ved on the )oats of the een Qaebee ke 8t. Law- y is excee- It upon, Ji adel whidi spires an(i — 146 ^ complete view of Oucbeo in ft,.. ..,"'*'"'• ^ho only bwow the city or fmm M ^ ' l*""^ '^™'» "•» ''"""■ point of the I«l«,,.Tii,, "® sonth-westerly the MonJ^^cy F , ^^^f *'■<' "»"« -" «'■ distant. The Isle of AM'^ ""' '•"'*"' ""o" >««««, „„ri:i:"i'j,^x:'j;;r^MT''- ■""" "; by fine fknns anrl t«Lk ^.^ ^ ^ ^^'^^' *» covered We of Orleans thi stT ""^ '"I""*' ^'"'^ ""o bank, changes gCy Th?!? "'^r*'^ ?'''"« "- south, u. Murray Bay is theh- Z"^ "•"'^ *" ""■■ There «. p„p„4 vi^^ofrtrnort^i, CZ below Q Jebco b^tl. 7?'*""' t'"»'tyfo«r milea tXl^:'M:^ -<'««''<-.nhundred»Stow . . L l,^" '" "«'«• « well populated, and th...» ,.~ -vera. i«g. parishes upon the river bank" TlsieT ",i '>l I'^'i \ — 146 — Kamom-aska, River du Loup ^d fiimouski being of the number. On the north shore the outlayers of the Laurentian nwuntaine approach the river, and there are some precipitous hills which rise from the water's edge, and adown which trickle romantie oapcades. Ste. Anno, the highest of the Laui-entian range seen from the river, is 2687 feet high. It is situated nearly twenty miles from the river, nearly opposite the lower point of the Isle of Orieans. Cape Tourmente, which - rises from the water's edge, twenty-eight miles from Quebec, is a prominent object in the down-river view from Quebec. Its bight is 1919 feet. Cape Gribanne, eight or ten 'miles below Cape Tourmente, is still highei--2ni feet. Cape Maillard is a lesser' peak, which rises near the mouth of the Eiver Bouchard and the little settlement of St. Fran9ois-Xavier. The first stopping place of our steamer is at St. Paul's Bay, a parish of about 1500 inhabitants, at the mouth of the river GouflRre, and opposite the upper part of the Isle aux Coudres, fifty-five miles below Quebec. Back of St. Paul's in the parish of St. Urbain are some iron mines and a rolling mill, not now in opei^tion, and there are said to be some valuable iron deposits on the Isle aux Coudres, which is about six miles long and has a population of about two hundred souls. This island was granted to the ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Quebec as long ago as 1687, and is still heW by them. The next landing place is Les Eboulements, eleven miles below St. Paul's Bay, and sixty-six miles from Quebec. This place has a farming popu- lation of 300 or 400, and is situated near the foot d being of yeraof the and there ihe water's icades. Ste. seen from ed nearly I the lower nte, which liles from river view Gribanne, be, is still ser* peak, Bouchard ier. is at St. its, at the he upper les below ish of St. ing mill, id to be Coudres, [>pulation ) granted ! as long ilements, sixty-six ng popu- the fbot — 147 ~ o^ Moupt JSboulements wh.v.K u of254rfeot/ AswornrnrK T^"' "^^ ^^«^«««" mountain's creft il dS . ^t'^^''^"^""^"*« «-' formations drift aCgS^^^jn^,^^^^^^^ "'-^ fleecv ^t thisplaceandanofh^Vt^t^^^^^^^ ' T' I^-' Quebec, LolL'^tn:; :-^'*^'^^^ ""^^ '-^^.v own j.t in ...itrit Lf t- r ''^ «^^« -idencos are ehiet^lTp^tf^"^^ ^^r""^'"^" I^ Aigle, on either hLI/T.. '^"^ ^"^ ^ape a the former, nlrwl^'^tf^ f ttlempnt, and at ^^ger's Hotel and ihe W^l't" ^^^" ^^'^^^^ -^^ Murray Bay is somr.- i ^ ^'^"^^- Although abactions. '"^ '' »«e of its chief *^i*om. Murrav Untr *u "OmW «™«s to tS^^ola I"*"""' "^« » diagonal I«"pia situated thirty*, t"''«','^''««' KiviA™ d„ d.^ and twelve mi ef f"!!' o "?"' '^'' ""'"»"'■ 'Vhieh i, eit„ated (wot. ^ ^T^' ''''« "'i-go. pier, present, a Z;' eal7"a" '"' "' "'" '<""« approach by tJie river .„T> W""™""^* "" the enhanced orf a ol^ 'i^f"^ «- g-tb' W?ntic falls back of STi^, JJ^? ^^ some >^aterin«TDlace nn ih JC« eight miles below the landi pawyence, is wjuated place at Bivi^i-edeLo six or •up. . — 148 — Thei-e is a large hotel at this place, St. Lawrence Hall, which was formerly kept by Mr. Hogan, of the St. Lawrence Hall. Montreal, but h now in other hands. « w ■ , , A GORGEOTTS SUNSET Fi-om Riviere du Loup the steamer takes a dia- gonal course across the St. Lawrence to Tadoussac, which is situated at the mouth of the Saguenay. The distance between the two pointis is twenty-two miles, the actual wid^h of the river being about fifteen miles. A most glorious sunset was enjoyed on the way over. Leaden clouds hung like a canopy over the St. Law- i-ence, btit the northwesterley shore marked their limit and beyond was the clear sun-lit sky. Deep, black clouds which hung about Ihe mountains off towards Murray Bay seemed to indicate that the sho- wers which had been encountered in the early after^ noon near Mount Bboulements were still playing about the lofty elevations in that direction. A long range of clouds, beautiful in their rounded outlines and snbwy whiteness, hung along the course of the Saguenay and beyond, seemingly marking the courae of the mighty river. Their tops were illumined by the declining sun and were soon flushed with a purple hue as the orb of day sank behind the horizon, while little fleecy masses which were moiH) directly in his path were enriched by still brighter coloring. Added to the enchanting celestial acener^- were the distant blue mountain ridges on the north shore, the broad inajostic river, arid the mimorons islands, which stild Lawrence fan, of the in other — 149 -^ its res a dia- 'adoussac, nay. The vo miles, ten miles, ray over. St. LaW' :ed their ^ Deep, tains off t the sho- ^ly after- playing A long oatlines se of the le course Mi by the a purple •n, while lyin his . Added B distant lich 8titd eSpanso above luid below Biviei-e e lyis been known ofjf «..