Sights and shrines of Montreal; a guide book for strangers and a hand book for all lovers of historic spots and incidents . files, Singing and shouting with impetuous glee.* * * * * * * While yonler lie the hill and meaddow-land,Now emerald green, but on bright winter nights,Upon whose snowy bosom happy crowdsFly on the swift toboggan down the hill,And oer the broad expanse. At the close he again reverently apostrophises : Mounts of Transfiguration still there are,That lift us far above the influenceOf time and sense, and bring us nearer heaven :And such thou art to me.—When in the valleyWe fe
Sights and shrines of Montreal; a guide book for strangers and a hand book for all lovers of historic spots and incidents . files, Singing and shouting with impetuous glee.* * * * * * * While yonler lie the hill and meaddow-land,Now emerald green, but on bright winter nights,Upon whose snowy bosom happy crowdsFly on the swift toboggan down the hill,And oer the broad expanse. At the close he again reverently apostrophises : Mounts of Transfiguration still there are,That lift us far above the influenceOf time and sense, and bring us nearer heaven :And such thou art to me.—When in the valleyWe feel our limitations, grieve and fret ;And then, In wild despair, look to the hills,For there are wisdom, strength and boundless love :Thou blessed mountain-teacher, Fare-the-well ! SIGHTS AND SHRINES OF MONTREAL. 59 St. Helens Island, named affectionately by Cham-plain after his young wife, Helene Boulle, lies like agem in the wide St. Lawrence. The shades of itsdeep groves, standing opposite the city, seem to con-stantly beckon the heated citizen in summer. A con-siderable portion of it is reserved for military pur-. LACHINE RAF IDS. poses, and a fort exists within the enclosure. In thedays of British garrisons this was a gay place. It isnow the resort, on hot days, of the crowded masses, towhom its shades and breezes are an inestimable their use it is provided with merry-g^-rounds,refreshment-houses, games, an open swimming-bathat the lower end, and pleasant paths. The island wasremarked upon by Champlain, on his 1611 visit, as asite for a strong town. He so greatly fancied it, that 60 SIGHTS AND SHRINES OF MONTREAL. he purchased it, a little later, with money out of hiswifes dowry. The registers of Notre Dame recordthat, on the 19th of August, 1664, two young men,Pierre Magnan and Jacques Dufresne, were slain hereby Iroquois. It seems to have been sometimes used by the Frenchas a military station, for in June, 1687, the Chevalierde Yaudreuil posted both the regular
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