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it have been ascertained to be a thousand feet, and the 

 shallowest parts not less than a hundred ; and from the over- 

 hanging cliffs, it assumes a black and ink-like appearance. 

 Cape Eternity is the most imposing, and with it is associated 

 the following : — An Indian hunter having followed a moose 

 to the brow of the cliff, after the deer had made a fatal spring 

 far down into the deep water, lost his foothold and perished 

 with his prey. Two or three years ago two. fine specimens 

 of the bird of Washington, that rare eagle, were shot here, 

 according to Le Moine, in his Oiseaux du Canada; and ever 

 and anon the flight of the bald-headed eagle along the sum- 

 mits of these beetling cliffs, — the salmon leaping after its 

 insect prey, — or the seals bobbing their heads out of the 

 water, — continually attract the sportsman's eye. The village 

 of St. Jean, or St. Johns, is a small lumbering village, 

 similar to the few other settlements in this section, and 

 possessing no peculiar attraction except the bay on which 

 it stands, and which appears perhaps more beautiful than it 

 really is, from contrast with the bold shores encircling it. 

 Nearing the St.- Lawrence we pass two hills called the 

 Profiles, from their strong resemblance to human features, 

 and Tete de Boule, a remarkable, round mountain, as stu- 

 pendous as Capes Trinity or Eternity, meets the view. The 

 current of the Saguenay flows in some places at the rate of 

 seven miles an hour, but when there is any wind at all, it 

 generally blows quite heavily from the north or south. To 

 the European tourist, the appearance of the whole of this 

 river must strongly remind him of the fiords of Norway, 

 only on a gigantic scale. For the benefit of summer tourists 

 we would mention the fact that during the " season," or 

 about two months in summer, a steamer from Quebec makes 

 weekly trips, by way of Riviere du Loup, to the Saguenay. 

 Tadoussac, which of late years has come into notice as a 

 place of summer resort, 140 miles below Quebec, lies a little 

 above Pointe aux Vaches, at the east entrance of the Sa- 