«<• *i. . . ^' mor and it, aouioes in the early SZT "'" century, and these form tte ll^ Tl ^ * '^*°* »ud topographical de8"rip^„„rw S^i u" Tt Bobcrv-al's ernBHin,v, T T ""* "*""« °f Be »«d se™!^;.™ 'nXl^'t ^r"^ •"«"* forges that one of the vU^a 2d „ .7''" '^^"'^ *••* S^' 1699 Si«„. *iM "'' ^'S*"' "en were lost. In rtlXetafr "chr'';'""'''"''''"^' *» -'"" ^.uther™:' rs: :^ixtrr:t defin^ to ««!^ f T' "^ "'<''« concessions ,vas ueanea to extend from the lower ond nf ti.„ uj. ■ Before entering upon a recital of our n^n .u-..^; ^peiiences upon this mighty river of "tK; "'^^T -uld bo well to glance ft LZJ^'.^"'^ . m — 160 — course of this, the greatest of the tributaries of the St. Lawrence. The Saguenay proper flows from Lake St. John, a lai-ge body of water, of nearly circnlar shape, some forty odd miles across, which is situated just below the 49th degree of north latitude and on the 72d degree of longitude, west. The northerly feedera of the lake rise in the range of mountains which divides Canada from British North America. The waters of Lake Mistassini, which lies a short dis- ^ce north of these mountains, flow into Hudson's Bay. The farthermost sources of the Saguenay are some two hundred miles west of Lake St. John. There are eleven rivers flowing into Lake St. John, and nineteen other tributai-ies add their watei-s to the Saguenay between the lakeiand the St. Lawrence. Of the rivers flowing into that lake, the chief are the Aosuapmoussoin, Mistassini (which has no connection with the lake of the same name), Peribonca, (or Curious river), Ouiatshoanish, and tho Metabetshouan (neai- the mouth of which are the chief settlements originally founded by the Jesuits). Of the thirty rivers which are tributary to the Saguenay, twelve ai-e navigable by canoes. The Saguenay is navigable for ships of the largest class to within nine miles of Chicoutimi, which is ninety-four miles from the mouth, and large steamers have no difficulty in i-ea- ching Chicoutimi, advantage being taken of the tides and of the channel, which is mai-ked by buoys The distance from Chicoutimi to Lake St. John is about sixty miles, and navigation ceases at the Eapids of Tervcs Kompues, about nine miles above Chicoutimi ^herethe tides also end. At Ha! Bta! Bay the 8 of the St. from Lake ly circular is situated ide and oti fl(»'tlierly mountains America. •■ short dis- Hudson's uenay are >hu. There rohn, and i-s to the renee. Of )f are the connection onca, (or betshouan ttlements, he thirty y, twelvfc navigable ' miles of ^m the / in i-ea- the tides ys. The is about iapids of icoutimi, Bay the — 151 — spring tides rise eighteen feet and at the mouth of the Saguenay their height is twenty^ne feet. 'Zl^em course of the river is E. S. %, but it is often dfveTd fi^m a direct course by the Juttirig points of r^k The Saguenay flo^^s betM^eh two mountain n^ other places whei-e no souBdings are had T„dL T. "t of t^. ^"•S«<«-ite, whieh is one of the Wr- rll 1*1'"™'? "o^ing into the Saguenay below Lake St. John, is noted fbr its »atft>n.. nS: ■ t.7 are Inaaml n*'ti,„ .-' . ™™''n nshories, wh eh h^ sTT™ • *'f'™™'"<"'t by Mr. Willis Russell, of delphla ' ""' *^"'""''' "'«' «'•• P-""" of Phila "uioi pomts. They were called Kino-'a P/..* posts were leased to a corimraf 5^,, ^^^ o . » " '^^^ P^»-*^- ^fto Hudson Bav ceased huq m having exist all the old posts about the St. Law in its old foim. •ence and the — 152 — ^uenay haye been discontinued except tliat near Betsiamite, which is on the noith side of the St Law rence about fifty miles below Tadousac. Furs in considerable quantities are carried to Tadousac every spnng and shipped to Quebec by steamer. The Indians who formely occupied the country about the 5?aguenay were the Montagnais, the des. cendante of the powerful Algonquins. Disease and the excessive use of fire-water have depleted the ranks of the red men, and their number is now small. In 1824 here^were altogether not wer 700 of them, a decrease 01 dOO m twenty years. The Sagueliay is generally frozen over fmm the St Louis Isles to the head c navigation about six months ' Z **'^^'^*''- ^^^ "^«^' ^^a« clear of ice this yeai- May 27. There was considerable snow on the mountains as late as June 8, and at the present time a huge patch of snow and ic^ is to be seen on a mountain side a tew miles above Tadoussac. A NIOHT ASCENT OF THE SAGUMNAV _^The Quebec steamers are run on,-.at least the ^o^ay,. which takes a somewhat different course than the others-so that the tourist passes the first mght in ascending the Saguenay. The boat reaches ilA ! JIa I Bay at one or two o'clock in the morning and l,os in there until seven or eight; when it pr,> cee^e up to Chicoutimi, returning to Tadoussacld Riviere d« Loup by day, and from thence passing up tne pt. Lawrence to Quebec durino- f^^ c^^^a - vi.5 This programme was carried on this occasion, with )t tliat near the St. Law- ac. Furs in [ou8ac every the country is, the des- aase and the the ranks of all. In 1824 1, a decrease i"om the St. six months s yeai' May mountains Qc a huge untain side ' least the ent course Bs the first )at reaches le morning ten it pro- )ussac and passing up sion, with — 163 — the ex^ ption that the chief stop was made at Tadous- sac on the i-eturn instead of going up Aswei-ounded out from the harbir at Tadoussac soon after sunset and the steamer pointed her pmw on the river which gave her a name, a severe north- west