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Grand Falls, on the River St. John, which there makes a 

 sudden turn, and becoming contracted to the width of about 

 fifty yards, makes a plunge of perhaps, forty feet, mostly in 

 a solid mass. Below this and extending for perhaps a mile, 

 is a succession of falls, whicl\ make the entire descent some 

 eighty feet. The water rushes through what might be termed 

 a winding chasm, whose sides are perhaps 1 50 or 200 feet 

 high, perpendicular, and composed of a bluish slate. Gen- 

 erally speaking, the entire distance from the first fall to the 

 last, presents a sheet of foam, though around every jutting 

 point is a black, and apparently bottomless pool, teeming 

 with fish. There is a comfortable stopping place here kept 

 by a Mrs. Russell. A trip to the falls and back is an agree- 

 able diversion to the sojourner at Kakouna, and will occupy 

 about three days. 



On the north shore of the river, some twenty-five or thirty 

 miles from Riviere du Loup, is Murray Bay, a small quiet 

 watering place, flanked with frowning hills and wild scenery, 

 with good fishing in a river of the same name. It is a place 

 well adapted to those seeking quiet enjoyment and society 

 during the summer, and owing to its easy access from Quebec 

 is much resorted to. The steamer "Magnet" touches here. 



On the north shore of the River St. Lawrence, eight 

 leagues below Murray Bay, is a very lofty cape at a place 

 called La Bale des Rochers. On its summit, on which 

 the foot of man never trod, there has existed from time im- 

 memorial, in a fissure of the rock, a raven's nest, which is 

 said to have been noticed by the first missionaries who came 

 to Canada. The spot is well worthy of a passing notice from 

 its height and rugged boldness. Leaving this cape behind, 

 we take a glance at Pointe aux Iroquois (near which is a 

 swamp abounding with blueberries of the finest quality), 

 Cap au Diable, and Riviere Ouelle (or " Houel," as it was 

 formerly called) on the southern shore, all interesting in their 

 natural beauty, and possessing each their own legend in the 



