OUR FRUIT GROWERS AT KINGSTON. 



N response to an invitation re- 

 peated two successive years, we 

 held our Annual Meeting for 

 i8g6 in the old "Limestone 

 City." Thanks to the British 

 Whig, we are able to give our 

 readers some interesting views 

 of this old historic town in connection 

 with our brief account of a visit and a 



defence, minne.l with heavy guns and 

 ammunition and well garrisoned ; but in 

 modern warfare they would be of little 

 value, and are preserved rather for orna- 

 ment than use. Beyond Fort Frederick, 

 looking eastward from the city one sees 

 the Military College, the Westpoint of 

 Ontario, with its sixty or seventy cadets, 

 with their red coats and white helmets. 



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summary of some of the more important 

 papers. 



If one approaches Kingston by water, 

 one must be impressed with the military 

 aspect presented by the numerous mas- 

 sive martello towers and stone batteries, 

 and also by the stout appearance of the 

 city buildings themselves, built of stone 

 and giving the city its well-deserved title. 

 These towers were in early times a strong 



The city itself is peculiarly laid out, 

 and though our directors spent about 

 four days in it, scarcely any one could 

 find his way about without a guide. A 

 view of a portion of the city is well 

 shown in our illustration on the preced- 

 ing page, as seen from St. Mary's Tower, 



After calling upon the editors of the 

 leading papers, the Whig and the News, 

 some of us who were first to arrive, 