wmd was encountered. It is a somewhat remar- kable f^ct that the only appreciable winds encountered on the Saguenay are from the northwest or the north- last. The wind on .this occasion was particularly strong and it drove all save a few adventurous spirits from the deck. One of the doors of the pilot house, carelessly left swinging, was tT^-'sted from its hinges ma twinkling by a sudden gust and hurled into fhe water with several tools from which some of the pas- sengers had just retreated. A short distance from the mouth of the river towering cliffs rise upon either side and directly in front. Tete de Boule is a prominent mountain with a rounded top, which appears to rise fi-om the middle of the river several miles above Ta- doussac, but the stream, it is soon found, takes its course to the I^orthwai-d. All the heights about Ta- doussacbear the marks of devastating fires, and far- ther up the Saguenay are seen the effects of a terrible forest fire which occured some sixty yeai-s ago, and which destroyed the timber for a broad extent, and the earthly deposits as well, leaving scarcely anything to which subsequent vegetation might cling. The bii-ch, hemlock are about the only woods found in close proximity to the river, although many other varieties 1 r"'*' " '*^'°"^" «eru 111 great pi-oiusion. Further back on the tributary water coiirsea the forfst giwth IS more profuse, and the lumbering operations, which I iff Mill r m — 1U4 - And fw""'''™ *'"' °"'y ^^'^"^ »'»»« theSag«en>v nna their sources of HimriiTT ,•« *i. . "^*^**'**'"'J , '■•".•eanon ThTmL^^l^ ^T '"''"""'■ ^fthoso oniunos, unti; the huge and mpoBing cliffi at Point Etermty ^ Cap Ete^^ity, ^h;^ rise ~^Xk- i'om th^ water. Wtupon the vie v in^l thetS hke and grim grandenr. Thew pomts^,^^ between eleven and twelve o'clock at niZ Zte «,• J X ^ "*'"' ^^"* ^ » '«w timid ones were detAv o'clock m if n« ?*' ^^-^ Jhich it did aboBt two mer aaiMon was encountered, towing a shin nn the nve^ne of the crafts employed to cfirvSw by Mr Pr,ce, to whomthe little stimer Egl it parts from the " Samson's smokestack mS^' fiery tr^nagaine the dai-k back.g™„„d of the huge clS^ addmg a weir, aspect to the grand spectacle j^Senl^ by the mounts,,, and it« grand surroundings IL\ ! HA ! BAY I des^nli! '? "'*!?"'"' *'"'* ^* ' * ' ^y- <»• tb« Bale ~m. "^"^ *, ""■ '^"' *•'" <"'*lW.tiop, of some of the eariy ejtplorers who entered it by mistake »WP0s.ng it to be the true cou,^ rfthe ril^iSteaS of »n mle% but it is qnitc »e lifei.,, *« i..-^ --'"?*■ tbe Indians who formerly inbabiCrttlS^-^':; the Saguenaj', >ns. Of these U of the river ut her ascent IS and bolder iffs at Point pendicularly their «iant. tvere passed ight on the puld not he ' whom had were deter- K)at tonched about two little Ste^- a ship up iTy lumber longs. The ade a fiery huge eliff > presented 8, f the Baie ryatiops of ' mistake, 31* iijistead L»mp f^-om ntiy and — 166 — fished and hunted about its waters. The phice is t^T^u "" .^''"^. ^"^- '^^^ ^1^«* ^^ '^' Bho^-e« 18 materially changed at this ^yjint, rolling hills with cultivated fields taking the plac^ of the^teep and inaccessible mountains which line the river below Ihere are two parishes on the shores of Ha ! Ha ' Bay, St. Alphonse, where the steanfer lands, contain- ing a population of about 1700, and St. Alexis three miles below, with a population of about 1400. The^ inhabitants are almost all Canadian French, and con sequently Catholics. There is a large churk in each place. Usually, when the steamer roaches Ha ! Ha ! Bay about half the population turns out with caleches to treat the passengers to a ride to St. Alexis, or over the hills back of St. Alphonse, while here aid there an humble descendant of the Algonquin, who know* French but not her mother Indian tongue, offers head- work or basket work for sale. In the present instance not a Bohtery caleche or a solitary squaw invaded the wharf. Either oui- early and unannounced arrival (this was the - Saguenay's " first trip, it will be remembered.) or the fact that everybody was prepar- ing to celebrate St Joh.'s Day, deprived us of a si^ht of the inhabitants. There is a large saw-mill at St Alexis, but of other manufiictures Ha ! Ha I Bav can boast of none. The people generally subsist on their own ressources. In the early fall large quantities of blueberries and some other fruits, with fiu^mproducts are sent to the Quebec market, the amiual shipmenis perhaps, reaching 115,000. These blueberWrrKi!!' grow on tlie neighboring mountain sides in great m;. fusion, are placed in boxes closely ressembling coZ ;!^'-i v*i ^ |«6 — tl*""' ""*'' *"* "<»"»i»ing « bushel or more. Tbe ™ »™ coBunonly ,old at twe„ty-flv. cent* , bo, oerittd communication with «, I H. I B»y, Ctooi «i^i»y 4»y, and thonce aci^ow the couiitvy but in atiru^. '^ ^'^'''*"*"' •"" *■'•' """1 '» 'hen b,t ira LtJIfBlBIKO ON TBI SAOMNAr Of late years there has been a Iar«e increase in tK„ thoueanda upoj, thonsamls of ac^s of the Sa^la ' ^ "• W of^" S ''''"' "'"' " ^""'-"^ ''-"»- Prio. »t i K ^<""'y- ™»Me at Qnebec, John Price at Quebec, and other brothers live ahroid and mnage the Buj^pean branches of the ul^^^^^ fZ^rrT^'^^L"^' ^^' Chicoutimi S, John Bay, Tadonseac, Kimorti, little Bei«en,n„, Eseoumin., and at several other points. Little BeW the St. Lawrence, below Tadoussac. They also have offlces in Quebec and in England. Their blitl^ iZT,Z *•}'" •"""°°» " y^' »■«' '-t VeTh:" tolled th.rty.six ve«,els with Imnber for Enrfand the enterprise of the Mess™. Prici the