. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. armamentscould still give a good account of themselves ! Norwould the response be less effective since they arenow manned b)- loj-al Canadian youth. Approachedfrom almost any quarter of the city, the fortress ofQuebec the visitor with awe. The forti-fications, says an American writer, are omnipre-sent. No matter from what point you l
. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. armamentscould still give a good account of themselves ! Norwould the response be less effective since they arenow manned b)- loj-al Canadian youth. Approachedfrom almost any quarter of the city, the fortress ofQuebec the visitor with awe. The forti-fications, says an American writer, are omnipre-sent. No matter from what point you look towardsthe ancient city, for eight or ten miles away, thejare there still with their geometry against the does a nearer view disenchant one. Entranceto the fortress is gained by what is called the ChainGate, which gives access to the trenches, and byDalhousie Gate, which ushers one into the heart ofthe Citadel. Passing across the parade-ground -sous LE CAP UNUiiK THE and the officers and mens quarters, we quickly mount the ramparts and gain the Kings Bastion. Herethe glorious spectacle, already referred to, bursts upon the delighted visitor, and long will he linger totake in the full beauty of the ever-changing scene. Hardly less fine is the outlook from other parapetsand eminences within the grim fortress. On one side far and wide flows the noble river ; on the eye follows, across the St. Charles Valley, the high rounded summits of the far-off Laurentides, theoldest range of mountains in the world. To the west, stretch out the historic Plains of Abraham ; whilein another direction rises the imposing front of Laval University, tapered off by the countless dwellingsthat cling to the sloping flanks of the great red rock. In the latter quarter also shoot up the num-berless spires and .steeples that crown the uptown section of the interesting city. There also maj Quebecs far-famed Basilica, flanked by tlie seminaries, conven
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