XIV CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Empire Loyalists. — Indian-corn whisky. — Extensive manufac- 

 ture of it at Cincinnati in Ohio. — Whisky from pease. — 

 Prospects of Kingston. — The Thousand Isles of the River 

 St Lawrence. — Descending the rapids. — The Sault St Louis. 

 — Approach to Montreal. — Metamorphic limestone rich in 

 phosphate of lime. — Agricultural value of this rock. — Deposits 

 of mineral phosphate in the State of New York. — Origin of 

 this mineral phosphate, and of gai'net, graphite, &c. found in 

 crystalline limestones. — Singular contortions exhibited by this 

 limestone, . . . . . . . 264 



CHAPTER XL 



MONTREAL AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



Montreal. —New churches. — Ruins of the Parliament House. — 

 Scotch farmers in the Island of Montreal. — Cultivation of 

 hops.— Price of land. — French Canadian farms and farming. 

 — Clerical obstacles to the settlement of Protestant farmers. — 

 Importance of a better husbandry in Lower Canada. — Instruc- 

 tion in agricultural 'principles. — Excursion to St Hilaire. — St 

 Lawrence and Atlantic railroad. — Maple sugar manufacture 

 in Canada and the adjoining States. — • Soil of the valley of St 

 Lawrence. — Pigeon or stone weed, its prevalence. — What its 

 history teaches. — Belloeil Mountain. — Beautiful view of the St 

 Lawrence flats. — Exhaustion of this foi'mei"ly fertile region. — 

 Seignorial tenure of land, — Reserved rights of the seigneur. — 

 Sherbrooke. — Lands of the " Canadian Land Company," in the 

 eastern counties. — Their progress. — Voyage to Quebec. — The 

 Ottawa River and District. — Its rising importance. — British 

 and French in Montreal. — Parties in the city. — Why 

 British members from Upper Canada voted for the Rebellion 

 Losses Bill. — Explanation of one of their number, . . 287 



CHAPTER XIL 



FROM QUEBEC DOWN THE ST LAWRENCE TO THE MITIS RIVER. 



Land opposite Quebec. — Its quality and value. — Few immigrants 

 into this region. — Roman Catliolic seminary. — Self-sacrifice of 

 the teachex's — Falls of Montmorenci. — Sun-setting on Quebec. 

 — Proportions of the different sects. — Comparative prosperity 

 of Montreal and Quebec. — Fires in the latter city.— Journey 

 down the St Lawrence.— Flat lands of St Thomas. — St Roque 