Saguenay would see but little business life. '»g"e»a.y more. The Thore is ^Yt Cbicoy- I the X^u- B^ent# and ij, but ill transit h I then bf)t ape in the »r the di- »' conta-ol JJaguenaj- known qh •ec, John «>ad and 88. The itimi, St. geronnt^ Bei'ge- jhore of 30 have >usines8 w they n^land. But for guenay OHICOUTIMI Chicoutimi or Shekutimish, as the Indians called it, ,8 a place of between 2000 and 3000 inhabitants, at vl r1. ."'T*^? ^" *^' Saguenay. A chu;ch r«l ^""'W^''! ^y **^« •^^^"i* I^«bro..e as early hs 17^7, and the Indians were converted to Catholicism in large numbers. The Chicoutimi river, which flows from Lake Kenwangomi, empties into tbe Saguenay ut this point over a beautiful fall of forty or fifty feet which 18 in plain view from the steamer wharf At the parish chui-ch which has taken the place of the ancient edifice, high mass was being said in honor of u 1 ^'*^' "^""^ '" ***'''®''^^ localities about the village flags were flying in honor of the day. The steamer " Saguenay, " too was decorated with the English Americain and Dominion flags, the Stars and stripes being shown to Chicoutimi pi-obably for tho tii-st time. DOWN THi SAGUENAY BY DAYLIGHT Our Stay a Chicoutimi was limited to an hour by Uie state of the tide, and at the end of that space, Capt. Lecours turned the steamer's head down the river. The downwai-d trip was pleasanter than that of the evening previous, when we uscended the river in the eyes of a terrific wind. Every inch of the river presents some beautiful scene, but the grandest seen- oiy^Tableau Rocks ; Statue Point, Gap Trinity and Point Eternity—was not reached until the early after- nopn. Dinner had no attractinrm r»nmn«..o.i ,.,.vv ^i Views to be obtained from the steamer's deck, and m — 168 ^ every eye was eti-ained to catoh fKn « * i, ate situated on the southwesterly shore nf fK- • Of putting It down as the lower one Tt ;« « ™"^«f« of solid rock risino. ,„ ♦K ** * mountain p.Bn»cIe rises to from 1600 to 1700 Tt' V^T of the aeeUvitie, of Trinu^ are pZt one^ LT on the second acclivity, is ve^^ clem-ly defined. Thet' aio bettor seen on approaching the cane fW>™ t^ . an fro™ he.0.. Etfrnity ref™ i^ TZ t^h" Shi "f eighteen hund.-ed feet, its sides beingpartly coyef«l nothing but i^ky precipices. It is sarprising. tTsee treesgrewjng where there seems scarcelyWenoTh o.; even sufficient flat surface to which thrift" cfn poui-s, the white dashing watera havino. fi.^ lancc of perfect stilness f„ the dTstanT^Th! ^^l .ain. have filled the mountain lat f::^ streiraC he 8co..es of rivulets and cascades wh^ch areTeen on the descent of the Sagnenay are found Jo we^r their most romantic aspect. The cascade on Z^-1 . Ete™ity is fed byTialce some ^t^ .cre?r„ e" tt/ Between Eternity and Trinifv ,- « k "^*«8in extent. ealM Eternity i.y. It^h^Vde^'h^^^'hSt^f ■ glimpoo of the river, •five miles per point, e mistake mountain )ices both he preci 3 topmost pon two )f which, d. These m above he liight covered seems J- to see enough ots can torrent appea- reeent 18, and een on r their lide of xtent. inlet, edsof V feet I side — 159 — vim in n Hheer precipice, almp«t overhanging, fully J^eoa hundred feoU The 'SSa^uenay " sVea^'ed up .^ngHide the cliff and then it wL that its awAil ma •Sirrhir'- "^^^' '''^'^ ''' -- -- '-- - derail *^rr:"'""' ''''^'^' the handiwork or Sl''bu^T^:i ""' '■"'' ^''^"' whom all blessing flow burst almosi svontai ously from the lips of tho wonder-stricken th . ,■ <>. the 'steamer'; dlka^d neve, to have had more significant The solennitj- of to theT. r ''15 '^ *"' ^^ ^^^- -^ - --" ng to^e sacred woixis which touched every heart Wore leaving tJie bay the wonderlul effect of the Iw.rJ?"'- ^^' ^'^^ ^^ «- «^-ong, however ifa^t r-':!!:""'"'^*^'*^^- Th^e discharge on^!?^ '- '''*^ '^^^'•*^ ^^"^ ^"^^PO^^e^ from the oppo^it^ cra^, and the steamer's whistle was alno apswei^ with a whole series of shrieks. Ihe Tableau is a column of dark-colored rock nine hundred feet high, the front surface of whirls sTx ^^ 't.'^^' ^^' ^^'^^ ^-^-^ feeTwMe It S ! /^^' f *"" '^'^'' ""^'^^ ^*P« Trinity, on the sSePo'int ''k """ ''^*^"^' ^*^" to the'l'apea is siblt !i r* ^''^' precipitous cliff, with an inacces- a«? ^r'? ^' "" ^*' ''^^^y '^'^ ^^i^^» "^ight serve as a mche for a statue. '^ ' ^StJT'T''^ '^' '^^aguenay" farliier into mmity 3ay th^ any steamer ever went before! and mymmiy to descending the river among thi St U>nm Isles, varied his o^»..^ w — •"- • -» ^ - »oa«% wide ,„o„gl, for „ vessel to ^3tuT„gh — 160 — pilot pointed out the ..ocn hi H ^ ^''°''' *■" net" ,..„ „„horo in A^l 18«9 f ' "^T "*''«- onoo^fK« Augiist, i«69, an incident which S: w XhtT^'Tr 'T'' -—"■•■"--' that time ""■ '"'I'-nnH of r/,. ./,«,.„«; a, TADOUSAC of H..mmeA*^t is wlh' ^"""V'^ """""' P""'* of Montreal uL ^''f\**"^y^<'^byib:G. Lulham ov»T^ • """^ pleasantly «tflated on a Woff overi,»k.ng a mma„tie inlet and beach. Now tkrt e^tfblSi.' *'"' ''"™™"'- «--«" of Canada, ha etZ t! kJLT"'™ ""''^""^ •■<"■« ana butt an m^nTo^^oLtu^-o^^rn'^"''''''™'^''^-^^ residences h«vT o , "^ the private summer burned and nin /' ''"" anoieiit edifice was onrned, and the present structure, scarcely lar^r than ntor Hill ivei-Ste. fi-om the ''lea, tho "Mag- it which nee, and irnal at i»* from passen- d other IS pla^e iulham a bluff w that a, has iiilt an J more >s easy mmer nging tussell Phila- short itti-eh was than — 161 — the original, occupies the same site. The bell is said be the same which hung above the old church, and two pictures are shown which ai-e said to have been brought from France by the early Jesuits. The pre- sent church date back to 1746. ' THE BETtTRN TO QUEBEC There turn from Tadousac to Quebec was over tKe same route previously described, and . great part of the passage was accomplished in the night ^thout any incident worthy of special mention. Quebec wa- i-eached at an early hour, in ample time for a connec- tion wit^ tiieGrandTmnkruiilway, for which Captain L^com^kmdly brought his boat to a landing on the iTil^r' "f^ ?'