8 Introduction* 



follows : — A few days at Niagara Falls, a hurried trip through 

 the " ambitious little city of the West," Hamilton, a cursory 

 glance at Toronto, a night on Ontario in the close state-room 

 of a steamer, a hurried run through the Lake of the Thousand 

 Islands, a day or two in Montreal and Quebec, omitting more 

 than half the surroundings of the latter city, and the Cana- 

 dian Tour was considered complete. But now, thanks to the 

 iron horse and its accessories, wild forest-lands, smiling 

 villages beside rivers teeming with the finny tribe, the 

 scenery of Superior and Huron, the Saguenay, the St. Fran- 

 cis, the St. Maurice, all are easy of access — all worthy of a 

 visit, and only awaiting some painter's hand to bring them 

 prominently forward in their beauty. The facilities about to 

 be offered to pleasure-seekers, through the arrangements 

 the celebrated Thomas Cook, of European Tourist fame, has 

 made, to organize excursion parties to and from this country, 

 will doubtless cause hundreds to avail themselves of the op- 

 portunity of visiting, at a moderate cost of time and money, 

 this, the hitherto Ultima Thule of travel. The trips which 

 have been conducted by him in Europe, have obtained the 

 highest encomiums from all who have participated in them ; 

 and as it is his purpose now to extend them through the 

 United States and Canada, such intercourse will be of real 

 service in opening International courtesies and mutual hos- 

 pitalities. 



We commence with the City of Quebec as being the first 



place that the Tourist will reach in Summer by Ocean 



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 Steamer ; it is the centre of much beautiful and varied 



scenery, and affording in its vicinity sporting of almost every 



description. 



