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foundation of the church. In this neighbourhood is situated 

 Mount Hermon Cemetery; it lies on the south side of 

 the St. Lewis Road, and slopes irregularly, but beautifully, 

 down the cliff overhanging the St. Lawrence. It was laid out 

 by Major Douglas, the engineer who designed Greenwood 

 Cemetery, New York. A drive, upwards of two miles in 

 extent, affords access to all parts of the grounds. Many 

 beautiful monuments adorn them, and in the front stands 

 the handsome temple called St. Michael's Chapel, which is 

 weekly attended by the Sovereign's representative and suite, 

 and rank and fashion of the city. Leaving this spot, the 

 ride continues through the woods on the edge of the banks 

 rising from the shore. On the south side are distinguished 

 the embouchures of the Etchemin and Chaudiere pouring 

 in their tribute of waters. The view from Pointe a. Ruisseaux 

 is worthy the attention of any artist. A little further on are 

 the ruins of what was once a large stone chapel. A visit to 

 the Church of Ste. Foy, from which is seen, below, the 

 St. Charles, gliding smoothly through its valley, with the 

 villages of Lorette and Charlesbourg in the distance, must 

 not be omitted. 



The other Cemeteries worthy of a visit are Belmont, on 

 the Ste. Foy Road, and St. Charles on Little River Road, 

 each about three miles from the city. 



The Indian village of Lorette is nine miles, Lake St. 

 Charles twelve miles, and Lake Beauport eighteen miles 

 from Quebec. Each repays the visitor in beauty. But by 

 all means make a downward voyage from Lake St. Charles 

 to the Lorette Falls in a birch canoe, for the sake of getting 

 even but a glimpse of Castorville, a forest-wild, through 

 which the St. Charles, mantled over by a dense growth of 

 spruce and fir trees, intersected by a maze of avenues, glides, 

 having passed through a distance of eight miles of perfectly 

 fairy navigation. The mansion lies on a point formed by 

 the Grand Desert and St Charles streams : along the banks 