*"*^ «^** ^«»-^^l d<>ek on the Quebec side. In closing the account of the Saguenav excumon, the^witter cannot but convey the general expression of the journalistic voyagers in tl^nking Captain Lecours and Purser St. Onge for their peit sonal kindness and courtesy in adding to the enjoy- ment of one of the most delightful pleasure ti-ipsiti possible to take on the American continent. THE WATEBING-PLACES The most frequented, and certainly the best suited for pleasure, health and sea bathing are Murray Bay Tadoussac, Katoouraska; Riviere du Loup, Cacouna and Rimouski. In oi-der to enable the tourist to deter- mine lu which of these places he will stop, we will give a bnof sketch of each. • Murray Bay^h situated on the north shore of the — 102 — i of the bay fo^lr« !L!1«« '''*^"* "•""« '"^ «"« With t Jsrsi'^e^' %dti"^1^n ^r of Cimada, the river and place toT^L' *''™8°™™0'- ftx>m that of general Zrt^ *<>-Pre«e„t m«,o ;vhich e„.o., 'the h^ it j^r :c:^ Jl^' but, between it and the hitfh wAte- „,,^w «ia mcic> , -"r;^:,^h"-t^«i"^^^^^^ Idnda in th.- ^- ^- ^y<"^, ., ^iUs from 3 from that ray Biver omination, tie l^e&ch panted to 1 the 21th I governor M5nt name greater ^tte land J rocky ; the west- alluvial iiltivable you see knd lofty JUrstiiig f grand templi^. e river twenty in that Je their one at hurch. a little r #itb citity ^teau — 163 — Pic to the church and Murray river, which immerges thoir foundations at high water. Near the church ar© the coui-t-house and jail for Murray Bay is the chef-lieu of the judiciary district and has the Honorable juge Routhier, one of oar best Canadian poete, amongts its residents. It is also there that reside the advocates, notaries, doctors and 6ther families of the best society. ^ The climate dui-ing the summei- is cool, dry and constant. The winds blowing from the St. Lawi-ence do not enter the bay, where the cooling influence only of these winds is felt. The baths in salt water can be taken at about forty or fifty feet from the hotels, and the gravel beach is so fine that tourists generally keep theu- sleepers in the mo-ning to go fVom their rooms to the water. This watc. is salubrious and hygienic • hundreds of persons cured every year from rhuma- tisms and kifldr^d affections, bear testimony to the efficacity of the sea bftths of M'lrray B^y. A great ad- vatitageof these baiiis is the fitijt that the beach and bottcm of the bay being gravelly, shoal ftiid l^tol, there is not the least danger of drotvnlng, even for children, who cover the beach even at high water. The pitrthenade arbund the bay and in the vicinity are sm-passed by none in the world, as far as pictu- resque scenery and variety of views ere concerned. Here follows a list of those promenades : Names. The Mounds Frftzer Falls. distance from t*ointe au Pic on the way to the Chnroh YiW — © m The Trou (Hole). 4i 9 «( <( — Ib4 — • - '' ' , n **? V A . , r, l>istanee from Pointe au Pic Cap k I'Aigle (Eagle Cape)......,.. oj. The Falls _. ;;;*•• • I °;f<^- Petit Lac (Small Lake, trout fishing place).*.* 7 « waudLac « « ,, .^ LakeBoily . a „ " J| " LoDgLake « « .,, *' ^^ MuiTayEiver Portage..................;, "22 n Lake Graver(trout fishing pliie)..**!..'.'.'.'*'** 13 a Grand Ruisseau (Large Brook) —•• -• Petite Malbaie....... ............'.'.'."." 9 Sulphur Springs (good mineral*wat^r)r."""'* q 1' Lake Morin.i '"*" g ,, The drives to all those places afibi-d the tourist an occasion to enjoy views of the finest sceneries T^" view from the hotels at sun-set and V moon LhUs something amasing and impossiblo t. lescriL by^t'slr^ 'V"""'' Hmray B-y from Quebec is by the splendid steamers of the St. Lawrence and &cTnd p:- 7^1^ '"^^^ «- ^^- ea^v In f ?\^''' '^ '***' correspondance is easy, even for merchants. of SLTT*"'""'*"""^"" the right or «,„«, ,hor» 01 flie 8t. Lawro..ce, ninety miles below Qnobec. It U^pretty town built on . point projecting inwthc and JMI and a complete staff of profeesio- < ^.n U Qnebec and Montreal, but it is very littl,. freuuented bv Stemgers, although it i. certainly a very &. ^dpi^ inte au Pie '•• 3 mile. ,.' 5 « .. 7 " .. 11 " .14 " . 18 » .. 22 « .13 « . 6 " . 9 « . 3 " .18 « iourist an ies. The I light is >e. Quebec iis nee and between dance m th shore bee. It into the 't hoasc len. It ^jlies of mted by ind pic> e white i — 165 — cottages of the village ai-e built, extend over half a mile at low water. Of course, this beach offei-s many splendid bathing places. Mviire-du-Zoup is noticed in the following terms by Mr. Beaumont Small in his Canadian Hand Book ;-l 114 miles below Quebec is Rividro du Loup (en has). This is another favourite summer resort for sea bathing and fishing. It is very prettily situated at the conflu- ence of the Riviere du Loup with the St. Lawrence and contains a more general mixture of english,8cc*oh and french than is usually found in the smaller towns of Lower Cuaada. It commands an extensive prospect of the St. Ijawronce, whieh is here upwards of twenty miles wide ; ships are constantly passing and repass- ing