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The chief lion of Montreal is the Victoria Bridge across the 
St. Lawrence, it has two railway tracks, two roadways, and two 
footpaths—is 13 miles long and cost £4,000,000. 
The famous Lachine Rapids, where the great river drops 
45 feet, were descended with less excitement than we expected. 
We next visited Ottawa, the Capital of the Dominion of 
Canada, the residence of the Governor General and seat of the 
Supreme Court. The government buildings are the commanding 
feature of this city—all modern, 1865—all beautiful Gothic, and 
stand on a high wooded bluff overlooking the Ottawa River. 
We next made our way back to the St, Lawrence, and at 
Prescot boarded one of the palatial river steamers. We went up 
stream at a fine pace. Passing the famed Thousand Islands we 
see many fine residences. The river widens to four and even 
seven miles about here. We enter Lake Ontario and sail across 
to Charlotte, and then recross to Toronto. 
Toronto is the second city of Canada with a population of 
200,000. The buildings are substantial and often handsome, 
especially the Provincial Parliament buildings, the University 
buildings, and the Metropolitan Methodist Church. 
Passing through Hamilton and the so-called Garden of Ontario, 
we enter the United States of America at Niagara. The journey 
to the very foot of the Falls through blinding spray on the small 
steamer—‘‘ The Maid of the Mist ’’-—was exciting. An army of 
navvies are preparing for a great electric power house on the 
Canadian side to generate 100,000 h.p. The fine power house on 
the other side claims to drive 150,000 h.p. It is estimated that 
400.000 h.p. is contributed for industrial purposes by Niagara. 
The Falls are undoubtedly amongst the finest of the world’s 
natural wonders, and are many times over more picturesque than 
I had dreamed of. A charming 80 miles ride brought us to Lake 
Chautauqua and to Jamestown. . 
From Albany we went on a fine river steamer down the Hudson 
river, a day’s journey to New York. The impression I have of 
the Hudson is that it is quietly beautiful. 
My impressions of the portions of the countries we saw, are 
that Quebec, River St. Lawrence, Montreal, Niagara, Chautauqua 
Lake, Jamestown, and the river Hudson are the best bits. 
The absence of drunkenness impressed us, and they thought it 
was due to the teaching in the day-schools for a generation past 
that alcohol is a poison, and drink degrading. The healthiness 
of the people is remarkable. 
Loyalty to Country, to Provinces, to State, to City, seems to 
permeate all Canadian and American society. 
