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here pronounced), from which it derives its name ; it can 

 only be ascended in a few places. It is broken into two 

 heads, and an excellent road passes between them, and 

 round the back of it, three or four miles in length. Its top 

 and sides are covered with brushwood and small trees. In 

 some places it is nearly a perpendicular rock, with broken 

 fragments, and large masses lie tumbled and scattered at 

 its base. It has evidently been overflown with water, and 

 probably was, afterwards, an island in the original large 

 lake, bounded, perhaps, by the New England and Kaatskill 

 mountains, as before supposed. 



There are pleasant seats, owned by the merchants, be 

 tween the town and mountain, and round the foot of it. If 

 not for the extremes of climate, this might be considered 

 almost a paradise. Along the public road, round, and over 

 part of the mountain, is a beautiful drive, having a fine 

 perspective view of the town and country in every direction. 

 The race-ground is on one side of the mountain, where the 

 horses are daily training. There is a pack of fox- hounds 

 kept in the neighbourhood of Montreal, and a hunting club 

 established. On their first introduction, the Canadians 

 thought the Europeans were all going mad ; and laughed at 

 the ridiculous idea of being pleased by galloping after a fox ! 

 Large auction sales of merchandise every day, the place 

 full of bustle and business, and hut few complaints ; scores 

 of women are to be seen daily, along the sides of the river, 

 above and below the tower, in the water, washing clothes 

 among the huge stones, on which they beat the clothes with 

 a kind of mallet, instead of rubbing them, and appear to use 

 but little soap an excellent way for the good of trade, as 

 the clothes are soon pounded to pieces. The two markets 

 are better supplied than most markets on the continent of 

 North America, and goods reasonably cheap, particularly 

 within these few years since, as there has been some 

 spirit of enterprise excited by emigration. Attended an 

 agricultural show, and was glad to perceive some interest 

 taken in it by the attendance of farmers (or habitons) 

 and the inhabitants generally; and although but a small 

 show, there were a few good Leicestershire sheep, and one 

 or two good bulls, but the cows rather indifferent; a few 

 good hogs, and a number of very useful brood mares and 

 foals, some Canadian, and some English half-bloods. These 

 are very useful institutions, and ought to be more extended 