and when, from their great distance, with the mountains in the back ground, all these objects are enveloped in a gauze-like atmosphere of summer haze, there is a magic infl-ience in the scenery. The name of this pi ^3 is derived from that of the hupsmarins (seals) that in fonner times used to fi-e- quent the rive:- in so gieat numbers that they disturb ed the inhabitants by their brawling dm-ing the night. The town is picturesquely builtonthedeclivity of the hill, so that It is. seen in a glance fi-om the wharf, a distance of three miles, Near the wharf are the bathing places, which are reached from the village in cimage at a cost of twenty-five cents per person. There are many licensed carters in Eivi^re4u-Loup and someot them have splendid double coaches. Close to the bath- ing places is a woody hill well suited for »>ick'nicks and much used for that purpose. There are three Mi II — 166 — telegraph offices in the villas.. station, omMit the whavf I ^^' ""' ''' ^^^ ^'^i'vv. the village. '^ -^ ^"^*'^^^ '« <^o p.^Jdlo o; lake Temttoo.Bto a »li «T^ "'^ '"wrporation, i. This Uke oC'n:!:^,,''; 3"''.'\'"'""»'^ --'•«■ "« Temi«,ou»te military ™m 1 „ '"■'^'*" ''^ ^'f-oum, at six milBo fi.,^.« t>. . , «-! 5:i.ow as a S^t ol^^'T'^ ''" ^»P. '» »» wou..ll« ™« description ""t that is the .^imetiion rr " "^^-^^'Ao ; place as far as pic^p" «,„«,„ "" '* S*''-">nhe «r«.yofcottsgAST:;Ve"viir''- ^"^'^-^ k a level field having no m^,^ V*^ ^"^ f**" »» good '"""bcaj^ The seTZ^T'" "^^'*'' *^ '"'''»* those of M^ ^; "^^^ m J»st as good as ^V- Th<».is^aSdS^da?r'' ?""*'■-'"' theSt. lawrenceHall Evervt^ ''«™l"' "«<=« '» hWDg, is comparatfvely S^'"«' ^^'^^ "'^^i^. Cacoiinacan be characterized i„ . <■ s^ymg that it s the most Sf m '^^ ''''"'» ^y ^^ore young g«S ^ SV-'rf '■^■•'' should aot omit to eo if th. ,^''^ * '"«hand ^«re du Loup and KaB.o»™Z *^^»^r ' "'«"'' *'" ' the j'iiihvav ^raservillo, as ^rporatioft i^ nting rotfort. ^^qvi^i iands- caiTiage hy macadamised I^oup, is so lace tkat it descwpti^n ^ivepf ^he The long '9 liiUlIt on tpforpi a « good as Jiyi(|re du i office in FcajTiage words by ?i* resovt, maki. »• bus baud riling to ssac, Ki- i^*'- ¥< -iri — le-r — ^»»>«*.- U a fine town, situated oa the sonth or right bank of the St. Lawrence at 180 miles fw.™ Quebec Iti«theI«.«esttown„ftheLow"rSt ^w rence being the chef-Ueu of a large judiciary distrta and the see of a roman catholic bishopric. ThZTl court honse and jail, a convent and classical coZe in this place. » The beach is flat, gravelly and most conveniently suited for sea bathing. The only inconvenient is th^ coldness of the water, which makes it dangerous for ve J weak pei^sons to take baths in that locality The vicinity of the town is quite picturesaue and surrounded by hills and mountoins, while theBimor ki river, flowing into the St. Lawrence, afl'orfs Z Ilulhf * '*''*'°'' '" "'*''''' '*'"'*'" »"'' *'^"' »'•« Tadoussae is situated at the mouth of the for famed Saguenay river, 132 miles below Quebec. The h«- bour u small, but well protected and capable of tf. fording anehoi^age and reftige to 20 or 25 large shins The water rises twentyK>ne feet at high Je Z small village of Tadoussac is charmin|ly built on a semwircular terrace sui-rounded by mountains. The terrace is composed of alluvial sand, has an elevatlo! of about fifty feet and is washed J its Cby h^ ' ^llfLl^""^^ "'"'"""^ there mixed^w^tt those of the St. Lawrence. The beach is sandy hard and quite suited for taking baths. The wester^^ of^he terrace is formed by an abrupt rock stretchil into the waters of the Sairnenav. Tl.er- 'h- '- ^ had erected a re4„te comma^liiig the Ce°n«;:°fe m — 168 — villi^e and the basin. This stretching rock i?ive* ttt tho harbour its semi-circular from Here the rock takes the name of Ilet Point. On the terrace appear the few houses of the village, surrounding the oW chapel. This chapel, built in 1673 and consequently one oftheol.^est place of worship in Canada, is still m good repair. ' No place of summer resort on the Lower St. Law- rence combines more attractions ^ the tourist than the old french settlement of Tadoussac. There a few days may be pleasantly spent, enjoying the beautiful scenery surrounding the hotel and the magnificent sea fronting the Motel. Looking towards the St. Lawrence you discover Hare, Red, White and Green Islands Cacouna and Hividre du Loup. The St. Lawrence opposite Tadoussac is about twenty miles broad The land on the south shore appears like a blue cloud with white spote. Between Pointe aux Vaches and Pointe aux Alouettes, where is the junction witii the St. Lawrence, the Saguenay is two and a half mile broad, and while the St. Lawrence is only two hm^ dred and fifty feet deep, the Saguenay is ItkoJZ J !T^ ^ "'^^^^^^^d ^«*-« that Tadoussac is the oldest french settlement in America. Jacques-Cartier landed «iere on the 1st of September I535! during tTo voyage which resulted in the discovery of Canada. Tadoussac has always been a fur tra4ing post since the settlement of the French in Canada 'until these last ten or twelve yeare. Tadoussa.c is quite an aristocratic summer resoit and near the hotel are to be found tho residences of Lord I senatoi phia, V and J. This Saguen Line. CAl Heal e.\celler receive fine sea boating of the n Carle pretty s daily uk Campbe about 51 can be r of access tely shei most olh leton Po side of V sheltered and con and boat _ TheB is not re sufficient! many otl diniale d This grai ck give* t» « the rock ac« appear ng the oW asequently da, is still L'Sf. Law- urist than lere a few beautiful Lficent sea romenade Lawrence I Islands, [iawrence Bs broad, lue cloud 3hes and with the lalf milo ;wo him- tiousaiid. c is the t-Cartier ring the Canad^. 