. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 56 February, 19ir. American Vee Journal savages as they call them), the land was divided in narrow strips, about 180 feet wide and several miles long, and each settler built his homi- at the near end of his strip in close prox- imity to his neighbors and to the pub- lic road; thus forming a link in an ap|)arently endless chain of villages, separated from each other only by spots of waste land or woods. So trim and well painted are the houses that my wife thought these villages all newly built, till she was undeceived by the statement of an old gentlem
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 56 February, 19ir. American Vee Journal savages as they call them), the land was divided in narrow strips, about 180 feet wide and several miles long, and each settler built his homi- at the near end of his strip in close prox- imity to his neighbors and to the pub- lic road; thus forming a link in an ap|)arently endless chain of villages, separated from each other only by spots of waste land or woods. So trim and well painted are the houses that my wife thought these villages all newly built, till she was undeceived by the statement of an old gentleman who rode in the opposite seat on the train and volunteered the information that these were among the very oldest settlements in Ameri- ca, dating back some 250 years. Arriving in the city of Quebec, late in the afternoon, we found the atmos- phere so raw, though it was not freez- ing, that we were glad we had brought with us some heavy clothes. The city is built on a cliff overlooking the St. Lawrence and extends backwards down into a valley. It is fortified, but the oldest part Is at the foot of the hill, where some of its streets are as narrow as some of the streets of European cities. The new Quebec is beautiful. We visited the Armory, where a few hundred volunteers were drilling and ^'.nging tbe Marseillaise in its native tongue, for the Quebecois ar'> essentially French in language and traditions. But their allegiance to Great Britain is boundless and it is with great enthusiasm that they sus- tain the mother countries in the pres- ent European struggle. The next morning early I called the president of th local Quebec Bee- keepers Association, Mr. Verret, upon the telephone. Mr. Verret is a seeds- man and a beekeeper, in Charles- bourg, a suburb of Quebec. He was delighted of our arrival and expressed it in as warm terms as come to the lilis of an enthusiastic French-Canad- ian. He at once came after us with his automobile and we started on an excursion, visiting oth
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