Life and liberty in America; . i. TO THE TOP OF BEL CEIL, 337 ull the information required, the result, in a very little time,wuH the adoption of the structure now far advanced to com-pletion, and which promiHCS to be the frreutcst triiimpli of en-gineering skill of which either the Old World or the New canboast. CIIArTER XXXVIII. TO THE TOP OF EEL GEIL. southward from Rose Mount, on the sunny slopeof the great hill of Montreal, the most consi)icuous object intlie distant landscape is the mountain of Bel (Kii, commonly,but erroneously called Bel Isle. To scale its heights, and
Life and liberty in America; . i. TO THE TOP OF BEL CEIL, 337 ull the information required, the result, in a very little time,wuH the adoption of the structure now far advanced to com-pletion, and which promiHCS to be the frreutcst triiimpli of en-gineering skill of which either the Old World or the New canboast. CIIArTER XXXVIII. TO THE TOP OF EEL GEIL. southward from Rose Mount, on the sunny slopeof the great hill of Montreal, the most consi)icuous object intlie distant landscape is the mountain of Bel (Kii, commonly,but erroneously called Bel Isle. To scale its heights, and•visit the lake near its summit, was an expedition which I fan-cied might be easily performed on foot, and back again in oneday. The idea was no sooner mentioned than scouted ])y myexcellent host. Near though the mountain looked, its appar-ent proximity was the effect of the pure Canadian atmosphereupon the eyes of one not accustomed to measure distancesthrough sucli a transparent medium. Instead of being nomore than nine or te
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