The picturesque StLawrence . hes are tocome from, and the worst evil that is likely tobefall a man is a temporary lodgment behindthe bars of the citadel jail for drunkenness. From an angle of the outer ramparts knownas the Kings Bastion one gets the most imposingview of the river that Quebec affords. Thedownlook from amid the cannon onto the townand the great river and the broad landscape be-yond is truly magnificent. At the foot of the lofty cliff a narrow roadwinds along westward in and out of the irregu-larities with an almost continuous line of quaintold houses on either side. The dwelling
The picturesque StLawrence . hes are tocome from, and the worst evil that is likely tobefall a man is a temporary lodgment behindthe bars of the citadel jail for drunkenness. From an angle of the outer ramparts knownas the Kings Bastion one gets the most imposingview of the river that Quebec affords. Thedownlook from amid the cannon onto the townand the great river and the broad landscape be-yond is truly magnificent. At the foot of the lofty cliff a narrow roadwinds along westward in and out of the irregu-larities with an almost continuous line of quaintold houses on either side. The dwellings are aptto be decrepit and shabby, yet they are nearlyall occupied. Ancient rotting wharves reach outinto the river, and both these and the buildingsare suggestive of a prosperous and lively road furnishes one of the most picturesquerides or walks in the Quebec vicinity, and atthe end of about a mile it takes you to WolfesCove. By then the houses have ceased, and hereis a slight inreach of the river, and a heavily. Quebec—A CalWh, The Quebec of the Present 201 wooded glen makes a break in the giant wall ofthe bluff. It is a steep, hard climb to the upland,even with the carefully graded road to makethe way easier. At the top you come forth on thePlains of Abraham, now mostly laid out instreets, and having numerous trees and manysuburban homes to intercept the view. Halfway back to the town is a monument markingthe spot where Wolfe died victorious. Thisis on the verge of a public park—a large drearycommon which has much the character of theoriginal Plains as they were when the battlewas fought. From there you can look off on thedreamy river with its bordering towns and boatscoming and going; and on its far side, some-what up the stream, you can see the ruins of themonster Quebec Railway Bridge. This was to span the St. Lawrence at a heightof one hundred and fifty feet above the the end of August, 1907, a long arm ofit reaching out from the south shore
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