Beauties of the StLawrence . nd wondering at the perpetual variety and general sameness ofcolour and form. But lo! afar, a great grey Titan looms behind thedistant headland, piercing the sky, and the passengers begin tocrowd the forward deck with eager outlook. As we draw nearer, thevast breadth and height of Cape Eternity uprears its mighty massoverhead, its summit seeming lost in the sky, across which greyclouds are rapidly drifting. But speedily our attention is calledaway from it to a still grander headland, a mighty triple profile ; weare rapidly nearing, in a direction opposite to that o
Beauties of the StLawrence . nd wondering at the perpetual variety and general sameness ofcolour and form. But lo! afar, a great grey Titan looms behind thedistant headland, piercing the sky, and the passengers begin tocrowd the forward deck with eager outlook. As we draw nearer, thevast breadth and height of Cape Eternity uprears its mighty massoverhead, its summit seeming lost in the sky, across which greyclouds are rapidly drifting. But speedily our attention is calledaway from it to a still grander headland, a mighty triple profile ; weare rapidly nearing, in a direction opposite to that of a few hours pre-vious, that wonderful giant Cape Trinity ! As this sublime rock un-folds its triple unity, both vertical and lateral, each way divided intothree distinct heads, we forget Cape Eternity in this far more definiteindividuality. As the steamer seems to pass just under it, yetactually too far off for the strongest arm to hit the seemingly closerock with a stone, a feeling of subduing awe steals over us, while we. CAPES TRINITY AND ETERNITY—SAGUENAY RIVER. throw back our heads and try to scan those lofty splintered summitsthat seem to rear their weather-worn heads into the very and there a stray bit of vegetation that dares to cling to themountains rugged face, seems to emphasise its stern majesty. 24 The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company. But we pass on—far too rapidly—and, with the swiftly recedingoutline of Cape Trinity, fading into dim remoteness, it seems as ifthe central figure, the chief interest, had passed out of the after the long strain of observation, the effort to take in all theever changing grandeur of the panorama, it is almost a relief thatthe passing showery clouds which had gathered so grandly aboutCape Trinity have deepened into a sombre grey, and that mists andrain begin to blot out all the nearest hills. As we somewhat drow-sily mark their still continuous procession, however, a rift opens inthe cloudy pall, a
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