. In old Quebec and other sketches. ago, ventured into the then almostunbroken wilderness to make new homes forthemselves and their children, and to intro-duce and establish there those benefits andadvantages which are found in every landthat acknowledges the beneficent sway ofBritain. Some years ago the writer crossed the con-tinent to the Pacific Coast, and very recentlyhe returned from a visit to Manitoba and theTerritories. It is needless to say that he wasmore than surprised, almost more than amazed,at the wondrous metamorphosis which thecountry had undergone in the meantime ; andit struc
. In old Quebec and other sketches. ago, ventured into the then almostunbroken wilderness to make new homes forthemselves and their children, and to intro-duce and establish there those benefits andadvantages which are found in every landthat acknowledges the beneficent sway ofBritain. Some years ago the writer crossed the con-tinent to the Pacific Coast, and very recentlyhe returned from a visit to Manitoba and theTerritories. It is needless to say that he wasmore than surprised, almost more than amazed,at the wondrous metamorphosis which thecountry had undergone in the meantime ; andit struck him during his visit that some lightor cursory account of what he saw, written byone who is in no way interested in either therefined art of the land grabber or the modestand veracious employment of the land agent,might be of interest to eastern Canadians andto others. Hence the following article. These jottings of travel would be still moreincomplete than if no mention were made ofa route which must be delightful to the i AND OTHER SKETCHES. 93 viz : By the Grand Trunk, the Northern Navig-ation Company and the Canadian Northern goes without sajing that more beautifulscener}^ than this route affords could not bedesired. Now penetrating into the forestprimeval , now running through a countrj^bearing indications of comparatively recentsettlement, now through lands in the higheststate of cultivation, now along the banks of amajestic river, now rounding the base of somepicturesque hill or lofty mountain, now bysome placid lake, and ever and anon revealingto the eye some prospect of charming beaut}.A few hours journey westward from theancient capital brings one to Canadas metro-polis, the mighty city of Montreal with itspicturesque mountain, its great architecturalmarvel the Victoria Bridge, its extensive docksand immense shipping, its crowding of riverand ocean craft, whose rising masts an end-less prospect yields. To say nothing of itsother manifold resources the
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