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Moira, a first-class station on the Grand Trunk, is a thriving 

 place and well worthy of a visit. The vicinity of Belleville 

 affords several beautiful views of the bay, one especially, 

 about four miles below the town, where the promontory of 

 Ox-point jutting out a long distance towards an opposite 

 headland, Massassaga-point, on the south shore, causes the 

 channel to contract to less than half its ordinary width. 

 The saw-mills and piles of lumber detract considerably from 

 the picturesque appearance of the harbour, on a near view ; 

 but the town itself presents an imposing aspect from the 

 v/ater, rising as it does gradually from the edge of the bay 

 to the point of a high bluff, where the fine spire of St. 

 Michael's Church forms a fitting apex to the view. The 

 position of Belleville is very healthy, the heat of summer 

 being tempered by fine westerly breezes, which prevail 

 throughout the summer months, generally setting in about 

 10 a. m., and continuing to blow briskly till sunset. This 

 may be attributable to its vicinity to Lake Ontario. This 

 place has good communication both by rail and steam with 

 various places of interest, the steamers that visit the port 

 afibrding facilities for a trip to Picton, the Lake of the Moun- 

 tain, Kingston, &c. - This " Lake of the Mountain" is a 

 remarkable curiosity. About four and a half miles from Belle- 

 ville, in the 2nd concession of Ameliasburgh, on the farm of 

 D. Gibson, Esq., there exists a most perfect and unique 

 example of a volcanic upheaval, known in the neighborhood 

 as "The Mountain," which consists of felspar and gneiss, 

 rising almost vertically from the plain to a height of about 

 eighty or a hundred feet. It is about 250 yards long and 

 half that in breadth, affording a complete exemplification of 

 the class of natural phenomena to which it belongs. On 

 this eminence is a remarkable, deep, and black looking 

 lake, probably the crater of an ancient volcano ; it is a 

 favourite place of resort for pic-nic parties. The botanist 

 will also be richly repaid in the surrounding country, 