3t since il these • riQsoi-t noes of -^ "'-69 — and J. Gilmour, of Quebec. ' •'' ^' ^^°^* This place is reached bv the snlf»nH.Vi .♦ "^^^J^^^'ON-^Amms CHALEURS AS A SUMMER RESORT. Health and pleasure seekers will be glad to l^arn fk«* e.xcellent accommodation is now Ling nre^L*^*' mnc. ,? " ^'^"' northern winds so disagreeable m most olher watering nlarp? nr^««,-.» !l ""rS'^^^aDie at many other ic:^4ities were one shivi>r« in t.,i.. ..f ^ fi m ii III J I: W-' — 170 — that o; N.n ij.u.iswich, it is said to be about « miles' Ris.f c^"i ^i^n^etf it^nt^b 'sM^-^ Tu^d i;7j,r„"t! Xt'.' it & r ^ i' »™ ^S?di^^^S^*i m proportion and m immense nunihpre Tko k • i the resort of codfish, mackerel herrfn^' l.L 7k\^''° and the monstrous whitrpLole fn^th? ^•''^'■'' .l's*;„tnd g«se" b«„f tT ""v^ r " -^ '-"^ rienced guides a^ats^^lt r^o^t^UcZd M very reasonable rates, and there are few places can X°nS Sto1i'"Ti°»' f- *» d'-P'e ofThe ™S on&^tre;f5';',,f-,t;:.^-^-;-j^^^^^^^^ Being frequently a^Ved. wherV mn ..„« „^ / and bathinror fish'in. i' " ZV^XZ^ ^LbL^ronl Quebec, and AoriL tRR^ J. U. Gregory. -■J' 1 >ut 25 miles d gradually celebrated is there are all of which been noted r^g a* barrel I specimens on are the )n weighing It are large bay is also ts, lobsters, e adjacent e and bear numerous, n be found 'ers; expe- e procured places can of the rod retofcre to s been the 'ill now be Joseph R : Railroad roperly to 1 probably 1 sure the to greatly for Sea air bee, from d say try KGORY. — 171 — SEA-SIDE COTTAGE. of Toi;ist's"i;5"^^^^^^^ "P '''• '^/ -commo,** 'P'*"*''^ "Admiral," seasonPoSgS.^^"'P'^'"°*n ""Hi Gaspd duringtlle raSi„l!'i,t:?.*!?"c5»'^'''^ cottage to let. aeco«.. should apply to Yr' M ir'n A^rif =''?"'•*'=•' 'O"™** Quebec, ' •* ^'^-HAUD, 8 Soui-lfFni stmt, — 172 — LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG. NEWPORT VT. Forty miles south of Sherbrooke, on the Passumpsic Railroad, upon the shofes of the romantic Lake Mem- phr^magpg, and amid scenery of the most picturesque character. IS situated the village of Newport, a place ^mI^i^ f T °^ '^^ '"^'^ «"'^*^*'^« ^d beautiful hl^^ .^ '""'"'^' '''^'^^' ^^^ travellers who n^te the leisure at command can well withstand the terpptatiorr^to h»lt at this pleasant spot, e;cpecially if iney ^have. formed a previons acquaintance, with the elegant and substantial comforts afforded by the well- known MEMPHREMAGOG HousE. The natural attrac- tions of Newport have, within the past few years, been greatly en- hanced by im- iprovementb of a J practical kind, ami [there are many 'cities not as well provided for in a sanitary way as this j:ountry yil- lage. The guests ■ of the hotel, in- MT.EIEPHANTIS-LAKEMEMPHR^MAGOG. stead of beintf compiled to drinkjhe water of the neihhbori„„„gwbe-dZen,ed-good eno ^h at other io^ Passumpsic Lake Mem- picturesque trt, a place d beautiful 'cUers who listand the :pecially if • with the the well- ral attrac- f" Newport . within the ;w years, reatly en- by im- :nt!> of a I kind, and re many it as w^ll I for in a way as ntry yil- le guests ibtel, in- 'f being^ inff lak<*- TSWiilu — 173 — Zrth^K ,'7'"'*'' '™'" "-^ P""-* ""<• •^■^^'"l spring. house across the bay. The drainage is also perfect. Prospect Hill, a very sightly eleva- tion a short dis- tance from the ho- tel, has been made a most charming resort by the cons- truction of drive- ways and paths. A reservoir is located here, and pure c« whir'" f T** ^""" "'^ '""^ ^P'""' sour- tnc village, ihe view from th s point is V .y eK,ej,ded, including.he village wuh iu surSg of lake, nver and mountain, and n,a„y far-away piaks A 2TIT"[ "'"^*" ^'^^'■' '"S""" with ftTbay Tunds 0^.:"^°™""" f '^'^"^ °" *-'=" Newport nt,?h ";f','''''*'PP^'' "W=h rises from the a^ Te Wr^v !,'"= ""^■' """^^'^ P*""' 4.0.8 fee. high, a. hfnV M "^ ''• °' '^' «'een Monlains, are nfa at hand. Mount Elephantis is beyond Owl's Head c!^.,.. % /■* "«"'"«>°s '«t menUoned ire in Can«la, and Jay Peak in Vermont. Southward th" owl's head-lake memphremagog -*^^^^^^^^ P'aces of interest in the neighborhood of New port are verynumerous, and a long sejourn . would be necessary to exhaust the ex- tended list of rides and boating excur- sions which can be taken,wi,th the hotel as a starting point. MT ««,,^ - ^^ nieetthe requi MT. ORFORD^LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG. rements of guestS .0 Jay ^^t:Z£z:-:z "^i"^ '"^-^^ be made to'Black RiJ, u T ''^ rowboal may the . Je „ M ™L1 " ''"r "' ^'y '"""I graceiui windmes. amiH th^ «,. . . most luxuriant foUiaaA Ro^J «• — "'" «^'='^"^st and loyiage. Barton River is another point of p in which een. The interest in fhborhood port are irons, and ejourn necessary t the ex- t of rides ig excur- h can be the hotel r»g point, le requi " guests, saddle- supply by the t-house ear the. - I hotel ?wport, ich are leasant Cana- made t may Dward t and )int of ^,175 — ■ . interest to be reached in the same ..ay, while the 1,1. guests. It has been thoroughly r^noy^TInA, f *'' extent refurnished for the suCT 1 o'n of ,««" '.' is ia splendid condition for t^e rece^n 'f !'' - ^'- Music will be furnished by Mr ja^rw 'r"^' Boston, ftvorite pianist and;r^:er:h;iL'S'^ by a violinist and cornetist ftnm fh« r» ^ assisted Orchestra. The broa^ „ , Ta ,■ , , °" .'