. Stranger's guide through the city of Montreal, with engravings of the most prominent public buildings and churches in the city: together with railroad and steamboat routes, tables of distances, cab and carriage tariff, advertisements, &c . uildings and resid n es which now adorn the slope ofthe mountain, overlooking the St. Lawrence, are not indeedt3 be surpassed for elegance and beauty by structures o^more pretensions in older countries. The beautiful mountain which overlooks the city, con-sists of two distinct hills, between which, one of theleading avenues into it passes. There are roads
. Stranger's guide through the city of Montreal, with engravings of the most prominent public buildings and churches in the city: together with railroad and steamboat routes, tables of distances, cab and carriage tariff, advertisements, &c . uildings and resid n es which now adorn the slope ofthe mountain, overlooking the St. Lawrence, are not indeedt3 be surpassed for elegance and beauty by structures o^more pretensions in older countries. The beautiful mountain which overlooks the city, con-sists of two distinct hills, between which, one of theleading avenues into it passes. There are roads also bywhich the circuit of either or both mountains can be made,and which, from the very beautiful scenery they present,ae favorite drives with tourists or seekers of base of the mountain is adorned with numerous splen-did villas ; and the choirest orchards cf the whole islana,or indeed of Lower Canada, are those situated around it,the fruit being of the most delicious flavor and greatestluxuriance of yield. From the summit of the mountain, amagnificent panoramic view is presented. With this brief sketch of Montreal, the reader is intro-duced to the principal buildings and objects of interest inand about the city :—. FRENCH CATHEDRAL. AND PLACE dARMES, €\)t CjitirrjitH nf tlie Citij. ROMAN CATHOLIC. The Parish Church.—The corner stone of this mag-nificent edifice, which is built in the perpendicular Gothicstyle of the Middle Ages, was laid on the 3d September,1824, and was opened for public worship in July, length of the Church is 255 feet 6 inches, and itsbreadth 134^ feet 6 hiches. The height of the principaltowers is 220 feet, and of the others 115 feet great window at the high altar is 64 feet in height,by32 feet in breadth. The total number of pews is 1,224,capable of seating between six and seven thousand the north east tower is a fine chime of bells, and in the i cn> ^Ui^4l^ If^. north west tower is placed the largest
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