Beauties of the StLawrence . Souvenir of Ca?iadian Sce?iery. 11 and west, running riot jnto the adjoining districts. It is from theMountain Park, upon the summit of Mount Royal, one of the grand-est parks on the continent, led up to by one of the most charmingdrives in the world, that the best coup doeil of the city and its sur-roundings is to be obtained. While awaiting the palace-like steamer,that will carry us forth, this evening, upon the waters of yondermighty flood, and bear us seaward to Quebec, let us, from the top ofthe mountain, pause and catch a glimpse of the panorama before M
Beauties of the StLawrence . Souvenir of Ca?iadian Sce?iery. 11 and west, running riot jnto the adjoining districts. It is from theMountain Park, upon the summit of Mount Royal, one of the grand-est parks on the continent, led up to by one of the most charmingdrives in the world, that the best coup doeil of the city and its sur-roundings is to be obtained. While awaiting the palace-like steamer,that will carry us forth, this evening, upon the waters of yondermighty flood, and bear us seaward to Quebec, let us, from the top ofthe mountain, pause and catch a glimpse of the panorama before MOUNT ROYAL PARK DRIVE. Beneath our feet, and spreading out upon all sides, in grandand solid proportions, with broad-paved avenues, maple-adornedstreets, brilliant squares, open parks, hundreds of spires, cupolasand domes, and high above all, rising conspicuously, the hugetowers of Notre Dame and the colossal form of St. Peters, we be-hold the Montreal of to-day. Montreal with its wealth and itspoverty, its grandeur and its beauty, its wonderful paintings, itsmuseums, galleries and libraries ; Montreal with its banks, its vastwarehouses, its rush and noise ; Montreal, in all its attractions, isthere before us, not a sound ascending from its life-filled streets, not 12 The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company.
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