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being in it two waterfalls, called the Upper and Lower Fall, 

 the former about forty feet in height, though, from its incline, 

 beins: so broken, it assumes more the form of a rapid ; 

 the latter has a height of about seventy feet, and falls into a 

 basin so hemmed in that it creates a perfect whirlpool before 

 its waters can find an outlet to the channel about ten feet 

 below. The timber as soon as it leaves the mills is conveyed 

 through slides (the river being unnavigable from rapids) 

 four miles to "the basin," where it is made up into rafts and 

 floated to its market. The River du Lievre is a very beau- 

 tiful river and well worthy of a visit. Good accommodation 

 can be had at McKnight's private hotel, whence the tourist 

 can start by vehicle for the High Falls, some twenty-five 

 miles up the river, or else take a canoe (which is by far the 

 most preferable method of travelling, in consequence of the 

 bad roads) and so combine journeying through pleasant 

 river scenery, and trolling at the same time, as the river 

 abounds with pike and an occasional large trout, which readily 

 take a spoon. These High Falls are a magnificent clear fail 

 or chute of water over a precipice of about 150 feet in height, 

 and in the spring, when the water of the river is high from 

 the melting of the snow, present a magnificent appearance. 

 From their distance from the settlements and difficulty of 

 access, these falls are comparatively unknown ; but as the 

 Government employes at Ottawa will probably be on the 

 look-out for summer resorts, this locality cannot long remain 

 unvisited. The falls in their appearance very much resemble 

 Montmorenci, though having more of the Horse-shoe form. 

 Still further on is White Fish Lake, a great resort for fisher- 

 men, but most unceremoniously given up to the torch and 

 the spear in the fall; it being no unusual thing for residents 

 of Buckingham to spear there in two or three days one 

 or even two barrels of large fish. The scenery on this lake 

 is very beautiful, and a remarkable cave exists there called 

 "the Church;" the roof of it is dome-shaped, and at the 



