. The Yankee in Quebec. Quebec. head ? Ah, young man tis well, tis well youdid not insult the cap. That evening we went out on Duflferin Terrace the like of which cannot be seen anywhere in theworld. It overhangs the clifif almost 200 feetabove the St. Lawrence. It is an immenseboard walk, nearly a third of a mile in length,and in places nearly 100 feet wide. It is calledDufiferin from the popular Governor-Generalwhose regime in the seventies so changed thewhole of Quebec, beautifying the old and addingto the new. Twice a week a most excellentband from the garrison under the leadership ofMr. J
. The Yankee in Quebec. Quebec. head ? Ah, young man tis well, tis well youdid not insult the cap. That evening we went out on Duflferin Terrace the like of which cannot be seen anywhere in theworld. It overhangs the clifif almost 200 feetabove the St. Lawrence. It is an immenseboard walk, nearly a third of a mile in length,and in places nearly 100 feet wide. It is calledDufiferin from the popular Governor-Generalwhose regime in the seventies so changed thewhole of Quebec, beautifying the old and addingto the new. Twice a week a most excellentband from the garrison under the leadership ofMr. Joseph Vezina renders a programme ofmusic in a manner that would do credit to aSousa. The beauty and fashion of Quebeccome out by the thousands to listen to themusic, as they promenade up and down theTerrace. There is no jostling, no loud talking,no flirting. The Colonel says the Quebec Girls dont flirt, and the Colonel is authority, or I thought hewas. The girls themselves say that the Coloneldont give them a chance. 34. The Yankee in Quebec. As we walked away to the further end of theTerrace, I asked where those steps led, up therealong the Citadel wall. Ill show you to-morrow. said the Colonel, which is betterthan telling you. We were out early. Fromthe Terrace we started up a long flight of stairs,sort of a Jacobs Ladder, just like going to your office in a New YorkSky Scraper on Sunday, when the elevator boyis off fishing. After going up, up. up until youget tired counting the steps, you find yourselfalmost level with the Citadel top. then you stopto rest and get a view up the St. Lawrence thatpays for the long climb. You can see almostto the turn of the river, five miles away, towhere the five million dollar bridge is beingbuilt by the Quebec Bridge Company. Youcome to the end of this elevated walk at thesouth-west wall of the Citadel, where you findbefore you THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM. You cannot but note here. said I. theappropriateness of things. You have to climbJacobs Lad
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