^'"''''""^ magog is from one to two miles wide and thirty miles long, fully two- thirds of its fairj expanse lying in] Canada. Its out-] let is at Magog, which is situated at its northern ex- tremity and New- port which is at the southern end, a — ^^--ss-- is therefore at the ^'^^^'^ island-lake mempremagog. head of th^ uu^ *- oneofthe«;et™etr~„t:i.n;r.U" — 176 — , of the Lake » is a most deUghtful experience: !}<««; H Lrf h" t"'" '""'"<'' "f ■»»"■"»'»' of which 0^ e"tions The""' f '"T"^ "'' '"" "«' ^""^ elevations. Ihe eastern shore is less wild, though v^' picturesque, and towards the southern end, it1?aottI wth the peasant summer vifes of some of Montreirt > "'" """: ^"^ "'^ '^"'"^-d friends, mS frequent excursion;^ on the lake in a handsome steam' yacht, a petkcV model of his large ocean steamships: Not infrequently the trim little steam er pays a visit to Newport, bearing, perhaps, a party who desire — ^ - ' to attend one (rf BALANCE ROCK.LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG. *^^ ^0*^1 " hops. " o^ T J- Memphremagoff IS water »""' ""T '"'' '■' ^'""° ^«""y "beiuriful water, a most happy designation, surely. The sceneVy greatly resembles .hat upon Loch Lomond, the " Queert of the Scottish Lakes. " There are upwards of tweniy ' Islands m the lake; the largest of which,one hundred acres m extent, .s known as Province Island. Round Islandls 4 fL!"I!'iT^^.".''™°^^'J'^'^.8''="<«»8"'«baywhicli ^,-, Ui^ .„ ^v.is iicita. Uyrd's island is near the »ce. i^hich Owl's prominej^i;^ lough very t is dott(»(f Montrears Montreal^ ids, make excursions lake in a le steam a perfect " his large eamships^ rrequently 111 little r pays a Newport, >erhaps, a o desire one of "hops,'' magog is beautiful sceneVy •' Queen f twenty ed acres land is al ly whicli tHefbdt I :«^:I77 — of the «nd mion Skinner's Isl^ndisa cave of which romantic sto- ries are told in con- nection with earlyj smuggling opera- tions. The summit! of Owl's Headaf-'^ fords a magnificent prospect, and is fre- quently visited. There is a hotel near the steamboat landing known as ent«tl .J ^^^^O" Wd P)»ced in e-xcellent order to l".T.r» '"'*""''' *"<'P''="''=P«"'es. Th. steam ^ 4«iS ^°" "" """'"' """^ ^''" "''<' becharteved .*il,i, . ^""'®- 'he only village on the shore of I* lake between New,x,rt and Magog is GeorgeviUe on AwJ. " «^' '''"'"""'^ f'«<"-g^""e. on the west side. At -Masoun's Pomt, fifteen miles from Newport the pfs ^m^ Ranroad Company has fitted a p^Jc glfl ■,-^yV,ew Park), with a pavilion for dancing La^d .eimer excursions to thi, n!,.„ ,„- ... ...^., l'"'' Ouring the summer, ' '"' "=''"="''> '"'"^ SKINNER'S CAVE-IAKE MEMPHKEMAOOO. '^ REFERENCES. Palace or M[u«io.-It is with some pride that wc can boast of havmg ,n our midst the finest pia«p and music store to be found yet m Canada. Mr. Lavigne's establishment, loaUed at 5? Fabnque street, besides pianos and oigans from the most renowned .rnnt.Tr' ^ ''"'''''^'^ ^'^h sJKeet music and music book« ITfind th . "'' '"' United-States. At that sto.., visitor, wdl find the cheapest as well asthe m6st expensive musical publi- cations ;_ easy and light class of music as well as the seve> classi- cal compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, and others. ri.h.!;''' .!''''''?! ^''*'^'' undoubtedly the most complete and nehest gal ery of Artists' portraits published in Europe, as eyery one whotwill spend a few minutes in his stoVe will ascertain. CHAMPEAtJ'S Nirw^sTABLisHMENT OF Gentle. MENS KuRNisHiNO GooDs.-Thrs old st^nd of Gent's Fumishini: Goods ,s now reopened with a first clas. assortment, and Wmes very handy to strangers or visitors, being situated onFabrique St.. Upper Town, near St. Louis, Russell and Albion Hotels. A call is sollicited. ' , ' LOUIS CHAMPEAU, ' '4.2y JPAS^IQ ir^ Sireet^ UPi'ER TOWN, QUEBEC, ^«?n^ f^^ '"^^ recommand you the Pharmacy of Dr Eo MoRiN & Co., 314. St. John Street, you will find tire Fancv r , T""',?'"' °^ '''"^'' "^'^^"^ ^^^^^r^% Perfumes, l-ancy Goods, finally every thing that is required in this business! Those Gentlemen are proprietors of several preparations well -Known and very recommendable among others the Syrup of Hypo- OuS^n T"'f^' ''" ^''^^^" ""' "^^'-^^ Heart Hospitluf gliebec Dr Morm's Anti-Bilious Pills, Syrup of Tolu. Senega and Spmce^Gum a„d Dr Morin's Specific against DyspepsL ^ fcJee Advertisement in side of back cover. «» pride that wc can i music store to be »ent, located at 55 the most renowned and music bQ(^(i that store, vi$itQr:> ve musical pubJi- s the sev€»^ clasisi- I and others, nost complete and Europe, a^ eycry 1 ascertain. :nt of Gentle- jfent's Furnishing went, and Comes onFabrique St., Hotels. EAU, Crj^ Sireet. )WN, 1' fie Pharmacy of a will find there ines. Perfumes, n this business. 'epairations H'ell syrup of Hypo- ^art Hospital 6f lu, Senega and asifl. TAl^LE OF CONTENTS. FJ|y Quebec is interesting. ... , jHOtide to tourist$ \ ^ , General information ......*.."* ^ Saint Louis Hotel ^ Russeirs fiouse............... ...". ^ Dominion House '^ Albion Hotel..... ..!!...!.".. " ^* Restaurants— Le Cliien d'0r!......3*.. Jo Railways and steamboats....... , Walks, drives and excursions.. '.'.'.' 7 Itinerary /' Places of interest !.!!...!..... !/ Historical monuments -* Colleges, universities and schoois It Hospitals and asylums ^? Churches and chapels * .^? Public buildings and halls..'.*'.' .t Cemeteries "' General Sketch 1*.'!!.!!!!!.!!!!1 I'i The lower St. Lawrence.*.*.*.*.*.*... , !^ Oorgeoust sunset 'i-> "5(4.''77 IF 333EIO rclothing, hirts, id of firaces. description.* Silk Gossa> :.*i 8* i^^wpi