Beauties of the StLawrence . he renovatedgates, the Court House and all these modern edifices that tell ofnineteenth century advancement and civilization. Once more wetake our guide-book, Illustrated Quebec, in hand and commencea leisurely survey of the picture before us. Every stone in the wallsof Quebec has a history, and every spot of ground is rendered sacredby the souvenirs of the past. Behind us rise the grey walls of the ancient citadel and immedi-ately under us is thecity with it strangeconfusion of build-ings, all cast, as itwere, at random up-on the declivities ofa mountain and tum-b
Beauties of the StLawrence . he renovatedgates, the Court House and all these modern edifices that tell ofnineteenth century advancement and civilization. Once more wetake our guide-book, Illustrated Quebec, in hand and commencea leisurely survey of the picture before us. Every stone in the wallsof Quebec has a history, and every spot of ground is rendered sacredby the souvenirs of the past. Behind us rise the grey walls of the ancient citadel and immedi-ately under us is thecity with it strangeconfusion of build-ings, all cast, as itwere, at random up-on the declivities ofa mountain and tum-bling down in wildconfusion to theshores of the greatriver below. We donot propose goinginto any details asto the peculiar his-torical attractions ofQuebec; we will takea rapid glance at thescene before us, andthen proceed on ourhurried trip towardsthe Saguenay. Quebec, in manyways, surpasses Na-ples for beauty ofscenery ; it is an-other Heidelberg, ifviewed from thestandpoint of ancientbuildings and medi-eval aspect; it is a. the century) CALECHE DRIVING, QUEBEC. Souvenir of Canadia?i Scenery. second Gibraltar, if considered as an impregnable fortress ; it is aDublin and Paris combined, if considered from a social point of fact, it is a unique city, standing alone in all the world as a bondbetween the days that are and the days gone by. Looking away beyond the churches and monuments, the ram-parts and gates, we behold a picture that no pencil could delineateand no poetcould de-scribe. Overthe heights ofLevis, andabove its frow-ning fortifica-tions, rises thesummer sun ;his beams gildthe spires of ahundred his-toric build-ings, eachwith a storythat might bethe basis of a ST LOUIS GATE QUEBEC- real romance. Still looking to the right, the Isle of Orleans dividesthe waters of the St. Lawrence, and looks up to the citadel as achild to a protecting parent. Then across the stream Where yonder mountains crackedAnd sundered by volcanic fire,Sings Montmorencys cataract;Fit chord
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