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Wolfe, form a complete series of testimonials, honorable to 

 the spirit of the age, and the distinguished individuals under 

 whose auspices they have been erected. The memorial 

 on the Plains bears the following inscription: "Here died 

 Wolfe; victorious; 1759." 



A ride to The Falls of Montmorenci, seven miles 

 down the river, will abundantly repay the tourist for any 

 trouble or expense to which he may be subjected. The 

 Montmorenci itself, so called after a French Admiral of 

 that name, is an inconsiderable stream, — but having made a 

 leap of two hundred and fifty feet, is quite deserving of its 

 reputation. The sheet of water comes over the precipice in 

 an unbroken mass, discharging its translucent treasure into 

 a pool below, which boils and foams as if venting its wrath at 

 having been tossed about, till in a few moments it glides 

 onward in peace, to mingle with the current of the St. Law- 

 rence. The narrowness of the fall, being only 50 feet in 

 width, when compared with its height, perhaps, causes the 

 latter to seem greater than it really is. The whole of the 

 scenery on the road through Beauport and back again by an 

 interior road is full of interest. About two miles above the 

 fall is a curious formation on the river bank called The Natural 

 Steps ; these are a series of layers of the limestone rock, each 

 about a foot in thickness, forming the river bank, and, for 

 about half a mile, receding one above the other to the height 

 of about 20 feet as regularly as if framed by the hand of man. 

 They are an object of curiosity, and being so near the fall, 

 should be included in the visit. Facing the roaring cataract 

 stands the " Mansion House," the summer residence of an 

 English Prince, the Duke of Kent, in 1791. The main 

 portion of the "Mansion House," is just as he left it; the 

 room in which he used to write is yet shown ; a table and 

 chair, part of his furniture, are to this day religiously 

 preserved, and access can be had to view the place through 

 the kindness of the proprietor, G. B. Hall, Esquire, whose 



